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.
Author: Kurt Knebusch
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.
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.
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.
15 Farm Science Review talks on forages, grazing
Want to learn more about improving your land and livestock through grazing and forages? Mark your calendar for the following talks at this year’s virtual Farm Science Review, Sept. 22–24, all of them organized by the Gwynne Conservation Area.
What’s ahead for America’s national parks?
The next Environmental Professionals Network (EPN) webinar, set for 10 to 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 15, looks at the future of America’s national parks, including the sufficiency of their funding and how they can be more inclusive.
Participating in the webinar is free and open to the public, but you have to register in advance.
EPN, a free professional organization, is a service of CFAES’ School of Environment and Natural Resources.
(Photo: Canyonlands National Park, Utah, Getty Images.)
CFAES reads for Sept. 3, 2020
A prophet of soil gets his moment of fame
NPR, Aug. 11; featuring Rattan Lal, School of Environment and Natural Resources (SENR).
Hunger in a land of abundance: COVID-19 intensifies rural food insecurity
Capital Press, July 27. Featuring Mark Partridge, Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics
Farm-tastic! Wayne County part of unique agriculture-bolstering project
Wooster Daily Record, July 7. Featuring Shoshanah Inwood, SENR.