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  1. Freshwater Prawn Finding Niche in Ohio Aquaculture

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/freshwater-prawn-finding-niche-ohio-aquaculture-0

    over 9,000 prawns had been harvested (about 600 pounds). What started out eight years ago as a trial ... run for South Centers aquaculturists has turned into a yearly research project geared toward Ohio ... farmers looking for new crops and alternative income. “What I find so fascinating about the ...

  2. Piketon Field Night Aug. 11 Includes Pumpkin Pollination, Drip Irrigation, Small Fruit, Tomatoes

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/piketon-field-night-aug-11-includes-pumpkin-pollination-drip-irrigation-small-fruit

    tour of OSU South Center’s fields and learn about the pumpkin pollinator research project, new small ... August 5, 2011 PIKETON, Ohio – The Annual Horticulture Field Night will be held Thursday, Aug. 11, ... funding opportunities through the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation ...

  3. OSU Extension, Hamilton County Innovation Station

    https://hamilton.osu.edu/news/osu-extension-hamilton-county-innovation-station

    provides the annual Innovation Station program to youth ages 5-12.  The project-based activities provided ... natural resources, healthy eating options, physical activity, and project based learning through rocket ... recreational facilities learn about agriculture in an urban setting.  Being geographically landlocked in the ...

  4. Fill Up on Gas from Garbage? Ohio State Campus in Wooster to Try It … at $2.25 a Gallon

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/fill-gas-garbage-ohio-state-campus-wooster-try-it-%E2%80%A6-225-gallon

    associate director and one of the project’s planners. That proximity “led us to say, ‘Let’s go ahead and ... need fewer oil changes and should last longer, says a DOE fact sheet. The project will try to document ... costs only about two-thirds as much as gasoline and, when burned, emits about a third less greenhouse ...

  5. Alternative Green Certification Systems Favor Ohio's Timber Industry

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/alternative-green-certification-systems-favor-ohios-timber-industry

    under LEED certification. "If we are talking about reducing our carbon footprint, how much of ... intensively managed. And what about pressures to produce more, including the impacts from fertilizers and ... renewable wood products.   The U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental ...

  6. OARDC, Ford Partner to Test Russian Dandelion Rubber for Car Parts

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/oardc-ford-partner-test-russian-dandelion-rubber-car-parts

    Agricultural Research and Development Center (OARDC) in Wooster. The U.S. automaker is interested in substituting ... structures) and a 2-acre field on the Wooster campus. Plans for larger plantations and a pilot-scale ... Harris said. In addition to TKS, Ford is looking into the use of guayule (a southwestern U.S. shrub) as ...

  7. New Opportunities for Tomato Growers With Grafting

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/new-opportunities-tomato-growers-grafting

    the three-year project, funded by OARDC SEEDS, the U.S. Department of Agriculture Organic Agriculture ... challenging field conditions, while maintaining ties to sustainability for consumers." For the project ... May 13, 2010 WOOSTER, Ohio – Open field and high tunnel tomato producers yearning for high-quality ...

  8. International Relations Bringing Agribusiness Skills to Africa

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/international-relations-bringing-agribusiness-skills-africa

    Africa to bring agribusiness skills to its country's residents.   Through a $100,000, two-year U.S ... agricultural economy in Tanzania by educating and training those entering private sector agribusinesses. ... Tanzania. "This is a novel change for us and the university has a role to play in developing this new ...

  9. OARDC Receives National Research Award for Critical Soybean Rust Work

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/oardc-receives-national-research-award-critical-soybean-rust-work

    earned the award along with colleagues from more than 30 U.S. and Canadian land-grant ... universities, federal agencies and industry associations involved in the project, officially called NCERA (North Central ... fact that our multistate research network enables the land-grant colleges of agriculture to rapidly ...

  10. Hamilton County 4-H Clubs

    https://hamilton.osu.edu/program-areas/4-h-youth-development/join-hamilton-county-4-h/hamilton-county-4-h-clubs

    other about our projects and learning through guest speakers.  We love to give back to our community by ... oldest 4-H club in Hamilton County! We have members from 5-18 years old that take all sorts of projects ... , both Livestock and Special Interest. Our club members participate in Livestock projects like market ...

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