Agriculture and Culinary Tourism

bloomquist

♦ Priscilla Bloomquist | Professor | pbloomqu@nmsu.edu

Expertise:

Tourism, Agricultural Tourism, Hospitality Training

Interdisciplinary Collaboration Areas:

  • Agriculture and Culinary Tourism
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♦ Kelley Coffeen | Assistant College Professor

Expertise:
Recipe Development and Food Writing, Chile Recipe Development, Mexican/Southern Border Culinary Recipe Development
Interdisciplinary Collaboration Areas:

  • Agriculture and Culinary Tourism
correa

♦ Julie Correa | College Assistant Professor | jzumwalt@nmsu.edu

Expertise:

I teach a national certification course for safety and sanitation for retail foodservice operations.

Interdisciplinary Collaboration Areas:

  • Agriculture and Culinary Tourism
  • Food Safety
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♦ Tom Dominguez | Agricultural Agent

Expertise:
Fruit and vegetable production. Range and Animal Science. Small Acreage production. Land Stewardship. Hoop House and Green house production.

Interdisciplinary Collaboration Areas:

  • Agriculture and Culinary Tourism
  • Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy
  • Food Safety
  • Food Security
  • Hemp Industrialization
  • Produced & Brackish Water Utilization
  • Science & Agriculture Literacy and Consumer Education
  • Soil Health
  • Value-added Agribusiness & Ag Supply Chain Entrepreneurship 
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♦ John R. Garlisch | Extension Agriculture Agent

Expertise:
Horticulture Production - Fruits, Vegetables, Insects, Plant diseases and disorders On -Farm Food Safety, Small Farm Business Planning, Economics, Entrepreneurship

Interdisciplinary Collaboration Areas:

  • Agriculture and Culinary Tourism
  • Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy
  • Food Safety
  • Food Security
  • Science & Agriculture Literacy and Consumer Education
  • Soil Health
  • Sustainable Water Systems
  • Value-added Agribusiness & Ag Supply Chain Entrepreneurship
giese

♦ Gill Giese| Extension Viticulture Specialist | ggiese@nmsu.edu

Expertise:
Viticulture, enology, grape and wine compositional quality, cover crops and soil health, nematodes and other biotic factors that impact grape and wine compositional quality, water use and irrigation efficiency
Interdisciplinary Collaboration Areas:

  • Adapting to Climate Variability
  • Agriculture and Culinary Tourism
  • Nutraceutical and Functional Foods
  • Science & Agriculture Literacy and Consumer Education
  • Soil Health
  • Sustainable Water Systems
  • Value-added Agribusiness & Ag Supply Chain Entrepreneurship
hartley

♦ John Hartley | College Assistant Professor

Expertise:
Culinary arts, food production & service, business management

Interdisciplinary Collaboration Areas:

  • Agriculture and Culinary Tourism
  • Food Safety
  • Specialty Meat and Produce Markets
hertzman

♦ Jean Hertzman, PhD, CCE, CSW | Director | jhartley@nmsu.edu

Expertise:
Food safety for retail establishments, Purchasing, procurement, and supply chain management, Culinary and foodservice management

Interdisciplinary Collaboration Areas:

  • Agriculture and Culinary Tourism
  • Food Safety
  • Food Security
  • Science & Agriculture Literacy and Consumer Education
  • Specialty Meat and Produce Markets
mandabach

♦ Keith H. Mandabach | Professor | kmandaba@nmsu.edu

Expertise:
Developing and Sustaining Independently owned New Mexican Restaurants, Gastronomic Festivals and Events-Food Tourism, Innovative use New Mexico Specialty Food Products: from the Gate to the Plate

Interdisciplinary Collaboration Areas:

  • Agriculture and Culinary Tourism
  • Food Safety
  • Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy
  • Science & Agriculture Literacy and Consumer Education
  • Specialty Meat and Produce Markets
mitchell

♦ Pete Mitchell | College Assistant Professor | petemit@nmsu.edu

Expertise:
Leadership, Food & Beverage Management, Sanitation & Kitchen Safety, Facilities Management, Hospitality Marketing, Hospitality Accounting

Interdisciplinary Collaboration Areas:

  • Agriculture and Culinary Tourism
  • Food Safety
  • Food Security
  • Sustainable Water Systems
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♦ Shannon Norris | Assistant Professor

Expertise:
Agricultural Communications, Agricultural Literacy, Science Communication, National Defense, Food Security, Agricultural Education and Youth Development
Interdisciplinary Collaboration Areas:

  • Agriculture and Culinary Tourism
  • Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy
  • Food Security
  • Science & Agriculture Literacy and Consumer Education
  • Sustainable Water Systems
  • Value-added Agribusiness & Ag Supply Chain Entrepreneurship
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♦ Jennifer J. Randall | Professor; Director of Molecular Biology Graduate Program

Expertise:
Molecular Biology, Genetics, Plant-microbe interactions

Interdisciplinary Collaboration Areas:

  • Adapting to Climate Variability
  • Agriculture and Culinary Tourism
  • Artificial Intelligence in Agriculture
  • Big Data
  • Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy
  • Food Safety
  • Food Security
  • Science & Agriculture Literacy and Consumer Education
  • Soil Health
robinson

♦ Chadelle Robinson | Assistant Professor | chadelle@nmsu.edu

Expertise:
Food marketing, general marketing, consumer behavior, and general agricultural business

Interdisciplinary Collaboration Areas:

  • Agriculture and Culinary Tourism
  • Food Safety
  • Nutraceutical and Functional Foods
  • Science & Agriculture Literacy and Consumer Education
  • Specialty Meat and Produce Markets
  • Value-added Agribusiness & Ag Supply Chain Entrepreneurship
stringham

♦ Betsy Stringam | Professor | betsys@nmsu.edu

Expertise:
Hotels, Resorts, Impact of events on hotel demand (community economics), Technology and workforce, Technology and Service, Increasing role of AI, IoT, and robotics in hotels. AI, IoT and robotics and workforce (jobs, skill sets). How AI, IoT and robotics are redefining service.

Interdisciplinary Collaboration Areas:

  • Agriculture and Culinary Tourism
  • Artificial Intelligence in Agriculture
thompson

♦ Marisa Y. Thompson, PhD | NMSU Extension Horticulture Specialist | risi@nmsu.edu

Expertise:
Urban horticulture, landscape ornamentals, xeriscaping, backyard fruits and vegetables, urban trees/forests, mitigating effects of climate change through sustainable planting, water-wise gardening, and supporting wildlife habitats

Interdisciplinary Collaboration Areas:

  • Adapting to Climate Variability
  • Agriculture and Culinary Tourism
  • Food Security
  • Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy
  • Nutraceutical and Functional Foods
  • Science & Agriculture Literacy and Consumer Education
  • Soil Health
  • Sustainable Water Systems
  • Value-added Agribusiness & Ag Supply Chain Entrepreneurship
walker

♦ Stephanie J. Walker | Extension Vegetable Specialist | swalker@nmsu.edu

Expertise:
Chile pepper processing, variety selection and mechanization. Sustainable vegetable production techniques including season extension, irrigation efficiency, crop rotation, companion planting, and cover crops. Vegetable breeding and seed saving.

Interdisciplinary Collaboration Areas:

  • Adapting to Climate Variability
  • Agriculture and Culinary Tourism
  • Food Safety
  • Food Security
  • Nutraceutical and Functional Foods
  • Soil Health
  • Specialty Meat and Produce Markets