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Rattan Lal Appointed to BIFAD by President Biden
https://governmentaffairs.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news/rattan-lal-appointed-bifad-president-biden
Professor of Soil Science, to the Board for International Food and Agricultural Development (BIFAD). The ... International Development (USAID) on agriculture and higher education issues pertinent to food insecurity in ... XII recognize the critical role of U.S. land-grant institutions in agricultural development, ...
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Clever Rabbits or Not, Parking Lot Farm Is Seeing Results
June 18, 2012 WOOSTER, Ohio-- Even a garden in the middle of a parking lot can have a problem with ... garden on an old asphalt parking lot in Wooster in northeast Ohio. “I actually saw one leave (the ... garden),” Kovach said. “It pushed its way right out. They were using the wire on the gate as a trap door.” ...
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"Learning Garden" Teaches Landscaping Skills
https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/learning-garden-teaches-landscaping-skills
May 1, 2001 COLUMBUS, Ohio- Anyone seeking basic landscape garden design skills or wanting a new ... horticulture students are designing a "learning garden," an outdoor laboratory for learning about ... constructed landscapes commonly found in the urban Midwest, around Howlett Hall on the College of Food, ...
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Fight Back Against Emerald Ash Borer; Inventory Community Trees
County will host a Tree Inventory Program on Sept. 16 to walk master gardeners, local legislators, state ... emerald ash borer on the urban forest," said Cindy Meyer, an Ohio State University Extension educator ... in agriculture and natural resources. "This data helps communities anticipate cost, work force, ...
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High-tech Rain Garden Nets OARDC Innovator Award
Agricultural Research and Development Center (OARDC). The award honors innovation and entrepreneurship by OARDC ... honored for developing and patenting a biphasic bioretention system, an advanced type of rain garden, for ... runoff costs cities in Ohio and elsewhere billions of dollars a year to manage. “The biphasic rain garden ...
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Symposium in April to Explore Carbon Sequestration in Urban Green Spaces
March 8, 2010 COLUMBUS, Ohio – Americans covet urban green spaces. We manicure golf courses, tend ... lawns, work the soil for home gardens, create landscaping masterpieces, and turn parks into playgrounds. ... groundwork for terrestrial carbon sequestration in urban ecosystems. "Carbon Sequestration in Urban ...
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News: $5 Million Gift Gives Ohio State Extension New Facility at Waterman Site
engage the community in demonstration gardens, large urban farm enterprises, nutrition kitchens and day ... College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences. The gift creates the Franklin County Extension ... offices and learning spaces on Waterman Agricultural and Natural Resources Laboratory. Waterman consists ...
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State-of-the-Art Animal Facility Coming to Ohio State
https://governmentaffairs.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news/state-art-animal-facility-coming-ohio-state
Waterman Agricultural and Natural Resources Laboratory, which is part of the College of Food, Agricultural ... and Environmental Sciences (CFAES). Already at Waterman community gardens and a herd of Jersey cows ... agriculture—on and off the farm, jobs they may not have thought of such as working as an animal nutritionist, ...
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Rain Gardens Beautify, While Protecting the Environment
program assistant for Lucas County. "Rain gardens serve their purpose both in rural and urban areas ... August 27, 2007 LONDON, Ohio-- Gardens do more than beautify an area, instill a love for plants, ... All it takes is a simple change in design and a slight amendment to the soil, and a garden can be used ...
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Ohio State University experts research new, innovative, sustainable ways to manage pests
in other parts of the state. · Consumer/urban: Master Gardener training to help identify ... biological control agents. · Specialty crop and urban agriculture: working with vegetable growers to ... a recently renewed, three-year, $750,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Institute of ...