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  1. Chadwick Arboretum & Learning Gardens Spring Plant Sale

    https://oardc.osu.edu/events/chadwick-arboretum-learning-gardens-spring-plant-sale

    have seedlings grown by our Ohio State students with the Crop and Soil Science Club and Pi Alpha Xi ... and certified organic vegetables for our sale. If you grow your own food or know of a local community ... vendors will be at the event, as will several plant-related Ohio State student groups. Plus WOSU’s “All ...

  2. OARDC organic farming program has new interim leader; ‘period of reinvention’ ahead

    https://oardc.osu.edu/newsletter/oardc-report-newsletter/may-june-2016/oardc-organic-farming-program-has-new-interim

    conducts studies and outreach on organic farming. About 40 OARDC scientists and OSU Extension specialists ... well-qualified to lead our effort in organics.” “It seems clear that OFFER will go through a period of ... our various stakeholders and within the research community.” “The door is open. We want to hear from ...

  3. Rededication Ceremony and Field Day

    https://oardc.osu.edu/events/rededication-ceremony-and-field-day

    126) near Caldwell, about 2 miles east of Belle Valley and about 100 miles east of Columbus. The ... about the station’s research on grazing and forage management, beef cattle and sheep production, ... to the director of the center’s Wooster campus. “We’re inviting everyone to join us, friends and ...

  4. Study: Fat in avocado helps body absorb, convert vitamin A nutrients

    https://oardc.osu.edu/newsletter/oardc-report-newsletter/march-april-2015/study-fat-avocado-helps-body-absorb-convert

    we did,” lead author Rachel Kopec said. “But our finding about the conversion to vitamin A is new and ... pretty significant.” The body turns provitamin A substances into active vitamin A. “Our finding about the ...

  5. Ohio’s bees are a honey, and then some: Get a new guide to know them

    https://oardc.osu.edu/newsletter/oardc-report-newsletter/september-october-2016/ohio%E2%80%99s-bees-are-honey-and-then-some-get

    “They’re beautiful, important and diverse creatures that positively impact our lives.” The card is ... creatures that positively impact our lives.”—Denise Ellsworth Originally created for pollinator study ... Ellsworth initially created the card as an in-the-field ID aid for about 100 citizen scientists who are ...

  6. Meet the hoopers: OARDC scientists spur high-tunnel use, a low-cost way to grow more food

    https://oardc.osu.edu/newsletter/oardc-report-newsletter/may-june-2016/meet-hoopers-oardc-scientists-spur-high-tunnel-use

    farmers. Video: Hilfinger talks about high tunnels and the assist she got from OARDC scientists. “We’ve ... used OARDC’s high tunnel research to increase our impact by providing high-quality produce for more ... our produce earlier in the season,” she said, “generating more revenue to support our mission and ...

  7. HCS Spring 2016 Seminar Series: Developing winter-hardy malting barley for Ohio

    https://oardc.osu.edu/events/hcs-spring-2016-seminar-series-developing-winter-hardy-malting-barley-ohio

    environmental factors. Currently, U.S. malting barley is spring barley grown in a corridor of North Western U.S ... know about winter-hardiness at the molecular-genetic level, and the show the progress my breeding ...

  8. Scarlet, gray make a brownfield green: OARDC team turns waste into soil

    https://oardc.osu.edu/newsletter/oardc-report-newsletter/march-april-2016/scarlet-gray-make-brownfield-green-oardc-team

    U.S. Environmental Protection Agency added the site to the Superfund National Priorities List. ... Superfund is the federal program that investigates and cleans up the worst hazardous waste sites in the U.S ... basta.4@osu.edu. Read about more new research by Nick Basta… Read the TerraDaily story… ...

  9. What are the sounds of a healthy farm? OARDC study records them

    https://oardc.osu.edu/newsletter/oardc-report-newsletter/march-april-2016/what-are-sounds-healthy-farm-oardc-study-records

    farming sounds should coexist with sounds of the natural world,” says a fact sheet about the study, which ... “Conserving biodiversity is one of the greater global environmental challenges of our time.”—from the fact ... environmental challenges of our time,” says the study’s fact sheet. The fact sheet, which is called ...

  10. Western Agronomy Field Day

    https://oardc.osu.edu/events/western-agronomy-field-day

    to inform and educate farmers about the agricultural research advances made in the past year at the ... Team. “We’ll talk about what the season is looking like for farmers this year and what they likely can ... expect from yields this fall,” Watters said. “We’ll also talk about pest management and crop production. ...

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