Gardening News from OSU Extension Service and the OSU Agricultural Experiment Station
Archive for April 29th, 2011
How California Almonds may be Hurting Bees
Friday, April 29th, 2011Perhaps the most significant of all the single crops affecting honeybees in the United States is the California almond. California is the world’s largest producer of almonds, and it takes 1.3 million beehives — each populated by tens of thousands of bees — to pollinate them, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Migratory beekeepers, […]
Special-needs children see benefits from “Beavers Got Talent”
Friday, April 29th, 2011OSU IMPACT partners special needs children with an Oregon State student to swim and run
Fears of a “megathrust” earthquake
Friday, April 29th, 2011U.S. fears overdue ‘megathrust’ earthquake will trigger tsunami and decimate unprepared cities on north-west coast
First Impressions Create Impact for Kids
Friday, April 29th, 2011How 4-H is helping elementary school students learn more about nutrition
Carbon sequestration estimate in U.S. increased – barring a drought
Friday, April 29th, 2011By David Stauth, 541-737-0787 Contact: Beverly Law, 541-77-6111 or bev.law@oregonstate.edu This story is available online: http://bit.ly/idZ0sW CORVALLIS, Ore. – A research group has concluded that forests and other terrestrial ecosystems in the lower 48 states can sequester up to 40 percent of the nation’s fossil fuel carbon emissions, a larger amount than previously estimated – […]
Teens Small Business “All Bottled Up”
Friday, April 29th, 2011Tyler Delay lives in Astoria and participates in the 4-H Young Entrepreneurs Club.
