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    OARDC's Crabapple Blossoms are Peaking

    Apr 19, 2017

    WOOSTER, Ohio — A research campus in northeast Ohio is getting really crabby — and that’s a good thing.

    More than 600 red, pink and white crabapple trees at the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center (OARDC) in Wooster — considered the largest collection of such trees in the U.S. — are nearly at peak bloom.

  2. Photo of a large room with educational posters lined up on tables. Photo by Molly Bean.

    Environmental Science Student Symposium Is Wednesday at Ohio State

    Apr 12, 2017

    COLUMBUS, Ohio — Nearly 1,000 students at The Ohio State University have prepared scientific posters about Earth’s biggest challenges for the university’s 2017 Environmental Science Student Symposium.

  3. Photo of a car driving through a freeway tunnel. Photo by I Stock.

    April 18: How Getting Around Columbus Will Be Getting a Lot Smarter

    Apr 5, 2017

    COLUMBUS, Ohio — Columbus’s technology-intense Smart Columbus project, which last year beat out ideas from 77 other cities to win the U.S. Department of Transportation’s $40 million Smart City Challenge, is the focus of an April 18 event at The Ohio State University.

  4. A photo of the U S D A Logo

    USDA Expands Meat and Poultry Hotline Hours to Further Provide Food Safety Information to Consumers

    Apr 3, 2017

    WASHINGTON, April 3, 2017 — The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) today announced that it is increasing the delivery of safe food handling and preparation information by expanding the hours of its Meat and Poultry Hotline and Ask Karen chat services.  As detailed in the Agency’s 2017-2021 Strategic Plan, FSIS is focusing on the reduction of foodborne illness, and one way to contribute to that reduction is to increase public awareness of safe food handling information.

  5. Photo of the E P A Building in Washington D C

    Survey: Slashing EPA Won't Improve U.S. Economy

    Mar 27, 2017

    COLUMBUS, Ohio — Results from a survey of members of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (AERE), the leading professional organization of economists studying environmental and resource issues, found that 80 percent disagree that reducing the Environmental Protection Agency’s regulatory power will improve the U.S. economy.

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