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Free resources to reduce food poisoning risk
CHICAGO — Food poisoning causes 48 million illnesses in the U.S. each year, and most recently more than 300 Midwesterners were sickened by an outbreak of cyclospora, a foodborne pathogen. The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics encourages everyone to reduce their risk with simple safety steps from www.homefoodsafety.org and by downloading the free Is My
Shaver’s Creek witnessing collapse of Pennsylvania bat population
The bat population at Shaver’s Creek Environmental Center has dwindled because of white-nose syndrome. The population can now be counted on one hand. The impact a declining bat population has on agriculture may surprise you.
A roundup of 4-H news for the week of May 23, 2013:
A weekly roundup of 4-H news for the week of May 20, 2013.
New spray technologies, disease trials set at Ohio State’s Pumpkin Field Day
SOUTH CHARLESTON, Ohio — There’s a lot in store for pumpkin growers at this year’s Pumpkin Field Day, to be held Sept. 5 from 6-8 p.m. at Ohio State University’s Western Agricultural Research Station in South Charleston. The event will cover four main topics that are key to growers, said Jim Jasinski, an Ohio State
Glyphosate-resistant ‘superweeds’ may be less susceptible to diseases
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Scientists searching for clues to understand how superweeds obtain resistance to the popular herbicide glyphosate may have been missing a critical piece of information, a Purdue University study shows. RoundUp Glyphosate, the active ingredient in the weed killer sold under the name RoundUp, is the most widely used herbicide in the
Conservation begins in our backyards
Aldo Leopold once said, “Conservation is the state of harmony between men and land.” The coexistence between the two is often threatened and even diverted into a clash of oppositions and misunderstandings. Who’s right? With various opinions on how to “preserve” our world’s resources, how are we as a population supposed to know who has
The fastest-growing cities in the U.S.
Texas had eight of the 15 most rapidly growing large cities between Census Day (April 1, 2010) and July 1, 2011, according to population estimates for all of the nation’s incorporated cities and towns and minor civil divisions released by the U.S. Census Bureau.
N.Y. Farm Viability Institute’s bilingual project prompts spinoff
The New York Farm Viability Institute’s bilingual dairy training project has spun off an independent program in support of Western New York dairy farms with Spanish-speaking employees.
Ohio’s walleye population takes work, and luck
March Madness may be played on the hardwood and shot through hoops by tall kids ranked by brackets, but there is another bunch of March foolery going on right now under the surface of many area lakes. Indeed, the area’s female walleyes are just about ready to deposit their eggs in hopes that a male
A roundup of FFA news for the week of Jan. 13, 2011
WEST SALEM, Ohio — The Northwestern-Wayne FFA chapter’s parliamentary procedure team traveled Dec. 18 to the state competition at The Ohio State University. Northwestern finished in fifth place overall. Members of this year’s state parliamentary procedure team were president Chris Thomas, vice president Sabrina Johnson, Ashley Cromer, Zane Dilyard, Sarhra Flinn, Katryna Ousley, Sara McWilliams
