Class Act: Sarah Krier and Raising “Little Aldos”

Raising “Little Aldos”

Five things everyone should know about … Nutmeg

1 It’s not a nut. Nutmeg is the seed kernel inside a yellow fruit of the nutmeg tree, an evergreen native to the Molucca Islands […]

Even Cows are “Texting”

Modern communication systems allow dairy farmers to more efficiently monitor the health, milk yield, movement and other metrics of both herds and individual cows by cell phone, says Doug Reinemann

Mexico: Mapping the roots of poverty and inequality

What makes development projects work? Jennifer Alix-Garcia, a professor of agricultural and applied economics, is diving deep into Mexico’s history to shed light on that […]

Catch Up With … Shannon Strader BS’14 Biology

Shannon Strader BS’14 is no stranger to pain. At age 8 she lost her twin sister, Lauryn, to complications arising from cerebral palsy. Strader herself […]

Going for the Gut

A CALS-based start-up offers an antibiotic alternative to animal producers

Bitten

When it comes to mosquitoes, nobody wants to be attractive

Moth Mating, Disrupted

CALS researchers deploy insect “birth control” to protect cranberries

Middle East: Improving water policy in an arid region

Political conflict in the Middle East is a constant source of media attention, but Samer Alatout, a CALS professor of community and environmental sociology, focuses […]

A Light, Airy Space for Soil Science

“Soil is the hidden, secret friend, which is the root domain of lively darkness and silence.” —Francis D. Hole (d. 2002), CALS professor of soil […]

In the Field: Meet some Master Cheesemakers

Sid Cook (first certified in 2002) Having won 569 national and international awards within the past 14 years, Sid Cook’s Carr Valley Cheese probably ranks […]

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