Toledo Blade, Nov. 1; featuring research led by Jay Martin, Department of Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering
The Lantern, Oct. 29
water quality
CFAES sustainability news, Nov. 9, 2021
NOAA authorizes $1.77 million to research harmful algal blooms
Cleveland Plain Dealer, Oct. 27; projects include researchers from Ohio State
‘Crop diversity underpins food security’: Scientists flag ‘enormous’ diversity loss
Food Navigator; Oct. 26; Kristin Mercer, Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, is one of the study’s co-authors
Preserve Lake Erie, keep farms productive
Ohio State will be the lead partner on a new five-year, multimillion-dollar pilot watershed project in northwestern Ohio designed to demonstrate that agricultural conservation practices—if used on 70% of the farmland in a watershed, and evaluated on a watershed scale—can help achieve Lake Erie’s water quality goals. CFAES researcher Jay Martin will direct the project, set for the Shallow Run watershed in Hardin County.
Read the story. (Photo: Shallow Run watershed, Laura Johnson.)
A next step in efforts to battle harmful algal blooms
Scientists from eight Ohio universities—including from Ohio State and specifically from CFAES—will lead the latest round of research supported by the Ohio Department of Higher Education’s Harmful Algal Bloom Research Initiative.
Read the story. (Photo: Lake Erie, Getty Images.)
CFAES sustainability news, Aug. 23, 2021
Ohio State News, Aug. 5; featuring Justin Chaffin, Stone Laboratory
Nature, Aug. 2; featuring Linda Saif, Center for Food Animal Health
CFAES sustainability news, July 28, 2021
Farmers make progress in improving water quality, but much work remains
Columbus Dispatch, July 27; featuring Nate Douridas, farm manager, Molly Caren Agricultural Center
Will our food break the climate or save it?
The Hill, July 27; featuring Rattan Lal, School of Environment and Natural Resources
What’s not to like?
Manure Science Review this year will feature a cutting-edge livestock farm that’s keeping soil and water healthy by practicing regenerative agriculture.
Read the story. (Photo: Getty Images.)
CFAES sustainability news, July 23, 2021
National Geographic, July 22; featuring Mazeika Sullivan, School of Environment and Natural Resources
Marion Star, July 18; Whitney Gherman, OSU Extension
Cleveland.com, July 16; featuring Chris Winslow, Ohio Sea Grant, Stone Laboratory
CFAES sustainability news, July 1, 2021
How to protect species and save the planet—at once
Wired, June 10; featuring Daniela Miteva, Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics
Bill seeks to overturn protections for ephemeral streams; experts say water quality will suffer
Columbus Dispatch, June 2; featuring Mazeika Sullivan, School of Environment and Natural Resources and director, Wilma H. Schiermeier Olentangy River Wetland Research Park
Sunny news: Smaller Lake Erie algal bloom predicted
From a press release today from our CFAES colleagues who work for Ohio Sea Grant:
“NOAA and its research partners are forecasting that western Lake Erie will experience a smaller-than-average harmful algal bloom this summer.”
“A relatively dry spring will lead to a repeat of last year’s mild bloom—this is the first time in more than a dozen years that mild blooms have occurred in consecutive summers.”
Read the full press release. (Photo: Lake Erie, Getty Images.)