04/02/2024 SOURCE: www.recorder.com

Farming challenges aired at state hearing

AMHERST — Climate change’s impact on farming, as well as emerging areas like urban agriculture, soil health and pollinators, are a focus for the University of Massachusetts Extension Agriculture Program, which continues to help farmers adapt and...

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02/06/2024 SOURCE: yaledailynews.com

Yale looks to continue buying carbon offsets since starting in 2020

University officials told the News that they hope Yale’s continued purchasing of carbon offsets might guide Yale toward a carbon-zero future as some researchers have criticized the industry for exaggerating the benefits of carbon offsets.

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11/28/2023 SOURCE: www.thecentersquare.com

University of Missouri gets $676K grant to help new farmers in St. Louis region

(The Center Square) – The University of Missouri received a $676,784 grant to help people become farmers and ranchers in the metropolitan St. Louis region.

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Nancy Kavazanjian
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Topics: Education U.S. NorthEast, Education U.S. SouthEast, Education U.S. MidWest, Education U.S. West,

9 ag teachers win Nationwide’s 2022-23 Golden Owl Award | AGDAILY

Agricultural educators serve a critical role in preparing future generations for success. They also devote immeasurable time, and often their own resources, to help students pursue their passions. To honor their efforts, insurance company Nationwide named nine exceptional teachers as their state’s 2022-2023 Ag Educator of the Year through the Golden Owl Award. Students, parents, […]

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05/17/2023 SOURCE: www.udel.edu

Delaware Soil Testing Program | Cooperative Extension | University of Delaware

Scientists test soil to monitor the effects of new management practices on soil properties and environmental conditions.

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09/13/2022 SOURCE: www.fltimes.com

AGRICULTURE: Be on the lookout for Spotted Lanternfly

The New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets is asking residents in Western Ne...

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Team AgWiki
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Topics: Agriculture US, Education U.S. NorthEast, GMO's, Consumer/Retail, Food Safety,

Awareness, not mandatory GMO labels, shifts consumer preference

Six years ago, the state of Vermont passed what turned out to be a short-lived law mandating disclosure of genetically modified organisms, or GMOs, on all food products. That law's effect? A collective ...

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John LaRose Jr.
shared this article 2 years ago
Topics: Agriculture US, Education U.S. NorthEast, Lamb/Sheep, Economics, Sustainability, USDA,

When it comes to solar farms, sheep are great groundskeepers

USDA funds project to build new group in support of solar grazing.

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John LaRose Jr.
shared this article 2 years ago
Topics: Agriculture US, Education U.S. NorthEast, Agriculture Global, Sustainability, Renewable Energy (Solar/Wind),

These solar panels are thinner than a piece of paper

Stanford University researchers announced they had achieved record efficiencies in a promising class of new materials for solar cells — which can be thinner than a piece of paper.

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John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Rice, Soil Health, Education U.S. NorthEast, Agriculture Global, Water, Research, CRISPR/Gene Editing,

CRISPR climate game changer: What if we engineered rice to dramatically cut methane emissions?

The complexity of microbial communities has been a major obstacle to discovering technolog...

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