hot springs, and beaches.France – Programs include animal crop production and agroecology, viticulture and oenology, landscape management, horticulture, agribusiness and rural tourism. Students explore French food, culture, and history during their time abroad. Students spend part of their time in the classroom, learning the language and culture. They also travel to site visits, field trips, and two weeks of organized sightseeing.Italy – Students study the landscape and the social culture of the country. Understanding the appreciation Italian culture has for its historical architectural, and the countries efforts to preserve it.Peru - Students spend time in the capital city of Lima, and in the city of Iquitos, a city next to the rainforest. After morning lectures students set out on excursions to explore the rainforest, and the many practical uses for the plant life that grows there. University of Maryland Extension The University of Maryland Extension is a statewide, non-formal education system. It is an educational program that also provides assistance to citizens who need help with agricultural problems. The University of Maryland Extension program helps in the areas of water conservation, pest management programs, dairy farms, food safety, forest industry evaluation, and composting to reduce waste, just to name a few. It is run by the college of Agriculture and Natural Resources, the VMRCVM, and the University of Maryland Eastern Shore. Some of their programs include: 4-H youth development; food, nutrition & health; and crops, farm animals and nursery. AlumniGeorge Demas, B.S., 1980His work for the Natural Resources Conservation Service in Maryland and New Jersey, led to the expansion of the concept of soil, and the revision of the USDA soil taxonomy.Richard R. Arnold, M.S. Marine, Estuarine, & Environmental Sciences, 1992Best known for being selected as a Mission Specialist –Educator by NASA in May 2004. In March, 2009 he flew aboard the space shuttle mission STS-119Kwesi Ahwoi, Postgraduate Certificate, 1986Current Minister for Food and Agriculture in Ghana.Peter Machado, B.S. 2006, M.S. 2008Machado is a research scientist at the Hershey Tech center in Hershey, PA. He primarily works with new technologies and emerging product ideas with chocolate in the lab.Fred R. Shank Ph.D.Director of the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition of the FDA for 10 years. Senior Advisor to the Commissioner for External Academic Affairs in January 1998. He was the recipient of the Babcock-Hard Award in 1994 and has authored numerous papers and presentations on public health, nutrition