Jahnari Edwards Email & Phone Number

Madison, Georgia, United States

• Provide assistance in on-site inspections of land to determine need of conservation measures
• Complete surveys, designs, and layouts for construction of conservation practices, and inspect construction of practices to determine adherence to USDA specifications & guidelines;
• Independently assist landowners, farmers, and others on conserving land through NRCS programs including but not limited to Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP).
• Independently administer functions of the Madison (CRP) field office, including obtaining and recording information for records and reports
• Responsible for maintaining and revising technical guides, job sheets, and specifications
• Gather and assemble preliminary data to develop and document conservation plans and applications, including size and location of farm, past cropping history and numbers and types of livestock

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

• Created lesson plans designed to encourage enthusiasm and increase students math and science skills that correlated with Metro Public Schools curriculum
• Planned and assisted with educational field trips
• Created a supportive environment for all my students by being approachable
• Communicated effectively with parents regarding the progress of their children and what was required of them at times for field trips/after school programming

• 1890 USDA Scholar
• Assisted in the development of conservation plans for landowners and farmers
• Provided technical assistance to local government bodies, tribal entities, state and Federal agencies, private landowners and the general public in the development, application, and maintenance of a coordinated natural.
• Introduced to the conducting surveys, designs, and layouts for construction of conservation practices, and inspect construction of practices to determine adherence to USDA specifications & guidelines
• Enhanced knowledge of locating and using Field Office Technical Guides, Conservation Desktop, Conservation Assessment Ranking Tool, and ProTracts
• Shadowed and assisted with the installment of conservation practices including but not limited to cross fencing, high tunnels, heavy use areas, irrigation pipeline, and tree/shrub establishment

Recently conducted and presented research on the Economic Diversification in Tennessee, in which I looked at data tables from the U.S. Census about the different agriculture sectors in Tennessee from the years 2007 and 2012.

I analyzed sales of instant games for the lottery and forecasted the future sales of instant games.

A five-week summer apprenticeship program offered by the College of Agriculture at Tennessee State University. Through this program I conducted research in Agribusiness, in which I decided to declare my major as Agribusiness.