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New OSU Book Helps Farmers Make Switch to Organic
May 1, 2008 WOOSTER, Ohio ââ¬â Smooth your switch to organic farming through a new book from Ohio State University. A Transition Guide to Certified Organic Crop Management, published by the Organic Food and Farming Education and Research (OFFER) Pro ...
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New Way to Skin a Tomato: Scientist Bags 2008 OARDC Innovator Award for Food-, Work-, Earth-friendly Method
April 18, 2008 WOOSTER, Ohio ââ¬â Ohio State Universityââ¬â¢s Sudhir Sastry, developer of a revolutionary one-step commercial method for removing the skins of fruits and vegetables, has received the 2008 Ohio Agricultural Research and Development C ...
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New Book Shows How Birds Help Gardens Naturally
July 28, 2009 ââ¬ÅRed Bird, Green Bird: How Birds Help Us Grow Healthy Gardensââ¬Â; June 2009; 6 x 9 in.; 92 pp.; ISBN: 978-1-59098-965-4; paperback; $12 WOOSTER, Ohio ââ¬â The Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center (OARDC), the lar ...
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New Insect Attacking Soybean Fields
https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/new-insect-attacking-soybean-fields
July 17, 2001 Editor: Soybean aphid photos are available. Contact Candace Pollock at (330) 202-3550 or pollock.58@osu.edu. WOOSTER, Ohio- A new insect that attacks soybean plants is keeping both researchers and growers throughout the Midwest on guard this ...
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New 4-H Center Going 'Green'
https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/new-4-h-center-going-green
November 13, 2003 COLUMBUS, Ohio-- The new Nationwide and Ohio Farm Bureau 4-H Center, to be completed in 2005 on the Ohio State University campus, will be "green" in more ways than one. The color of the familiar 4-H clover symbol will be a remi ...
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New 4-H Center Receives $50,000 Pledge
https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/new-4-h-center-receives-50000-pledge
July 17, 2002 COLUMBUS, Ohio-- Tiney McComb, chairman, president, and CEO of Heartland Bank, feels he has much to give back to the program that significantly impacted his life as a 9-year-old boy growing up on a farm. "I began my 4-H tenure as a 9-ye ...
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New Biological Control Book Brainchild of Ohio State Scientist
April 24, 2006 Editor: For a photo of Grewal, contact Ken Chamberlain, (330) 263-3779 or chamberlain.1@osu.edu. WOOSTER, Ohio ââ¬â Biocontrol agents are becoming more popular as both the public and regulators recognize the environmental and human-heal ...
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NE Ohio Nursery Plants Trees in Tornado-hit Secrest: 'It's a Pay-it-forward Thing'
November 24, 2010 WOOSTER, Ohio ââ¬â Thirty-some years ago, Ken Cochran gave Mario Cekada, just starting out in the nursery industry, a helping hand. Last week, Cekada returned the favor. His now-successful business, Rusty Oak Nursery of Valley City ...
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Nematode, Urban Landscape Expert Wins 2009 OARDC Senior Faculty Research Award; Work 'Spans from Genes to Ecosystems'
April 23, 2009 WOOSTER, Ohio ââ¬â The Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center (OARDC) today (April 23) honored Parwinder Grewal, a professor in Ohio State Universityââ¬â¢s Department of Entomology, with its 2009 Distinguished Senior Facul ...
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More Food Grown Near Home, Less Oil: Ohio State Tests Eco Plots for Small Farms Serving Cities
February 21, 2008 WOOSTER, Ohio ââ¬â Joe Kovach set out to gross $10 per row foot, equal to a robust $90,000 per acre, in his innovative farm plots of mixed fruits and vegetables. So far, based on the crops that he has in production, the Ohio State ...