Garden City Community College (GCCC) in Garden City, Kansas has successfully concluded the first offering of Technology in Agriculture (AGRO-111), a course developed in collaboration with NASA Acres and Kansas State University and launched in Fall 2025. This partnership aligns closely with NASA Acres goals to support agricultural workforce development and expand access to Earth observation tools for students and educators.

This event will set the foundation for NASA’s new, U.S.-focused Consortium on agriculture and food security.

Over 50 Consortium partners and collaborators will gather in St. Louis, Missouri this November for the inaugural NASA Acres Kick-Off Meeting. This event is the first Consortium-wide gathering since its formal launch in April of this year. The Consortium is led by the University of Maryland with Research, Development, and Extension Partners at nine other universities and two supporting private organizations, comprising top-of-the field scientists and practitioners in agricultural remote sensing, artificial intelligence, soil science, agronomy, rangelands, sociology, economics, and data policy.