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Summer Grafting Workshop
https://oardc.osu.edu/events/summer-grafting-workshop
program assistant, Paul Snyder. “It’s a helpful skill to learn because it makes you a better gardener if ... Bono not included. The arboretum is at the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center. The ... center is part of The Ohio State University and its College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental ...
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Ohio’s bees are a honey, and then some: Get a new guide to know them
and you can identify more than a dozen of them — types you’re likely to see in your garden — using ... available in quantities of 25 — good for handing out to garden clubs, farm groups and the like — for $9.99 ...
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New study looks at why Americans waste so much food
people perceive benefits to throwing food away, some of which have only limited basis in fact. A study ... Professor of Agricultural Marketing and Policy in CFAES’s Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and ... study surveyed 500 respondents on their attitudes and awareness regarding food waste. Some 53 percent ...
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Autumn Discovery Day
https://oardc.osu.edu/events/autumn-discovery-day
at the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, 1680 Madison Ave. in Wooster, about 60 ... Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences. The event is the arboretum’s second-biggest fundraiser of the year, ... freezes,” he said. “It’s less work for the homeowner because we usually get enough rain in the fall so that ...
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Bees and Beneficials Workshop
https://oardc.osu.edu/events/bees-and-beneficials-workshop
Bees and beneficials: keeping the garden abuzz with good bugs November 10, 9:30AM to 3PM Fisher ... insects, including how to invite bees and beneficials into our gardens and landscapes. Topics include ... garden predators, bee biology, backyard bees and beneficials, bees at The Wilds and gardening for bees ...
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2 new ways to avoid latex allergies
very strong, tear-resistant, soft, comfortable and less irritating than synthetic materials from which ... comfortable and less irritating.”—Katrina Cornish Stronger, more sensitive types Medical professionals prefer ... provide superior protection to blood-borne pathogens and cause less hand fatigue. OARDC is conducting ...
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Scientists seeking a better way to put the bite on mosquitoes
feeding.” As a result, he said, mosquitoes with impaired kidney function would be less likely to escape the ... courtesy MaLisa Spring, Graduate Research Fellow, Agricultural Landscape Ecology Lab, Department of ...
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Good time to start: Fall farm practices for helping crops and water
and refined the practices, is sharing details on them with farmers around Ohio. “There are some ... LaBarge, field specialist with OARDC’s outreach partner, Ohio State University Extension (pictured). “Some ... Extension, team members are also from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service. The ...
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Secrest Arboretum
https://oardc.osu.edu/facility/secrest-arboretum
Although it is a research arboretum, over 7,000 people visit the gardens annually. The Ohio Nursery, ... landscaping industry and master gardeners depend on the Arboretum for training programs and evaluation of new ...
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A showcase for farming’s new science and tech
CFAES’s 2016 Farm Science Review trade show is Sept. 20-22 at the Molly Caren Agricultural Center ... innovations in agriculture and to talk with experts from industry and from CFAES, including scientists funded ... a challenging time in agriculture with low commodity prices, so farmers and producers of all sizes will be able ...