To enhance the aquaculture research station to include an indoor hatchery, several research laboratories, feed processing and storage rooms, machine shops, and a greenhouse often rigged to demonstrate…

To enhance the aquaculture research station to include an indoor hatchery, several research laboratories, feed processing and storage rooms, machine shops, and a greenhouse often rigged to demonstrate aquaponics design and production. IT is for departmental tours and a venue to host recruitment and outreach events such as the aquatic sciences day for local high schools and field day to demonstrate current research projects. As demand from the aquaculture industry changed over the past several years, we will repurpose this facility into a multiuse, multi-disciplinary demonstration site and ecosystem that incorporate all three departments of the school of agriculture, fisheries, and human sciences. In addition, purchase new farm equipment for all three farms (lonokee, marianna and on-campus in pine bluff) and much needed repairs to existing equipment. The department of human sciences program will begin the kitchen layout for a teaching kitchen space to design and renovate a state-of-the-art 'teaching kitchen' at uapb. The proposed 3 ,500 square feet space will feature induction cooktops, industrial ovens and ranges, reach-in refrigerators and freezer equipment, and food storage equipment, vent hoods, granite-topped counters, cooking equipment, commercial carts and shelving, and round tables for clas sroom-style seating. In addition, acquisition of property (fish processing facility) in eudora, AR. As IT relates to research, funding to enhance our overall lab spaces and insure that our fume hoods are updated and in compliance with current day standards. Wherein, we will increase the number of 1890 faculty researchers as well as employ more undergraduates and graduate students to work on faculty research projects throughout safhs. To enhance our student's ability for hands-on work experiences needed for the workforce. Moreover, funding will allow hiring and retaining our existing highly skills personnel to assist US in carrying our land-grant mission. Lastly, funding to better expose our undergraduate and graduate students to local, regional and national conference. Deliverables and expected outcomes from the activities. To enhance the aquaculture research station for departmental tours and a venue to host recruitment and outreach events purchase new farm equipment for all three farms (lonokee, marianna and on-campus in pine bluff. The department of human sciences' hospitality and tourism management program will begin the kitchen layout for a teaching kitchen space to design and renovate a state-of-the-art 'teaching kitchen' at uapb. Increase the number of 1890 faculty researchers as well as employ more undergraduates and graduate students. Enhance our overall lab spaces and insure that our fume hoods are updated and in compliance with current day standards. Hire and retain our existing highly skills personnel to assist US in carrying our land-grant mission. Exposing our undergraduate and graduate students to local, regional and national conference intended beneficiaries of the activities. Local high schools and field day to demonstrate current research projects from uapb faculty and interaction with our state and private fish culture stakeholders. All three farms (lonokee, marianna and oncampus in pine bluff) needed repairs to existing equipment, to better serve our clientele base and assist our researchers in their effort of conducting cutting-edge evidence base research. To enhance our student's ability to reach on-hands work experience that is needed to prepare them for the workforce once they graduate from uapb. Hence, enhancing our uapb students, faculty and staff and overall local and statewide clientele in learning the fundamentals of delicious cooking meals while gaining knowledge of nutrition, sustainability, and kitchen safety.