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  1. Brewing, buying biogas: OARDC campus at Wooster now runs on 30 percent green energy

    https://students.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news/brewing-buying-biogas-oardc-campus-wooster-now-runs-30-percent-green-energy

    Rotten produce. Animal fat. Bad soda. Manure. OARDC's Wooster campus is going to waste. And that's a good thing. The campus is using agricultural and food-processing wastes to meet nearly a third of its 12-megawatt-hour annual electricity needs. ...

  2. ACT Members Attend 2013 Professional Development Conference

    https://students.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news/act-members-attend-2013-professional-development-conference

    The Agricultural Communicators of Tomorrow attended the 2013 Professional Development Conference in Fayetteville, Arkansas hosted by the University of Arkansas. Nine students from Ohio State had the opportunity to network with other students studying agri ...

  3. Columbus Urban Farm Tour

    https://cityextension.osu.edu/news/columbus-urban-farm-tour

    Columbus Urban Farm Tour Series 2015  ...

  4. Golf Driving Range Coming to CFAES Campus

    https://students.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news/golf-driving-range-coming-cfaes-campus

    The next big thing developing as a part of the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences’ Campus: a Golf Driving Range! There is a new project coming to the Professional Golf Management Department led by Chris Walsh, Assistant Director of ...

  5. Growing potential: How to recruit more Latino students into agriculture

    https://students.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news/growing-potential-how-recruit-more-latino-students-agriculture

    The Latinos in Agriculture Leaders Forum recently convened in San Antonio, Texas. Jamie Cano and Warren Tyler Agner attended the forum with financial support from the CFAES Professional Development Support Fund. The Leaders Forum brought together represen ...

  6. A better tool in the toolbox: New project will bolster Ohio's Phosphorus Risk Index

    https://students.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news/better-tool-in-the-toolbox-new-project-will-bolster-ohios-phosphorus-risk-index

    Grand Lake St. Marys has lost an estimated $60-80 million in tourism due to harmful algae blooms. And in 2011, algae blooms covered 990 square miles of Lake Erie's surface area, the largest in the lake's history. Phosphorus is the pollutant most ...

  7. Boost to brewing biogas: OARDC receives $6.5 million grant to further develop new system

    https://students.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news/boost-brewing-biogas-oardc-receives-65-million-grant-further-develop-new-system

    OARDC has received a $6.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Department of Energy to test and expand OARDC-developed technology that can produce biogas from a variety of solid organic wastes and bioenergy crops. Awarded thr ...

  8. New testing method could make phosphorus monitoring cheaper, faster

    https://students.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news/new-testing-method-could-make-phosphorus-monitoring-cheaper-faster

    Phosphorus is usually at the forefront of concerns about the health of Lake Erie. While watershed managers never stop searching for ways to reduce phosphorus input, they also need to be able to monitor current levels easily and cost-effectively. Chris Spi ...

  9. Swamp's reach growing: Improvements will ramp up programs, impact

    https://students.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news/swamps-reach-growing-improvements-will-ramp-programs-impact

    Ohio State University's renowned  Schiermeier Olentangy River Wetland Research Park,  which opened its doors 20 years ago, is now in the process of opening them wider. The 52-acre Columbus facility is undergoing $75,000 in renovations to its main tea ...

  10. Second Annual Student Council Pumpkin Carving Contest

    https://students.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news/second-annual-student-council-pumpkin-carving-contest

    Students come together for fall festivities in celebration of their college and friendly competition amongst student organizations. The 2012 College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences annual fall social was held October 25 this year. The ev ...

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