Kudzu , Pueraria lobata (syn. P. montana, P. thunbergiana), sometimes called foot-a-night vine, mile-a-minute vine, gat gun, ge gan, or the "vine that ate the South", is one of about 20 species in the genus Pueraria in the pea family Fabaceae, subfamily Faboideae. It is native to southern Japan and southeast China in eastern Asia. The name comes from the Japanese word for this plant, kuzu. The other species of Pueraria occur in southeast Asia, further south. Kudzu
Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES) is an agency within the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), part of the executive branch of the federal government. The 1994 Department Reorganization Act, passed by Congress, created CSREES by combining the former Cooperative State Research Service and the Extension Service into a single agency. Colien Hefferan currently serves as the agency's Administrator. Cooperative_State_Research,_Education,_and_Extension_Service
Yellow jacket Yellow jacket or yellow-jacket is the common name in North America for predatory wasps of the genera Vespula and Dolichovespula. Members of these genera are known simply as "wasps" in other English-speaking countries. Most of these are black-and-yellow; some are black-and-white (such as the bald-faced hornet, Dolichovespula maculata), while others may have the abdomen background color red instead of black. Yellow_jacket
Cooperative extension service The Cooperative Extension Service, also known as the Extension Service of the USDA, is a non-formal educational program implemented in the United States designed to help people use research-based knowledge to improve their lives. The service is provided by the state's designated land-grant universities. Cooperative_extension_service
Aquaponics Aquaponics (IPAsymbiotic cultivation of plants and aquatic animals in a recirculating environment.Aquatic animal effluent (for example fish waste) accumulates in water as a by-product of keeping them in a closed system or tank (for example a recirculating aquaculture system). The effluent-rich water becomes high in plant nutrients but this is correspondingly toxic to the aquatic animal. Aquaponics
Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University, also known as Alabama A&M University or AAMU, is an accredited public, historically black university, Land-grant university located in Normal, Madison County, Alabama. AAMU is a member school of the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund. Alabama_Agricultural_and_Mechanical_University