Self, Nov. 15, 2021; featuring Linda Saif, Distinguished University Professor, Center for Food Animal Health
Ohio’s Country Journal, Nov. 15, 2021, featuring Greg LaBarge, OSU Extension agronomy field specialist
Ohio State News, Nov. 12; CFAES researchers will be among those involved there
In a case of leadership by example, Ohio State President Kristina M. Johnson will return to the classroom to teach a course on reducing carbon emissions.
“Combating climate change is one of the greatest challenges of our time,” Johnson said in an Oct. 26 Ohio State News story, “and Ohio State is stepping up to do its part in reducing the carbon emissions that cause extreme weather events and threaten the very future of our planet.”
Toledo Blade, Nov. 1; featuring research led by Jay Martin, Department of Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering
The Lantern, Oct. 29
The next monthly breakfast program by the Environmental Professionals Network is “The Limits to Growth, Revisited,” set for 7:15–9:30 a.m Tuesday, Nov. 16. Speaking will be Gaya Herrington, director of sustainability services, KPMG; and Sandy Doyle-Ahern, president, EMH&T. Josh Knights of Ohio State’s Sustainability Institute will be the moderator.
You can attend in person or virtually.
CFAES’ 15th annual Stinner Summit takes place from 1–7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 18, with options to attend either in person at the new Science Building at CFAES Wooster or virtually. The event, its website says, offers an opportunity “to celebrate the legacy of Ben Stinner, look back on the past projects funded by the Stinner Summit, and chart the future of the Agroecosystem Management Program.”
Nearly 190,000 meals were packed and delivered to families in northeast Ohio last week as part of an effort by more than 500 volunteers from Ohio State (including from OSU Extension, CFAES’ statewide outreach arm) and 200 community partners who teamed up to fight food insecurity.
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.
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.
The Sept. 14 breakfast program by the Environmental Professionals Network, a service of the CFAES School of Environment and Natural Resources, will look at being metaphorically and ecologically “Resilient Through Fire.”