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  1. New Nutrition, Food Safety Institute to be Developed at OSU

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/new-nutrition-food-safety-institute-be-developed-osu

    researcher. "Surveys have shown that people are not very knowledgeable about food issues. We see our role ... several areas of discipline to work toward a similar goal. "Our objective is to have people working ... build OSU's reputation on a national and international level. "This is a great chance for us ...

  2. Fill Up on Gas from Garbage? Ohio State Campus in Wooster to Try It … at $2.25 a Gallon

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/fill-gas-garbage-ohio-state-campus-wooster-try-it-%E2%80%A6-225-gallon

    costs only about two-thirds as much as gasoline and, when burned, emits about a third less greenhouse ... gas. “I find it fascinating and very cool that we can produce a portion of our energy from what is ... Wooster, about 60 miles south of Cleveland. Some may come, too, from a similar quasar facility in Columbus. ...

  3. Study Provides Insight on Residents of Rural Food Deserts

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/study-provides-insight-residents-rural-food-deserts

    this seeming paradox to discover more about people who live in rural food deserts and how they access ... fresh produce. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, rural residents who live at least 10 ... miles away from a grocery store live in a food desert, said Tom Blaine. “Participants in our study lived ...

  4. Healthy, Wealthy and Wise: Extension's Worksite Wellness Programs a Smart Choice

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/healthy-wealthy-and-wise-extensions-worksite-wellness-programs-smart-choice

    "We can invite people to our educational programs, but it often works better if we go to them," ... that," Loy said. "That's about half of the county employees in Belmont County. And more people ... changed a lot of our habits at work," Hartley said. "At meetings, we've cut out sweets and ...

  5. Chow Line: Feel good with omega-3 fatty acids (for 5/6/07)

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/chow-line-feel-good-omega-3-fatty-acids-5607-0

    soybean and peanut oil. People only need the equivalent of about one tablespoon of oil rich in omega-6 ... midst of discovering a lot about them. So far, the evidence weighs heavily in favor of diets richer in ... omega-3s than most Americans get. Typically, the American diet contains about 20 times as much omega-6 ...

  6. BYGL: A Gardener's Best Friend

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/bygl-gardeners-best-friend

    delivered on April 5 and is available online at http://bygl.osu.edu. About 1,400 people have subscribed to ... morning by about a dozen contributors to discuss current issues in gardening and landscape horticulture. ... said. "Just about anyone would find something of interest. We keep readers aware of what they ...

  7. Renovations at Ohio State Wetland Aim to Ramp Up Its Programs and Impact

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/renovations-ohio-state-wetland-aim-ramp-its-programs-and-impact

    that equipment. But it also allows us to start thinking about webinars and expanding our outreach. ... people. Water from the adjacent Olentangy River fills two main experimental wetlands at the site, which ... are each about the size of two football fields. Ohio State officials call it the only facility like it ...

  8. Funding Opportunities

    https://grants.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/funding

    aims to accelerate such transformative discovery, combining the talents and creativity of our national ... innovative research and development (R&D) at United States (U.S.) universities through the following: ... is an agency within the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), part of the executive branch of the ...

  9. OSU Department of Entomology Returns to College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/osu-department-entomology-returns-college-food-agricultural-and-environmental-sciences

    that we could not serve two masters. Over time it became clear that our future would be much brighter ... and Dave Denlinger, who studies insect temperature tolerance and reproduction. The three researchers ... facing, it's a bit scary, but Bobby (Dean Moser) has put so much faith in us," said Fisher. ...

  10. Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Horse Meat, Yay or Neigh? (for the Week of Dec. 31, 2006)

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/smart-stuff-twig-walkingstick-horse-meat-yay-or-neigh-week-dec-31-2006

    say it should, that stopping it would cost people too much time and money. In fall, the U.S. House of ... December 15, 2006 Q. Dear Twig: Not that I want to do it myself, but what's the deal about ... people eating horse meat? A.: The United States has three slaughterhouses that take in horses (many but ...

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