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  1. Chow Line: The scoop on fresh, homegrown tomatoes

    https://governmentaffairs.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news/chow-line-scoop-fresh-homegrown-tomatoes

    We are enjoying fresh vegetables from our garden, especially the tomatoes. But we have ... fresh-picked from the garden. And as long as it doesn’t sit around on the kitchen counter very long, you will ... of the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences and its outreach and research arms, ...

  2. Show Me the Evidence: New Student Group Focuses on Communicating About Science

    https://governmentaffairs.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news/show-me-evidence-new-student-group-focuses-communicating-about-science

    agriculture. “Then and now, when these claims were investigated, most were proven to be false and based on junk ... science and urban mythology,” Hildebolt said. “It is our job as trained professionals in food and ... agriculture to respond appropriately to those claims which are true and based on science, and to refute those ...

  3. Free Pumpkin Night Sept. 15 Focuses on Jack-O-Lanterns, Pie and Specialty Pumpkins Among Others

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    a Sept. 15 field night offered by horticultural experts with the College of Food, Agricultural, and ... anthracnose and white speck.” Brad Bergefurd, an Ohio State University Extension educator, will lead the field ...

  4. Ohio State Scientist First Woman to Receive International Agriculture Honor

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    WOOSTER, Ohio — Linda Saif, a scientist in Ohio State University’s  College of Food, Agricultural ... Wolf Prize in Agriculture  for her work on viral diseases of critical importance to farm animals, food ... to be held at the Knesset — Israel’s parliament — in Jerusalem on May 31. In addition to agriculture ...

  5. Produce Safety Rule to Change the Way Fresh Fruit, Vegetables Are Grown and Handled

    https://governmentaffairs.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news/produce-safety-rule-change-way-fresh-fruit-vegetables-are-grown-and-handled

    operations, said Peggy Hall, field specialist in agricultural and resource law for Ohio State University ... Extension. OSU Extension is the outreach arm of The Ohio State University’s College of Food, Agricultural ... new rule voluntarily, she said. “A lot of these requirements are GAPs (good agricultural practices), ...

  6. College Creates Annual Lecture Series in Honor of Retired OARDC Director Steve Slack

    https://governmentaffairs.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news/college-creates-annual-lecture-series-honor-retired-oardc-director-steve-slack

    WOOSTER, Ohio — The College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences at The Ohio State ... as director of the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center for 16 years until his ... respected scholar in agricultural biosciences who has made or is on a path to making significant, meaningful ...

  7. Small Farm Conference March 13-14 Offers Expansion Options for Farmers

    https://governmentaffairs.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news/small-farm-conference-march-13-14-offers-expansion-options-farmers

    in recent years according to 2012 Agriculture Census data, small farm operators with specialized ... particularly among farmers who are new to agriculture. “Whether they are small farmers wanting to make their ... farms work better or landowners who are new to agriculture and are looking for ways to utilize acreage,” ...

  8. Jay Martin to Lead Field to Faucet and Global Water Initiative

    https://governmentaffairs.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news/jay-martin-lead-field-faucet-and-global-water-initiative

    blooms, Jay Martin will tell you they’re the solution. Martin was recently chosen to lead Field to Faucet, ... maintaining an economically productive agricultural sector. “It became obvious, when I was working in ... Martin is an ecological engineer in Ohio State’s Department of Food, Agricultural and Biological ...

  9. Hunger Amid Plenty: Lack of Food More Widespread Than Many Realize

    https://governmentaffairs.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news/hunger-amid-plenty-lack-food-more-widespread-many-realize

    Extension is the outreach arm of The Ohio State University’s College of Food, Agricultural, and ... live, where no one knows them.” According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s 2016 report, Household ... Master Gardener Volunteers started the “GROW Ohio — Feed the Hungry” initiative, in which Master Gardener ...

  10. Ohio State ag law professor helps farmers know their rights

    https://governmentaffairs.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news/ohio-state-ag-law-professor-helps-farmers-know-their-rights

    (In 2016, the Rural Roles series featured 12 different voices within the agriculture industry who ... and apply it to agriculture and that’s ag law,” said Peggy Hall. From water laws to zoning laws, to ... employment and labor, “there are so many areas that apply slightly differently to agriculture,” said Hall, an ...

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