Georgie Cartanza, a Dover farmer is one of 90 international farmers to win the Nuffield International Scholarship.(Photo: Courtesy of the Delaware Department of Agricultre)
Dover-area poultry farmer Georgie Cartanza is the first United States recipient of a Nuffield International Scholarship and one of 90 farmers from around the world to participate in the global agriculture scholarship program.
Cartazna will spend 16 weeks overseas studying farming technology and production efficiencies. She will travel to China, Brazil, Canada, Israel, the United Kingdom, France, Italy and The Netherlands learning about production needs, extreme climates, consumer demands, food safety and organic poultry transitions.
"There have been many advances in farming and technology over the last 20 years, but we still face challenges to maintain profitability and sustainability," Cartanza said in a statement. "It is critical that we understand new technology and that it's applied properly. It can be financially devastating for a farmer to make an investment and not see a return. I want to learn how farmers in other countries have solved some of these challenges and share that knowledge with others."
The Nuffield International Scholarship, supported locally by the Delaware Department of Agriculture and MidAtlantic Farm Credit, provides participants with a unique opportunity to research a specific issue in other parts of the world. Previous participants have hailed from the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Ireland, France and The Netherlands.
Cartanza is the first from the United States.
"It is great to have the first American hail from Delaware for this prestigious program," said Delaware Secretary of Agriculture Ed Kee. "Georgia Cartanza will do us proud with her research and exploration of these issues."
Cartanza has worked with poultry for more than 20 years, including time with Mountaire and Perdue. She has raised poultry on her farm near Dover for the last 10 years and has raised organic chickens since April 2015.
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