Amidst rising global nutritional needs exacerbated by the pandemic, land-grant universities are crucial in preparing students inanimal science for future challenges

This field, pivotal for its contribution to nutritional value, economic stability, andsustainability, demands a workforce adept at navigating complex issues within diverse teams. However, interest in food animalcareers, like those in the poultry industry, do not meet industry demand. Addressing this requires enhancing educationalexperiences that build global intercultural skills. There's a GAP in effectively integrating these competencies in agriculturaleducation, highlighting the need for clear strategies that develop non-technical skills, essential for industry readiness, throughdomestic learning opportunities tailored to animal science. The specific objectives for this proposal are to: 1) describe workforcedemands for global intercultural learning skills in the poultry sector; 2) describe efforts of U.S. Post-secondary institutions tosupport and address global intercultural learning opportunities through domestic experiences; 3) submit a 2026 highereducation challenge grant collaborative proposal. The long-term goal of this proposal is to submit a HEC collaborativeproposal that will create a national platform for discussing the value of domestic experiences to enhance student globalintercultural skills and provide recommendations for embedding intercultural development in domestic experiences.