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Ag In The Classroom Adjusts Programming

With students home from school, Agriculture in the Classroom is changing the way it operates.
 
"We've switched to obviously entirely online resources and activities, which we've always had but we've also done in-person programming," said Manitoba Executive Director Sue Clayton. "We've been sending teacher newsletters every couple of weeks full of resources and activities for students that they can either print off and send home in a package to students or where's there's a link that they can email the link to the students and have them do it online."
 
Clayton says they've had to cancel a number of events due to COVID-19.
 
"We're not doing any events up until the end of June," she said. "We're now looking at all of our fall programs and making decisions on those and some of that we'll make decisions closer to the time and some of them we'll be making decisions fairly shortly."
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In this episode of The Swine Nutrition Blackbelt Podcast, Dr. Kwangwook Kim, Assistant Professor at Michigan State University, discusses the use of non-nutritive sweeteners in nursery pig diets. He explains how sucralose and neotame influence feed intake, gut health, metabolism, and the frequency of diarrhea compared to antibiotics. The conversation highlights mechanisms beyond palatability, including hormone signaling and nutrient transport. Listen now on all major platforms!

“Receptors responsible for sweet taste are present not only in the mouth but also along the intestinal tract.”

Meet the guest: Dr. Kwangwook Kim / kwangwook-kim is an Assistant Professor at Michigan State University, specializing in swine nutrition and feed additives under disease challenge models. He earned his M.S. and Ph.D. in Animal Sciences from the University of California, Davis, where he focused on intestinal health and metabolic responses in pigs. His research evaluates alternatives to antibiotics, targeting gut health and performance in nursery pigs.