Mission and Vision of the CISC
Mission
The Carver Integrative Sustainability Center serves as a science based research and resource center focused on technologies and policies that enhance profitability and sustainability of small, socially & historically disadvantaged, underserved, beginning, women and veteran farmers, ranchers, landowners; and related cooperatives and rural communities. The Center functions in the tradition of George Washington Carver as a regional, national and international resource in developing and sharing holistic, earth, farmer, and consumer-friendly agricultural and food innovations; with specific activities including research, education and service.
Vision
The Carver Integrative Sustainability Center will contribute to the small farmer, rancher, forest landowner, and rural community by: 1) increasing profitability of food/fiber related enterprises, 2) conserving the quality and quantity of resources (natural, capital, and human), 3) increasing access to healthy/nutritious products and lifestyles, and 4) increase the participation of minority groups in rural communities in local, state, and government processes that govern their growth, maintenance, and ultimately their quality of life.
The Carver Integrative Sustainability Center is dedicated to continuing the work of Dr. George Washington Carver in using innovative and creative methods of improving the condition of the men, women and children “farthest down”. This approach includes an integrative approach (Research, Extension, and Education) targeting 4 established pillars of the sustainability: Ecological, Economic, Social, and Health/Wellness. This approach is one that philosophically begins with the needs of the rural stakeholder (farmers, entrepreneurs, families, and communities), and pulls on scientific principles to implement economically, ecologically, and socially appropriate solutions within the context of our stakeholders. The CISC has an established 9 Integrated Research/Extension Programs that step beyond traditional approaches in order to have non-traditional impacts in the established four pillars of sustainability. Our approach is inclusive, as we understand that an ethic that is truly considerate of the people farthest down is one that is considerate of all tools present and their appropriate use.
Contact the Director of CISC
Carver Integrative and Sustainability Center
Raymon Shange, PhD
Assistant Professor of Environmental Science
Director of CISC
Phone: 334-724-4967
Email: rshange@tuskegee.edu
Faculty and Staff of the Center
- Franklin Quarcoo
- Miles Robinson
- Demetrius Hooks
- Jewell Bean
- Russell Bean
- Victor Khan
- Raymon Shange
- Jerry Pennick
- Richard Martin
- Matthew Robinson
- Elise Tolbert
Partnering Faculty and Staff
- Worth Hayes
- Millicent Braxton
- Rodney Stone
- Christopher Joe
- Quinton Harris
- John Burns
- Cathy Blackburn
- Richard Whittington
- Barrett Vaughan
- Tasha Hargrove
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