Registration is open for the next Environmental Professionals Network breakfast program, “Growing the Future of Agriculture: Conversations with Black Farmers and Educators.” It’s set for Oct. 12, 7:15–9:30 a.m., on Ohio State’s Columbus campus.
Check out the program and lineup of speakers. Register at this link.
Farm Science Review has been postponed for Wednesday, Sept. 22, due to bad weather—lots of rain—and will reopen Thursday, Sept. 23.
The postponement includes the activities at the Gwynne Conservation Area.
Columbus Monthly, Sept. 7; featuring Yolanda Owens, president of CFAES Alumni Society Board, and Jera Oliver, formerly of CFAES Advancement)
Click the image here to see the full schedule of activities in the Gwynne Conservation Area during Farm Science Review, Sept. 21–23, as well as a map of the grounds.
You can find this, too, in the free program booklet that’s available at the event.
On Sept. 24, join the Great Lakes Aquaculture Collaborative and Ohio Sea Grant for a free public webinar on identifying fish health problems, what you can do on the farm to prevent and treat problems, and when to ask for help from a vet or diagnostics lab.
We’re reupping this story from a couple of weeks ago. Farm Science Review, hosted by CFAES, takes place Sept. 21–23, and from water quality to conservation tillage, cover crops to forage production, and especially all the many activities set for the Gwynne Conservation Area, there’s a lot you can learn there in the field of sustainability …
Scientists from eight Ohio universities—including from Ohio State and specifically from CFAES—will lead the latest round of research supported by the Ohio Department of Higher Education’s Harmful Algal Bloom Research Initiative.
Read the story. (Photo: Lake Erie, Getty Images.)
What’s the state of the science when it comes to sequestering carbon in the soil, such as through farming? Check out an official position statement issued by CFAES’ renowned Rattan Lal Center for Carbon Management and Sequestration. The brief statement, released Aug. 2, summarizes where the science is clear, where it’s less so, and a strategy for going forward. It mentions, too, a current hot topic, farmers earning carbon credits.
Read the full statement. (Photo: Getty Images.)