What is CFAES doing on behalf of Ohio’s water quality? A lot. Our efforts fall under four core activities: science, innovation, education, and collaboration/extension. Just what does that mean? A colorful, quick-to-read fact sheet explains.
Author: Kurt Knebusch
A ‘pathway for perennial grain adoption’
From a new study by Jennie Pugliese, formerly with CFAES, and Steve Culman and Christine Sprunger, both of CFAES, published online Feb. 12 in the journal Plant Soil: “Our findings suggest dual-use management of Kernza can provide a productive and profitable pathway for perennial grain adoption.” Learn more about Kernza in this previous post (which in a coincidence was published exactly one year before the study appeared), and then read the study.
Testing urban farm soil, including for lead
You can learn how to get the lead out—a good thing for soil and people’s health—when Alyssa Zearley of CFAES’ School of Environment and Natural Resources presents “Testing Soils for Urban Agriculture” from 10:30 a.m. to noon, Saturday, Feb. 16, during the annual conference of the Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association (OEFFA) in Dayton.
Bee there at workshops on pollinators
Two of the nearly 80 workshops scheduled for the upcoming Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association (OEFFA) annual conference will help you help bees and their friends.
Turn your idea into a SARE grant proposal
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education program (or Protecting organic corn from pollen drift
CFAES agronomist Peter Thomison and Amalie Lipstreu of the Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association (OEFFA) will co-present “Pollen Drift Contamination of Organic and Non-GMO Corn: Knowing the Risks and Taking Action” in a concurrent workshop from 8:30–10 a.m. Friday, Feb. 15, at OEFFA’s annual conference. It’s one of nearly 80 workshops scheduled for the conference.
Winter tip: Keep plants from getting salty
Frozen? Trying to unfreeze? Pam Bennett, plant specialist with CFAES, has tips to help you keep your trees and lawn safe from too much rock salt. (Photo: Getty Images.)
A ‘window into the soil’
The answers to growing better crops are under your feet if you look. So says CFAES soil fertility specialist Steve Culman, who’s helping lead an upcoming workshop on how to test your soil.
Join roundtable for growers of specialty crops
CFAES’ OSU Extension outreach arm is hosting a specialty crop growers’ roundtable from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 4 in Wooster.
Using netting against spotted wing drosophila
The spotted wing drosophila is a tiny non-native fly, about two pinheads in size, resembling the common vinegar fly, that’s a big growing pain for small fruit.
