TUCKER, Ga. — The U.S. Poultry & Egg Association Foundation recently awarded a $4,600 student recruiting grant to the University of Maryland. The grant was made possible in part by an endowing foundation gift from Perdue Farms. The check was presented by Mike Levengood, vice president, chief animal care officer and farmer relationship advocate at Perdue Farms and vice chairman of the USPOULTRY board of directors, to Dr. Shawna Weimer, assistant professor with the University of Maryland’s Department of Animal and Avian Sciences.
The grant will be used to support the university’s college of agriculture and natural. . .