04/16/2010 |
Pedal Power! Try Bike-based E-charger at Scarlet, Gray, Green Fair |
WOOSTER, Ohio — Try a pedal-powered battery charger — built from mostly easy-to-get parts for less than $200, not counting the bike and bike stand — at Ohio State's Wooster Campus Scarlet, Gray and Green Fair. |
Kurt Knebusch |
Barry Romich, Jackie Buckwalter |
10/21/2002 |
Woolly Bear Winter Prediction Not Science, But Fun |
COLUMBUS, Ohio - The exit of summer always ushers in Fall familiarities - apple cider, pumpkins, changing landscapes and the site of nature's most recognizable caterpillar: the woolly bear.
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Candace Pollock |
Barbara Bloetscher |
10/21/2002 |
Woolly Bear Winter Prediction Not Science, But Fun |
COLUMBUS, Ohio - The exit of summer always ushers in Fall familiarities - apple cider, pumpkins, changing landscapes and the site of nature's most recognizable caterpillar: the woolly bear. |
Candace Pollock |
Barbara Bloetscher |
08/14/2007 |
Get Insects and Plant Diseases Analyzed at Farm Science Review |
LONDON, Ohio -- Got an insect or a disease plaguing your landscape plants or garden crops and don't know what it is? Bring a sample to Farm Science Review to be analyzed by Ohio State University specialists of the C. Wayne Ellett Plant and Pest Diagnostic Clinic.
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Candace Pollock |
Barb Bloetscher, Ron Hammond |
08/16/2006 |
Get Insect and Disease Diagnoses at Farm Science Review |
LONDON, Ohio -- Got an insect or a disease plaguing your landscape plants or garden crops and don't know what it is? Bring a sample to Farm Science Review to be analyzed by Ohio State University specialists of the C. Wayne Ellett Plant and Pest Diagnostic Clinic (CWEPPDC).
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Candace Pollock |
Barb Bloetscher, Nathan Watermeier |
01/23/2008 |
Getting the Edge Over Insects and Diseases with Training Program |
ADA, Ohio -- A plant pathology and entomology training program is giving farmers, crop consultants and others in the agriculture industry a more refined eye in recognizing diseases and pests.
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Candace Pollock |
Barb Bloetscher, Nancy Taylor |
06/24/2009 |
New Network to Protect Crops, Forests, Food Supply |
REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio -- A new partnership announced June 24 between Ohio State University and the Ohio Department of Agriculture will enhance the protection of Ohio's crops, forests and food supply.
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Candace Pollock |
Barb Bloetscher, Joanne Kick-Raack, Mike Boehm, Nancy Taylor |
08/07/2001 |
Ohio Experiencing Population Explosion of Red Admiral Butterflies |
COLUMBUS, Ohio - State lepidopterists are seeing a population explosion of red admirals, the first time in 15 years the butterflies have been so widespread.
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Candace Pollock |
Barb Bloetscher |
08/06/2008 |
Pests of the Rare and the Familiar at Farm Science Review |
LONDON, Ohio -- Pests of both the rare and the familiar will be part of the C. Wayne Ellett Plant and Pest Diagnostic Clinic activities during Ohio State University's Farm Science Review. |
Candace Pollock |
Barb Bloetscher |
04/27/2010 |
OSU Extension Helping Ohio Schools Better Manage Pests |
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio State University Extension is helping Ohio school systems better manage pest problems while meeting requirements to become Integrated Pest Management (IPM) "Star Certified." |
Candace Pollock |
Barb Bloetscher |
06/27/2001 |
Learn Your Bugs: Beneficial Insects Can Help Control Garden Pests |
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Garden lovers looking for a more natural way to control ornamental pests other than using insecticides may have to look no farther than their own backyard. |
Candace Pollock |
Barb Bloetscher |
07/31/2008 |
Farm Science Review: Sharing the Garden with Bees and Their Imitators |
LONDON, Ohio -- The bee is revered and feared in the gardening world. Nature's pollinator can help create beauty, but dampen the spirits of those enjoying flowers who misinterpret its intended visit. But not all bees are out to sting, and sometimes insects visiting a garden are not bees at all. Barbara Bloetscher, an Ohio State University Extension entomologist, will share the love of bees and their harmless imitators at this year's Farm Science Review.
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Candace Pollock |
Barb Bloetscher |
05/28/2008 |
Southern Ohio to See 17-Year Periodical Cicadas |
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Neighborhoods, parks, wooded areas and forests throughout southern Ohio will soon be filled with the cacophony of thousands of periodical cicadas, emerging from underground after 17 years of development. |
Candace Pollock |
Barb Bloetscher |
06/22/2012 |
Professor to be Named as Fellow of Institute of Food Technologists |
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- V.M. (Bala) Balasubramaniam, professor of food safety engineering at Ohio State University, will be named a Fellow of the Institute of Food Technologists at its annual meeting in Las Vegas on Monday, June 25.
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Martha Filipic |
Bala Balasubramaniam, Rich Linton |
05/27/2011 |
Cut Flower Growers to Meet in Wooster Aug. 8 |
WOOSTER, Ohio -- The Association of Specialty Cut Flower Growers will hold its 2011 Midwest Regional Meeting at the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center Aug. 8.
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Megan Shoenfelt |
Association of Specialty Cut Flower Growers |
06/03/2011 |
Workshop This Saturday (6/4) on Keeping Ohio Produce Safe |
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – OSU’s Fruit and Vegetable Safety Team reminds growers of its Produce Safety Education Program this Saturday (6/4). Reducing food-borne illness -- now in the news due to Europe’s deadly E. coli outbreak linked to raw produce -- is the focus.
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Kurt Knebusch |
Ashley Kulhanek |
05/12/2011 |
Fruits, Vegetables and Foodborne Illness: OSU Workshop on Cutting the Risk |
OSU's half-day, science-based, expert-led Produce Safety Education Program goes from 9 a.m.-noon, June 4, at the ABE Center in Bowling Green.
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Kurt Knebusch |
Ashley Kulhanek |
02/15/2011 |
Meeting New Fruit, Veggie Safety Standards: OSU Workshops Set |
WOOSTER, Ohio -- OSU’s Fruit and Vegetable Safety Team will offer its first-ever Produce Safety Education Program four times in three places over the next two months.
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Kurt Knebusch |
Ashley Kulhanek |
02/23/2011 |
SW Ohio Produce Safety Education Rescheduled to April 4 |
CLAYTON, Ohio -- OSU's Produce Safety Education Program originally scheduled for March 1 in Clayton near Dayton has been rescheduled to April 4 in the same location.
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Kurt Knebusch |
Ashley Kulhanek |
03/28/2011 |
Growers: 2 OSU Produce Safety Workshops Next Week |
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Kurt Knebusch |
Ashley Kulhanek |
03/07/2011 |
Still Room in March 21 Produce Safety Workshop |
WOOSTER, Ohio – There’s still space in OSU’s Produce Safety Education Program offered twice on March 21 west of Findlay. The workshop looks at science-based ways to make fresh fruits and vegetables safer.
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Kurt Knebusch |
Ashley Kulhanek |
08/29/2012 |
Fruit, Vegetable Safety Program Set for Sept. 24 in Chillicothe |
CHILLICOTHE, Ohio -- A program on preventing microbial contamination on fruit and vegetable farms will take place in Chillicothe. Good Agricultural Practices are the focus.
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Ashley Kulhanek |
01/05/2012 |
Fruit, Vegetable Safety Program Set for NE Ohio March 30 |
BURTON, Ohio -- A program on preventing microbial contamination on fruit and vegetable farms takes place in northeast Ohio on March 30.
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Kurt Knebusch |
Ashley Kulhanek |
08/22/2012 |
Farm Science Review program to discuss animal/human disease transmission |
LONDON, Ohio — Hollywood likes to promote the myth that humans are always the “victims” when it comes to diseases transmitted between animals and humans, referred to as zoonotic diseases. But in reality, the illnesses can pass either direction, said Armando Hoet, director of the Veterinary Public Health Program within Ohio State University's College of Veterinary Medicine.
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Kyle Sharp |
Armando Hoet |
05/09/2011 |
City Gardeners: Learn How to Get Big Results from Small Spaces at Free May 15 Event in Columbus |
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- This Sunday, May 15, the Franklin County Master Gardener Vegetable Outreach, Education and Research Project will host its first event of the year at the Waterman Agriculture and Natural Resources Laboratory, 2490 Carmack Road, on Ohio State University’s Columbus campus.
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Siera Marth |
Annette Swanberg |
08/09/2011 |
100 Lbs. of Potatoes From 4 Sq. Ft.? Learn How in Columbus Aug. 14 |
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- On Sunday, Aug. 14, the Franklin County Master Gardener Vegetable Outreach, Education and Research Project will host its last gardening program of the season from noon-1 p.m. in Columbus.
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Siera Marth |
Annette Swanberg |
07/05/2011 |
Insects Munching On Your Garden? Learn How to Control Them July 10 in Columbus |
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio State University Extension and the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center (OARDC) are sponsoring a field day for home gardeners this Sunday, July 10, on Ohio State University’s Columbus campus.
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Siera Marth |
Annette Swanberg |
01/25/2008 |
Chow Line: Vitamin D and heart health: jury still out |
Are vitamin D supplements recommended to prevent heart disease?
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Martha Filipic |
Anne Smith |
03/06/2008 |
Chow Line: Whole grain products on the rise (for 3/16/08) |
I read that only 7 percent of Americans eat three servings of whole grains a day. Is that accurate? |
Martha Filipic |
Anne Smith |
03/14/2008 |
Chow Line: Lots of reasons to eat healthy whole grains |
I know it's recommended that we eat more whole grains. Why are they so healthful?
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Martha Filipic |
Anne Smith |