College of Agriculture & Natural Resources

Plant Resilience Institute

MSU Plant Resilience Institute scientists conduct innovative research to understand how plants cope with environmental conditions associated with climate change.
Spartans showing resilience

Published on January 29, 2021

To say that the COVID-19 pandemic impacted our students equally across the board wouldn’t acknowledge all the different places and spaces from which they come. Ultimately, our students and faculty showed resilience because they are indeed Spartans.
Reconsidering resilience

Published on August 13, 2013
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Resilience Resource Team | Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Legume Systems Research
Food System Efficiency vs. Food System Resilience

Published on May 8, 2020

Aleks and Trey discuss the trade-off between food system efficiency and food system resilience.
TENURE SYSTEM FACULTY POSITION IN PLANT RESILIENCE

Hiring Organization: Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences
Employment type: Full-Time
Application Deadline: January 4, 2019
Job Location: East Lansing, MI
Resilience of the Livestock Industry, featuring Dr. Jayson Lusk

Published on May 1, 2020

Aleks and Trey talk with Jayson Lusk (Department Head at Purdue University) about the resilience of the livestock industry.
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Building Resilience through Better Policies

Published on June 15, 2018
How is FSP addressing resilience through policies? The multi-pronged strategy is illustrated with examples of the Lab’s outputs, in Agrilinks, June 15, 2018
Caregiver Wellbeing, Self-Care & Resilience | THRIVE Michigan
Resilience of Urban Agriculture in Lansing

Published on November 22, 2019
This timeline and report provide an overview of workshop discussions about what provides resilience within the Lansing urban agriculture system and how to build on it to create a desired future.
Building resilience in youth

Published on September 27, 2016
When kids go through something challenging, making sure they thrive and succeed is a big learning step for them. Learning how to be resilient is what they do afterwards.
On Agrilinks: Building Resilience in Nigerian Agriculture

Published on December 6, 2018
Recommendations for the Nigerian agricultural system to embrace resilience through three principles, in order to feed its population into the future under highly uncertain conditions.
Plant Resilience Institute Advisory Board Meeting

Published on May 14, 2019
Plant Resilience Institute Advisory Board Meeting
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Regional Food Systems for Improved Resilience Presentation

Published on March 17, 2015
Mike Hamm explains what regionalized food systems are and how strengthening regional food systems can help to make food systems of all scales more resilient and secure.
Registration open for the Plant Resilience Institute Symposium

Published on January 24, 2020
The Plant Resilience Institute at Michigan State is hosting a free symposium on Dimensions of Plant Resilience, May 7-8 2020.
Tenure System Faculty Position in Plant Resilience

Published on September 5, 2018
The Department of Horticulture and the Plant Resilience Institute invite applications for an Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor tenure system position.