CFAES’ Gwynne Conservation Area hosted a robust lineup of talks during this year’s virtual Farm Science Review, Sept. 22–24, and if you missed them during their livestreams, you’re in luck. You can watch the recordings—on topics covering forages, grazing, aquatics, woodlands, and wildlife—for free at the Review’s website, fsr.osu.edu.
Month: September 2020
Tune in: Ohio’s squirrels of many colors
The Wooster Science Café resumes virtually from 7–8 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 30, when the College of Wooster’s Rick Lehtinen presents “Getting to Know the Neighbors: Squirrels, Obsessions, and Long-term Data.”
CFAES reads for Sept. 24, 2020
Regenerative agriculture movement gains traction
Food Institute Blog, Sept. 18; Rattan Lal, School of Environment and Natural Resources (SENR), cited
Western wildfires cause hazy skies, intense Ohio sunsets
Columbus Dispatch, Sept. 16; featuring Aaron Wilson, OSU Extension
Are coyotes moving into your neighborhood?
Science News for Students, Sept. 3; featuring Stan Gehrt, SENR
Buy fall plants, help sustain Secrest
Secrest Arboretum’s fall plant sale is a go, but with changes due to the pandemic: online browsing and buying; and socially distanced, no-contact plant pick-up.
Let’s talk: Q-and-As with conservation pros
CFAES’ Gwynne Conservation Area is hosting three series of talks during Farm Science Review—Woodlands, Wildlife and Aquatics, and Forages and Grazing—and a highlight of each series will be a live 30-minute session with professionals working in that industry. It’s a chance for you to ask questions and get answers from experts who know what you’re talking about.
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CFAES reads for Sept. 17, 2020
New Ohio State president tours university’s Waterman lab
Ohio State News, Sept. 9; featuring CFAES’ Waterman Agricultural and Natural Resources Laboratory
Ohio easily outspends the rest of America in fighting algae
Toledo Blade (subscription required), Aug. 26
Keep learning more about birds
If birds are your passion, there’s plenty to tune into during CFAES’ virtual Farm Science Review, Sept. 22–24.
16 Farm Science Review talks about woodlands
If you own a woods and would like to know more about it, make it more sustainable, make more money from it, or all three, then check out these talks during Farm Science Review, Sept. 22–24. The Review’s Gwynne Conservation Area is organizing the lineup, along with series on forages and grazing and also on wildlife and aquatics.
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CFAES reads for Sept. 10, 2020
Pandemic-related cooking and eating habits could help curb food waste—if consumers stick to them
Washington Post, Aug. 31; featuring Brian Roe, Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics
Farming releases carbon from the Earth’s soil into the air. Can we put it back?
NPR, Aug. 18; featuring Rattan Lal, School of Environment and Natural Resources (SENR)
A watershed moment for U.S. water quality
Ohio State News, Aug. 13; featuring Mažeika Sullivan, SENR
14 Farm Science Review talks on ponds, wildlife
If watching wildlife, managing your land for wildlife, and having and enjoying a healthy pond are your things, here’s what the Gwynne Conservation Area has on tap for you during Farm Science Review, Sept. 22–24.
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