University of Agrarian Sciences

This evening we visited the private university - Universidad de la Empresa (University of Enterprise) - at the school of agrarian sciences. It is fascinating. Public universities in Uruguay are free to residents. Because of this, many students take 5-10 years to complete their university studies. At private schools, 5 years is the norm. This school teaches students a wide variety of enterprise focusing on agriculture. They have strategically formed a partnership with the University of North Carolina and exchange students, professors and researchers. There is alot of very strong plant and animal research occuring in Uruguay and they take a very entrepreneurial approach to agriculture. We had an opportunity to present on cranberries - production and marketing. They were very interesting in how to grow cranberries and what the demand for them is. They all enjoyed eating the Craisins we brought and drinking the Cran/Blueberry juice. Chuck is also happy as the weight of my bag has dramatically decreased by sharing all these samples!