CFAES’ Ohio Sea Grant and Stone Laboratory programs are offering a virtual algae identification workshop April 21-22. Eight Ohio EPA contact hours are available for attending. The fee is $150.
On Campus
CFAES sustainability news, March 8, 2021
WCMH-TV, Columbus, March 8; featuring Yolanda Owens ’07, CFAES alumna and president of CFAES Alumni Society
17 percent of food wasted globally, UN report finds
Baltimore Sun (via AP), March 4; featuring Brian Roe, Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics
CFAES launching sustainable ag major
CFAES is launching a four-year degree program in sustainable agriculture. The new major, which will lead to a bachelor of science in agriculture, starts fall semester 2021.
“Our graduates will have practical skills, be problem solvers, and systems thinkers—the qualities needed for success in many careers and that will help them make the changes in the world we’re all hoping for,” said Casey Hoy, holder of CFAES’ W.K. Kellogg Foundation Endowed Chair in Agricultural Ecosystems Management. Hoy led the team that created the major.
How to make water affordable for everyone
This month’s virtual program by CFAES’ Environmental Professionals Network looks at “Equity Strategies in Water Affordability for Marginalized Communities.” It’s set for 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 9, and is free.
Green-colored sign o’ the times
Attention, Tesla, Bolt, Volt, Pacifica Hybrid, i3, and (in the above case), i-MiEV owners, to name just a few: The new Science Building at our CFAES Wooster campus includes a charging station for electric vehicles.
You can see how the charger works in the video above (1:30), and you can learn about the building in “Cutting-Edge in Wooster.”
CFAES sustainability news, Feb. 24, 2021
Global Water Institute leads effort to improve water and food security with the Navajo Nation
Ohio State News, Feb. 23; researchers include Mary Rodriguez, Department of Agricultural Communication, Education, and Leadership; and Leah Bevis, Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics
That’s good advice
Get tips for sustaining your health against COVID in the video above from Ohio State.
Grants for on-farm sustainable ag research
CFAES’ Agroecosystems Management Program (AMP) requests research proposals for on-farm research by teams of Ohio State researchers and Ohio farmers. Grants are available annually through the Paul C. and Edna H. Warner Endowment Fund for Sustainable Agriculture. The proposal deadline is March 1. Read more.
Come major in sustainable ag at CFAES
Following official approval from the Ohio Department of Higher Education, CFAES has added a major in sustainable agriculture to Ohio State’s roster of more than 200 academic majors. Read the story.
Although your cows may be ‘tired of hearing about it,’ there are people who can help you who aren’t
In summer 2019, CFAES formed a task force to help Ohio farmers and their families deal with the state’s ongoing farming crisis, a crisis caused by record spring rains, new international tariffs, and low commodity prices.
The new Rural and Farm Stress Task Force helped bring mental health issues—and helpful mental health services—into the light, as did the Ohio Department of Agriculture’s Ohio’s Got Your Back campaign, which launched the same summer with CFAES as one of its partners.
On Thursday, Feb. 11, from 1–2 p.m., as part of the 42nd annual conference of the Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association, CFAES graduate student Kelly Cabral will continue to explore the timely topic in a workshop called “When Your Cows Are Tired of Hearing About It: Addressing Farmer Mental Health.”