… courtesy of CFAES’ Chow Line column and the SNAP-Ed program in Ohio.
Author: Kurt Knebusch
CFAES sustainability news, May 2, 2022
WTVG (Toledo), April 29, 2022; featuring Amy Stone, OSU Extension, Lucas County office
Get a good start on something sweet
If you’re new or new-ish to making maple syrup, there’s a lot you can learn at Ohio’s upcoming Maple Bootcamp …
Scenes from the Scarlet, Gray, and Green Fair
The Wooster Daily Record reports on this past Saturday’s Scarlet, Gray, and Green Fair at CFAES Wooster (video and photos included).
Today, and every day
… and here’s how you can celebrate tomorrow.
Saturday: See Earth-friendly insects up close
The Scarlet, Gray, and Green Fair on Saturday, April 23, will hold tours of the CFAES Wooster Campus’s new United Titanium Bug Zoo. You can get a sneak peek of what you can see on the tour in the video above. Or check out these photos and story in the Ohio State Alumni Magazine.
Tours will be offered, too, of the new building that the zoo is in, the Wooster Campus Science Building, which is LEED-certified. LEED stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design.
‘I really appreciate having this support’
CFAES student Ansley Watkins helps lift others as she rises. And what helps make this possible are the scholarships she has gotten as a Buckeye. Read how donor support has helped her. Listen to her tell her story in the video above.
She is majoring in natural resource management in our School of Environment and Natural Resources.
Saturday: The sharing o’ the green
Check out the speakers you can listen to and talk about ideas with at the Scarlet, Gray and Green Fair, set for Saturday, April 23, at the CFAES Wooster Campus …
Saturday: Plug in to Scarlet, Gray, and Green Fair
The CFAES Wooster Campus holds its 2022 Scarlet, Gray, and Green Fair this Saturday, April 23—following on Earth Day the day before. You’ll find exhibitors, speakers, tours, food, and more—all related to sustainability, all on a theme of “Green is for life!” Among other things, you can check out a gas-saving green car cruise-in. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Secrest Arboretum Welcome and Education Center. Admission is free.
Splendors of spring
Discover Ohio’s spring ephemerals—the native spring wildflowers hopefully not steamrolled by the invasive lesser celandine of our previous post—in a new Buckeye Yard and Garden onLine article by CFAES’ Carrie Brown. (Photo: Virginia springbeauty, Getty Images.)