Carr Family Endowment

Most people probably do not consider the science and technology behind the green grass when they step up to the tee at a golf course. All the lush green of the course is turfgrass, the second largest crop produced in the world. The Plant Biotechnology for use in Crop Genetic Improvement Creative Inquiry project, mentored by Dr. Hong Luo in the Department of Genetics and Biochemistry, experiments with turfgrass and other perennial grasses to find ways to make them more resistant to environmental change.
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In 2014, Chalmers Carr III (‘90) and Lori Anne Carr (‘90, M‘92) established the Creative Inquiry program’s first endowment to support student research in fruit and vegetable crop production, agriculture industries and rural economic development. As founders of the family-owned and operated Titan Farms, the Carrs are proud to extend their professional work to bolster the Clemson student experience and the Clemson family.
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The Peach Package of the Future Creative Inquiry project, led by Dr. Andrew Hurley from the Department of Food, Nutrition and Packaging Sciences, worked on developing an innovative package to better market peaches to future generations of shoppers.
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The Creating a Health Hub for SC Rural Communities: Prosperity, SC Creative Inquiry project is feeding minds and bodies with education and nutrition. The project is led by Dr. Kirby Player, Coordinator of the Palmetto LEAF (Leadership for the Environment, Agriculture and Forestry) program and lecturer in the Department of Agricultural Sciences.
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To investigate the budding and blooming cycle, Dr. Douglas Bielenberg in the Department of Biological Sciences and his Creative Inquiry team are tracking the specific time of bud break in different varieties of peaches.
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With help from the Nutraceutical and Functional Foods Research and Product Development Creative Inquiry project, South Carolina peach farmers can boast that consuming their peaches has health benefits. Led by Dr. Feng Chen from the Department of Food, Nutrition and Packaging Sciences, the team studied the chemicals in South Carolina peaches to determine how one of the state’s major agricultural products benefits its consumers.
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