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Chow Line: Calorie counts on menus just one step (for 3/20/11)
March 11, 2011 I was looking forward to seeing calorie information on restaurant menus, but I just heard a study saying it doesn't seem to help people (at least children) make better choices. Is that true? There was a small study published recently t ...
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Vegetable Growers: High Tunnel Workshop Set for April 13 in Archbold, NW Ohio
March 10, 2011 ARCHBOLD, Ohio-- High tunnels, an increasingly popular solution to extending the production season for fruits and vegetables, will be the focus of an April 13 Ohio State University Extension workshop to be held from 9:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. i ...
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Landscape for Wildlife? Here’s Where to Go to Get Tips
March 9, 2011 COLUMBUS, Ohio-- A nice home landscape can be both a good place for people and also for wildlife. Start with specially chosen plants, said Marne Titchenell, a wildlife specialist with Ohio State University Extension, and go from there. She’l ...
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Media Advisory: Saturday's Ohio 4-H Gathering to be Biggest Ever
March 9, 2011 COLUMBUS, Ohio-- More than 1,700 Ohio 4-H members and volunteers are expected to flock to Columbus on Saturday, March 12, for the Ohio 4-H Teen Conference and the Ohio 4-H Volunteer Conference. In the past, the conferences were held on separ ...
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Ohio State’s Overholt Drainage School is March 21-25 in NW Ohio
March 8, 2011 WAUSEON, Ohio-- There’s one place and one time of the year to learn about the latest developments in soil and water management: Ohio State University’s Overholt Drainage School, to take place March 21-25 in the northwestern Ohio town of Waus ...
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Ohio State Receives $24M USAID Grant to Boost Agriculture, Food Security in Tanzania
March 7, 2011 COLUMBUS, Ohio-- Ohio State University’s College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (CFAES) has been awarded a $24 million grant from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to improve agricultural productivity a ...
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Old Computer? Worn Tennis Shoes? Free Recycling at OSU Green Fair
March 7, 2011 WOOSTER, Ohio – Ohio State University’s 2011 Wooster Campus Scarlet, Gray and Green Fair will again have an extensive recycling station. Old cell phones, computers, even tennis shoes are some of the stuff you can drop off free, though it has ...
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Still Room in March 21 Produce Safety Workshop
https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/still-room-march-21-produce-safety-workshop
March 7, 2011 WOOSTER, Ohio – There’s still space in Ohio State University’s Produce Safety Education Program offered twice on March 21 in Ottawa west of Findlay. The workshop, for growers big and small, looks at science-based ways to make fresh fruits an ...
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$5 Million Bioenergy, Bioproducts Project Offers Opportunities for Ohio Teachers
March 4, 2011 COLUMBUS, Ohio-- The potential of tomorrow's bioenergy and bioproducts rests in today's classrooms. And Ohio State University is taking part in a multi-state project offering teachers with training and toolkits to prepare students ...
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Chow Line: Help build culture of healthy living, eating (for 3/13/11)
March 4, 2011 My family has tried over and over again to eat healthier, be more active, and lose some extra pounds, but our efforts always seem to fizzle within a few weeks. We want to start again, and this time, make it stick. Any advice? If it helps, yo ...