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News for: 02/01/2007 - 3/01/2007
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2/28/2007 Tri-state Organic Video Series Continues March 15: Natural Ways to Battle Weeds WOOSTER, Ohio — The Tri-state Organic IP Video Series continues with “Organic Weed Control,” Thursday, March 15, 6-8:30 p.m. EST, at locations in Ohio, Illinois and Indiana.
2/27/2007 Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Great Big Squid Word (for the Week of March 4, 2007) Q. Dear Twig: Did you hear about that super-huge squid?
2/27/2007 Manual Dishwashing Study Digs Up Dirt on Dish Cleanliness COLUMBUS, Ohio -- New research at Ohio State University answers an infectious question about eating at restaurants: How clean are manually washed dishes?
2/27/2007 Enough to Make a Non-ruminant Vomit: Friday (March 2) Talk to Look at Fusarium Head Blight in Wheat WOOSTER, Ohio — Ohio State crop-disease scientist Pierce Paul will present “Fusarium graminearum Infection and Deoxynivalenol Accumulation in Wheat Grain” on Friday, March 2, 11 a.m. to noon.
2/26/2007 Know Soil Nutrient Needs for Best Continuous Corn Management WOOSTER, Ohio – Knowing a soil’s nutrient levels increases options for fertility management and can help maintain productivity in a continuous corn operation.
2/26/2007 Learn About Calf Rearing with OSU Livestock Workshop WOOSTER, Ohio -- Livestock producers looking to brush up on their calf-rearing skills have the opportunity to attend an Ohio State University calf care and management workshop.
2/23/2007 Discussion Series Focuses on Local Foods COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Sometimes food travels 1,000-plus miles before landing on your dinner plate. But interest in locally grown food is increasing, and a series of free public discussions on local and alternative food systems at Ohio State University over the next few months is designed to bring people together to imagine and become involved in creating stronger local food systems.
2/23/2007 Monday (Feb. 26) ULEP Speaker Helps Va. Ski, Golf Resort Save Native Plants WOOSTER, Ohio — Doug Coleman, executive director of the Wintergreen Nature Foundation, Wintergreen, Va., will present “The Struggle to Maintain Environmental Integrity: Thirty Years of Environmental Work in a Resort Environment to Preserve the Plants in Ancient Ecosystems” on Monday, Feb. 26, 1-2 p.m.
2/23/2007 Chow Line: 'Gluten-free' label could help celiacs (for 3/4/07) A co-worker can’t eat gluten. When buying treats for the office, I’ve looked on labels but don’t see “gluten.” What is it?
2/22/2007 How to Rebuild: Ecologists Call for Sustainable New Orleans COLUMBUS, Ohio — Three top ecologists have teamed to pitch a plan to build a sustainable New Orleans.
2/21/2007 More E. coli in Fruits and Veggies? Talk Friday (Feb. 23) Looks at Why WOOSTER, Ohio -- Learn why more and more disease-causing organisms are showing up in otherwise good-for-you foods from plants on Friday, Feb. 23, 11 a.m. to noon.
2/20/2007 Fertility Management Focus at Conservation Tillage Conference ADA, Ohio – Effective soil fertility management, either through commercial fertilizer or manure applications, will be a topic of interest for farmers attending Ohio State University Extension’s Conservation Tillage and Technology Conference Feb. 22-23 at the MacIntosh Center of Ohio Northern University in Ada, Ohio.
2/19/2007 Know the Production Risks with Continuous Corn COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Crop rotation is the key to maximizing yields while reducing potential problems with insect and diseases. However, some Ohio growers are willing to accept the risks of continuous corn production in the hopes of capturing more profit from higher corn prices.
2/19/2007 Media Advisory: Ohio State Salmonella Expert Available to Speak with the Media about Outbreaks WOOSTER, Ohio — An Ohio State University food-safety expert is available to speak with the media about the recent multi-state outbreaks of Salmonella linked to peanut butter, raw pet food and melons.
2/19/2007 Family Fundamentals: Divorcing parents need to put children's needs first (for Feb. 2007) My son and his wife are getting divorced. What can they do to make things less difficult for their two children?
2/16/2007 Chow Line: Even LDLs aren't all bad (for 2/25/07) I know there is “good” and “bad” cholesterol, but how do they actually work?
2/16/2007 Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Ode to the Otolith (with Drums and Grunts) (for the Week of Feb. 25, 2007) Q. Dear Twig: My sister and my friend and I found “lucky stones” on a beach at Lake Erie. My aunt said they came from the ears of a fish. True?
2/15/2007 Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Stuck (or Not) on Porcupines (for the Week of Feb. 18, 2007) Q. Dear Twig: Why don’t porcupines stick to things? All those pointy quills and all ...
2/15/2007 Chinese Scientist to Speak on New Compost-into-Fertilizer Effort Feb. 20 in Wooster, Columbus WOOSTER, Ohio — Qirong Shen, professor and vice president, Nanjing Agricultural University, China, will present “Making High-value-added Fertilizer Products from Compost” on Tuesday, Feb. 20, at 9 a.m.
2/12/2007 Prepare Now for Soybean Diseases WOOSTER, Ohio -- It’s never too early to think about soybean diseases.
2/9/2007 Chow Line: Sensible choices good for heart health (for 2/18/07) What are the best foods to eat to combat heart disease?
2/8/2007 'Taste for Change': Saturday (Feb. 10) Cleveland Symposium Spotlights Sustainable Food Choices CLEVELAND — A Taste for Change: Sustainable Food Choices, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Cleveland Botanical Garden, looks at "food choices that improve the way you live."
2/8/2007 New CD, Packet Cover High Tunnels: How to Build, Run, Use for Local Marketing WOOSTER, Ohio — Ohio State University Extension has released two new collections of educational materials on high tunnels.
2/6/2007 Use of Precision Ag Technology Continues to Grow COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The adoption rate of precision agriculture by Ohio farmers over the past several years has been growing and that trend is expected to continue as prices fall, availability of equipment increases and farmers grow more comfortable with the use of the technology.
2/2/2007 Chow Line: Go green(er) when choosing lettuce (for 2/11/07) I've read that lettuce actually has very little nutritional value, but I also hear that people need to eat more leafy greens. Isn't lettuce a "leafy green"? What's the real story?
2/2/2007 Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: How to Stop Another Katrina (for the Week of Feb. 11, 2007) Q. Dear Twig: Can what happened to New Orleans, the damage from Hurricane Katrina, happen again? If it can, what can we do to stop it?
2/1/2007 Weight-Loss Supplement Shows Good and Bad Traits COLUMBUS, Ohio -- A supplement some people turn to in hopes of losing a few pounds may have some previously unknown, unsavory side effects, suggest two new studies.
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