Research
Welcome to the Southern University Ag Center's Office of Research. With a mission to "Link Citizens of Louisiana with Opportunities for Success”, we aim to transform lives through innovative research and education. Our research unit has achieved great success over the past decades. We have expanded the breadth and depth of our research portfolio and strengthened our strategic partnerships to improve the conditions of citizens and communities.
Our faculty members are consistently being recognized for their accomplishments, publishing in leading journals and earning prestigious awards for their groundbreaking efforts.
While we are proud of our accomplishments, we remain focused on the future and on strengthening our research and its impact on our state, nation and the world.
Food & Food Safety
Food safety involves the safe handling of food from the time it is grown, packaged, distributed, and prepared to prevent foodborne illnesses. Food safety is the responsibility of those who handle and prepare food commercially for delivery to consumers, and of consumers who prepare and eat food in their homes.
Sustainable Agricultural Systems
Comprised of plant management system and animal management system. The goals are to strengthen the productivity, profitability and competitiveness of Louisiana’s agriculture, while being good stewards of the environment and resources. Currently, a significant portion of the public prefers to buy organically grown vegetables and fruits, and meat, eggs, cheese, milk that come from pastured animals.
Urban Forestry Management
Conducts research in areas such as forestry, climate change, Geographic Information System, wetlands, nanotechnology, (GIS), bioenergy and alternative sources. It conducts research in urban forest structure and function; the environmental benefits of urban forests; carbon sequestration and the urban forest effects on air quality; and urban forest effects on UV exposure in relation to proper vegetation design.
SUN Beef
Southern University Natural (SUN) Beef is an “all-natural, hormone-free beef product that arose from a beef cow-calf research project conducted at the Southern University Ag Center's Beef Research Institute.
SUN Beef provides the campus and local community with farm-fresh, locally produced, high-quality beef that is all Natural, with no hormones, and no growth implants. It is some of the highest quality, best-tasting beef anywhere around.
