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10/27/2011 |
Ohio State Professor Emeritus Receives Top Award for Work in Environmental Education |
RALEIGH, NC -- Rosanne Fortner, professor emeritus of Ohio State University's School of Environment and Natural Resources and former education director of Ohio State University Sea Grant, received the highest honor from the North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE) at its annual conference on Oct. 15 in Raleigh, North Carolina.
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Matthew Forte |
Rosanne Fortner, Jeffrey Reutter |
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10/28/2011 |
Chow Line: You can get enough iron without meat |
Our adult daughter has low iron. I think it’s because she doesn’t eat meat, but she says that there’s plenty of iron in other foods. Can you help me persuade her she’s wrong?
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Martha Filipic |
Hugo Melgar-Quinonez |
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10/28/2011 |
Ohio State Awarded $1.4 Million Grant to Induce 'Kidney Failure' in Malaria-causing Mosquitoes |
WOOSTER, Ohio -- An Ohio State University entomologist has been awarded a $1.4 million grant from the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH) to discover chemicals that could pave the way to an entirely new way of killing mosquitoes that spread malaria, a disease that claims the lives of 1 million children around the world each year.
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Mauricio Espinoza |
Peter Piermarini |
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10/31/2011 |
Leadership Center Opens Diversity, Inclusion Lending Library Nov. 9 |
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio State University's Leadership Center is launching the first-ever Diversity & Inclusion Lending Library Nov. 9 with a seminar and lunch, as part of a new partnership with the International Society of Diversity and Inclusion Professionals.
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Martha Filipic |
Jeff King, Gail Zoppo |
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11/02/2011 |
Nutrient Management Key to Reducing Dissolved Phosphorus in Lake Erie |
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Farmers successfully reduced total phosphorus going into Lake Erie over the past 50 years, but must reevaluate nutrient management practices to manage dissolved phosphorus in the lake, according to one Ohio State University Extension expert.
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Andy Vance |
Greg LaBarge |
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11/02/2011 |
Livestock Producers Encouraged to Attend Heart of America Grazing Conference |
MT. GILEAD, Ohio – Livestock farmers from across the Corn Belt are invited and encouraged to attend the 11th annual Heart of America Grazing Conference in Mt. Vernon, Ill., Jan. 25-26, 2012.
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Andy Vance |
Jeff McCutcheon |
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11/03/2011 |
Ohio State Food, Ag, Env Calendar Listings as of Nov. 3 |
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Here are upcoming events involving Ohio State University's College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences.
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Kaitlyn Riemenschneider |
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11/04/2011 |
Chow Line: Take steps to prevent diabetes (for 11/13/11) |
My father and two of my grandparents suffered from type 2 diabetes. I’m concerned that I might be susceptible. What can I do, besides keeping my weight under control, to help prevent it?
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Martha Filipic |
Julie Kennel |
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11/04/2011 |
Comment Period Extended for Proposed Farm Youth Labor Regulation Changes |
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The U.S. Department of Labor announced last week an extension of the public comment period for proposed changes to the regulations governing employment of youth on farms and agricultural enterprises. Experts from Ohio State University Extension’s Agricultural Safety and Health program will host a webinar to discuss the proposed changes and answer questions from the public Wednesday, Nov. 9, at 3 p.m.
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Andy Vance |
Dee Jepsen |
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11/04/2011 |
Unusual Growing Season Could Lead to Unusual Aphid Cycle |
WOOSTER, Ohio – While farmers across the Eastern Corn Belt persist in harvesting a late soybean crop, Ohio State University Extension experts are working to determine how the soybean aphid might affect the 2012 crop.
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Andy Vance |
Ron Hammond |
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11/08/2011 |
OSU Extension Helping Landowners, Communities Handle Shale Gas Issues |
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Shale gas development in Ohio could mean thousands of Ohio jobs, windfalls for landowners leasing away their mineral rights, and economic development for struggling communities.
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Martha Filipic |
Steve Schumacher, Peggy Hall, Mike Hogan, Fred Schwarz |
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11/08/2011 |
Speaker to Address Violence Prevention, Peace in Aftermath of Virginia Tech Tragedy |
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Jerzy Nowak's world changed on April 16, 2007, when his wife, Jocelyne Couture-Nowak, was killed in a shooting rampage at Virginia Tech.
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Martha Filipic |
Doug Doohan |
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11/09/2011 |
Poor Forage Quality Requires Solid Nutrition Management This Winter |
ATHENS, Ohio – Concerned with forage quality, particularly over late-made first cutting hay, an Ohio State University Extension specialist said farmers need to diligently manage livestock nutrition needs this fall and winter.
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Andy Vance |
Rory Lewandowski |
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11/09/2011 |
Farm Bill Proposals Mark ‘Evolutionary Change’ in Safety Net |
COLUMBUS, Ohio – After analyzing 10 major proposals circulating for the 2012 Farm Bill as of October, an Ohio State University farm policy expert said the proposals reflect a striking commonality in the philosophical changes underlying the debate over federal farm programs.
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Andy Vance |
Carl Zulauf |
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11/09/2011 |
Ohio State Food, Ag, Env Calendar Listings as of Nov. 9 |
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Here are upcoming events involving Ohio State University’s College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences as of Nov. 9.
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Kaitlyn Riemenschneider |
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11/16/2011 |
Family Fundamentals: It's never too early to teach kids about money (for Nov. 2011) |
Our children are still young (ages 4 and 6) but we want to teach them good money management practices that will last a lifetime. What can we do now and over the next few years to give them a good, solid base?
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Martha Filipic |
Nancy Stehulak |
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11/16/2011 |
December 4-H Science Saturdays Program on 'Amazing Magnets' |
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Kids are certain to be drawn to the next "Science Saturdays" program offered by Ohio State University Extension 4-H Youth Development.
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Martha Filipic |
Sally McClaskey |
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11/16/2011 |
Ohio State Food, Ag, Env Calendar Listings as of Nov. 16 |
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Here are upcoming events involving Ohio State University’s College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences as of Nov. 16.
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Kaitlyn Riemenschneider |
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11/17/2011 |
Kudzu Presents Problems, Not Yet Running Rampant in the North |
WOOSTER, Ohio – An invasive species synonymous with the South has taken root in the Eastern Corn Belt, but according to Ohio State University Extension field crop pathologist Anne Dorrance, it doesn’t yet present quite the headaches for farmers above the Mason-Dixon Line as it has below.
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Andy Vance |
Anne Dorrance |
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11/17/2011 |
Following Harvest, Farmers Have Plenty of Work Ahead |
URBANA, Ohio – As farmers wrap up harvesting corn and soybeans across the Eastern Corn Belt, the work is just getting started on many farms, with fertilizer, herbicide and tillage applications planned in the waning weeks of productivity for 2011.
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Andy Vance |
Harold Watters |
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11/17/2011 |
Post-USDA Reports, Market Focus Likely Shifts to 2012 |
COLUMBUS, Ohio – After a November U.S. Department of Agriculture crop report described as “pretty boring,” Ohio State University Extension economist Matt Roberts said the grain markets are largely watching other markets and awaiting thoughts of buying acres for 2012 production.
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Andy Vance |
Matt Roberts |
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11/17/2011 |
Ohio State’s Hall to Lead American Agricultural Law Association |
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Members of the American Agricultural Law Association (AALA) elected Peggy Kirk Hall of The Ohio State University as its next president during the organization’s annual conference in late October. Hall is the director of Ohio State’s Agricultural and Resource Law Program.
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Andy Vance |
Peggy Kirk Hall |
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11/18/2011 |
Chow Line: Close, but broccoli beats cauliflower (for 11/27/11) |
Do broccoli and cauliflower offer similar nutrients? My husband says they do, but I think he just doesn’t like broccoli. (I prefer broccoli over cauliflower, so I might be biased, too.)
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Martha Filipic |
Hugo Melgar-Quinonez |
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11/22/2011 |
Chow Line: Host healthful holiday gatherings (for 12/4/11) |
We’re entertaining quite a bit over the holidays. We’ve been trying to eat more healthfully, and so have a lot of our friends and family. Any ideas to help us encourage healthy eating at parties, without being a complete wet blanket?
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Martha Filipic |
Julie Kennel |
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11/30/2011 |
OARDC's Yebo Li Receives University Innovator Award |
WOOSTER, Ohio -- Yebo Li, a biosystems engineer with the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center (OARDC) in Wooster, has received Ohio State University's 2011 Early Career Innovator of the Year Award for his work on the development and commercialization of bio-based energy and industrial products.
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Mauricio Espinoza |
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12/01/2011 |
Genetic Improvement Propels Corn Yield Past Weather Woes |
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Weather conditions at planting and harvest worked to stymie farmers in 2011. Despite frustrating meteorological developments, Ohio State University experts say continuous improvements in corn genetics and traits allowed producers to record impressive yields this year.
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Andy Vance |
Peter Thomison, Matt Sullivan |
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12/01/2011 |
Corn Harvest Winding Down, Yields Better Than Expected |
COLUMBUS, Ohio – As farmers near completion of the 2011 harvest, Ohio State University corn extension specialist Peter Thomison said that despite major weather challenges at planting and harvest, yields were largely better than expected across much of Ohio.
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Andy Vance |
Peter Thomison |
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12/01/2011 |
Nutrient Management Key Theme of Ohio No-Till Conference |
CELINA, Ohio – Experts from Ohio State University Extension, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service and the Ohio No-Till Council will discuss the critical importance of managing phosphorous and other nutrients through conservation tillage practices at the annual Ohio No-Till Conference, Dec. 6, 2011 in Plain City.
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Andy Vance |
Jim Hoorman |
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12/02/2011 |
Chow Line: Leftovers deserve cautious care (for 12/10/11) |
My husband and I do a lot of cooking on the weekend so we just have to reheat leftovers for dinner later in the week. But we have a question: When we make a big pot of chili or soup, should we let it cool on the counter before refrigerating it, or not?
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Martha Filipic |
Lydia Medeiros |
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12/06/2011 |
Food Safety is Focus of $2.3 Million in Grants |
WOOSTER, Ohio -- An Ohio State University scientist and colleagues have garnered two food safety grants totaling $2.3 million from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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Martha Filipic |
Jeff LeJeune |
