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Grow your own lettuce in space? Students, researchers build system for NASA
Say you're on Mars and you fancy a salad. Unless the Curiosity rover can make an unexpected find of fresh romaine somewhere on the dusty Red Planet, you're looking at a nine-month trip to the nearest produce aisle on Earth. A better option? Grow ...
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Growing numbers: CFAES enrollment up 3.3 percent
https://students.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news/growing-numbers-cfaes-enrollment-33-percent
Attracting more students and creating a diverse population of undergraduate and graduate students each year has always been one of CFAES's goals, and this year is no exception. Comparing autumn enrollment numbers from 2011 to 2012, undergraduate en ...
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Students Travel to AFA Leaders Conference in Kansas City
https://students.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news/students-travel-afa-leaders-conference-in-kansas-city
On Thursday November 1, 19 students from The Ohio State University boarded planes and made their way to Kansas City, Missouri to partake in the Agriculture Future of America (AFA) Leaders Conference. The AFA Leaders Conference provides support ...
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Growing potential: How to recruit more Latino students into agriculture
The Latinos in Agriculture Leaders Forum recently convened in San Antonio, Texas. Jamie Cano and Warren Tyler Agner attended the forum with financial support from the CFAES Professional Development Support Fund. The Leaders Forum brought together represen ...
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OSU Students Travel to Tampa Bay Aquatic Preserves
https://students.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news/osu-students-travel-tampa-bay-aquatic-preserves
In December 2012 a group of OSU students traveled to Tampa Bay Aquatic Preserves to work side-by-side with environmental scientists at Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) in Dunedin, FL. This partnership with DEP enabled the Florida faci ...
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ACT Members Attend 2013 Professional Development Conference
The Agricultural Communicators of Tomorrow attended the 2013 Professional Development Conference in Fayetteville, Arkansas hosted by the University of Arkansas. Nine students from Ohio State had the opportunity to network with other students studying agri ...
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Brewing, buying biogas: OARDC campus at Wooster now runs on 30 percent green energy
Rotten produce. Animal fat. Bad soda. Manure. OARDC's Wooster campus is going to waste. And that's a good thing. The campus is using agricultural and food-processing wastes to meet nearly a third of its 12-megawatt-hour annual electricity needs. ...
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How to bring local, healthier foods back to school
https://students.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news/how-bring-local-healthier-foods-back-school
Did you know that almost 30 percent of Ohioans are obese? And do you realize that the state of Ohio spends more than $3 billion a year treating the health-related consequences of obesity? The subject of health and consumption of locally produced foods is ...
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Transitioning family farms to the next generation
https://students.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news/transitioning-family-farms-the-next-generation
Only 16.5 percent of family businesses, including family farms, survive to a third generation, according to the U.S. Small Business Administration. And 39 percent of U.S. farmland is owned by those 65 and older, with fewer than 30 percent having identif ...
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Negotiating a Shale Drilling lLease? Where to Get Good Info
https://students.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news/negotiating-shale-drilling-llease-where-get-good-info
When Dick and Kaye Clay were approached by a shale energy representative about possibly leasing a portion of their Harrison County land, Kaye Clay knew where to turn for guidance. She had previously worked for the Guernsey County office of OSU Extension ...