Jennifer Trice University of Maryland Eastern Shore Staff UMES Extension Program jltrice@umes.edu
Expertise
*Small Farm Program Field Agent for UMES, assisting agriculture producers to stay informed, profitable and meet their goals, in the four counties of the Lower Eastern Shore of Maryland (Dorchester, Wicomico, Somerset and Worcester) with their farm businesses.
* Programming for Small Scale Farm Tasting Tours within Unique Agriculture Communities around the world with Respect to Local Ecology. Centering around the Heritage, Stories and Families within Assigned Regions (Scotland, Spain, Germany and Vietnam). Responsible Throughout Lifecycle of Creative Hospitality and other Value-Added Products. Team Builder (Scouting, Talent Research, Cultural and Business Partnering Services). Product Creator/Deliverables, Budgeting, Marketing, Public Relations (Cultural Broker). Instruction, Mapping and Curriculum Building (Creating Order and Direction within Complex Systems and Projects), Production/Operations Management.
* Officially Recognized and Certified as One of Only Forty “Chesapeake Bay Storytellers” through National Park Service and The Maryland Office of Tourism.
* Vegetable farm owner/operator with weekly direct to consumer sales, and field tasting events. Farm business consultant and Master Gardener speaker.
* Appointed photographer under Bush administration to US Department of Energy, Secretary Samuel Bodman and Ambassador Linton Brooks.
* Curriculum creator & instructor of first digital photography courses at USDA Graduate School (Faculty Excellence Award Recipient).
* Research photographer and digital imaging lab facility operations: American Red Cross Biomedical Division, Holland Lab, to support international researchers work and publications.
* CORE Vision Research Grant: Baylor College of Medicine: Create, manage and operate the first digital imaging facility to support doctors, researchers, students, administration.
* Producer, Graphic Designer, Printer, Photographer for Pacifica Radio, DJ Sun: SONY, Giant Step, IRMA, Arista, Island Records, Ovum Recordings, Om, !K7, Melankolic, ESL.
* Founding team member of Europe's first internet magazine of FOCUS.de: graphic design and photography, Multinational Agritourism Development, Small Farm Business Consulting, Cultural Broker, & Digital Imaging, Small Farm Business.
Education
BS, Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), 1997. Major: Imaging & Photographic Technology
Experience
Field Agent, Small Farm Program, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, School of Agricultural and Natural Sciences. (April 2024 - Present).
Visual Information Specialist / Creative Director, Contractor. (1997 - Present).
Agritourism & Organic Farming Professional, Sparkling Star Farm. (May 2010 - December 2016).
Faculty, USDA Graduate School, Art and Technology. (January 2002 - December 2009).
Photographer & Visual Information Specialist, United States Department of Energy, Contractor. (January 2005 - January 2007).
Research Photographer; Photographic Studio Manager, American Red Cross Biomedical Division, Holland Laboratory. (February 2002 - April 2004).
Digital Imaging Production Specialist, DIG. (December 2000 - September 2001).
Research Photography and Digital Imaging Coordinator, Baylor College of Medicine, CORE Vision Research / Ophthalmology. (August 1997 - January 2001).
Digital Graphic Design & Photography - Assistant to Art Director, FOCUS Magazine, Online. (May 1996 - August 1997).
Awards and Honors
Faculty Excellence Award, USDA Graduate School ( now Graduate School USA). (September 2009).
Teaching Innovation
Curricular Development. Digital Photography. January 2002 - Present. Taught & Created First Digital Photography Curriculum/Courses. Hands-on professional integration to launch adult students to meet immediate work needs - beginning and advanced photography - multiple format use, lighting, editing, and overall visual literacy for government and private sector clients/students.
