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Meet Our Team Members: Beth Sheckelhoff
https://producesafety.osu.edu/news/meet-our-team-members-beth-sheckelhoff
as urban gardeners and community groups in NW Ohio. Teaching topics range from good agricultural ...
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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 ... University scientist who has set up a lushly growing and ostensibly fenced-off fruit and vegetable test ... garden on an old asphalt parking lot in Wooster in northeast Ohio. “I actually saw one leave (the ...
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OSU OFFERS NEW ONLINE COURSE FOR GOOD AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES
https://producesafety.osu.edu/news/osu-offers-new-online-course-good-agricultural-practices
The OSU Fruit and Vegetable Safety Team launched their new on-line course for Good Agricultural ...
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Amy Stone Joins the OSU Fruit and Vegetable Safety Team
https://producesafety.osu.edu/news/amy-stone-joins-osu-fruit-and-vegetable-safety-team
threats through outreach and education efforts. Amy also coordinates the Master Gardener Volunteer ... Program, The Ohio Certified Volunteer Naturalist Program and the Master Urban Farmer Program in the ... had a forty-acre truck farm and sold produce at the Detroit’s Eastern Market. While the Stone garden ...
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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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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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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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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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OSU Extension Event to Bring the Green Industry to NW Ohio
July 29, 2005 TOLEDO, Ohio-- Ohio State University Extension, along with a fledgling garden and ... registration is $20 for the day. The event is sponsored by Ohio State Extension Agricultural Business ... Northwest Ohio Landscape Garden Association-- the first organization of its kind to support green industry ...