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‘Mooofins’ win first place in national finals
When you think of national championships and Penn State defeating teams from Iowa State and Ohio State universities, you think football, volleyball or wrestling, right?
But the Food Science Product Development Team? Well you can add muffins — or rather mooofins — to footballs, volleyballs and wrestling mats as props to a student squad title.
The ‘important’ issues of November 1938
Sam Moore recalls the pressing issues of 80 years ago, just after he turned 5 and was probably happily anticipating Christmas.
Lettuce Heads puts a fresh spin on vegetables
Fifth generation farmers, and cousins, Kurk and Nicholas Ziegler, started Lettuce Heads aquaponics farm in 2014 to provide fresh, local produce.
Pa. bioshelter stays green year-round
SANDY LAKE, Pa. – We’re not talking your average salad here.
Darrell Frey puts in the good stuff, 10 to 20 ingredients like watercress, mustard greens, spinach, kale, endive, arugula, 10 lettuces, nasturtiums, other edible flowers.
New food science building breaks ground
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Penn State recently broke ground for a $45.7 million Food Science Building.
The 130,000-square-foot Food Science Building, located at the corner of Curtin and Bigler roads on the University Park campus, will include modern teaching and research laboratories, classrooms and offices, plus expanded production and customer-service space for the Berkey Creamery.
Circleville Pumpkin Show back in business after 2020 cancellation
It’s been an atypical year for the Circleville Pumpkin Show. Like many festivals and fairs around Ohio, the show was mostly put on hold for 2020. But that didn’t seem to put a dent in enthusiasm when it returned Oct. 20, in downtown Circleville, Ohio.
South Side Family Farms explores food justice through farming
At South Side Family Farms, Aaron Hopkins is mentoring Columbus youth in agriculture, and helping his community get access to fresh, affordable food.
Ohio foodbank program an option for growers
Last year, Terry Gram’s 45-acre hillside orchard in Paris, Ohio, gave him his biggest crop ever. A couple of decades ago, much of that surplus would have been tossed out. Now, growers like Gram can turn to groups like the Ohio Association of Food Banks and its Agricultural Clearance Program.
Apple Castle orchard and market: 7 generations and still growing
Visit western Pa’s Apple Castle year-round for their home-grown apples, peaches and other produce (but don’t leave without one of the Johnston family’s doughnuts!)
Not your grandfather’s farmers market
Today’s consumers are more concerned about their food and where it comes from. Farmers markets provide opportunities to connect producers and consumers and offer a unique shopping atmosphere.
