EVERETT, Wash. — Starting in April, Washington State University Extension and the Washington Department of Natural Resources will offer their popular Forest Stewardship Coached Planning series in Everett.
Washington State University’s world-renowned agrometeorologist Gerrit Hoogenboom is not waiting for water to be worth its weight in gold before taking action. Hoogenboom is the leader of an international NATO Science for Peace and Security (SPS) team working in the former Soviet republic of Georgia to teach peace – and water conservation – through agriculture. The team consists of scientists from not only Georgia, but also Armenia and Azerbaijan.
PULLMAN, Wash. – A Washington State University diversity training designed to increase knowledge and skills to work with a variety of cultures has been accepted for publication in Extension National Programs of Distinction.
COUPEVILLE, Wash. — If you love spending time on the beach and enjoy interacting with people, consider becoming a volunteer Beach Naturalist at Rosario Beach at Deception Pass this summer.
EVERETT, Wash. — Raising livestock requires an investment of money and time. Learn how to protect and get the most out of your livestock investment at the Beginning Livestock Handling and Care workshop series. The Washington State University Snohomish County Extension 4-H and Agriculture programs are presenting the classes.
There’s good news all around us. On March 20 we’ll be hitting the first day of spring, known to us geeks as the spring equinox. That’s the point when those of us living on the northern half of the Earth finally start to see daylight overwhelm the darkness of winter.
The food processing industry web site FoodOnline.com reported Thursday that convenience food manufacturer Womick Foods is undertaking the commercialization of the microwave thermal sterilization technology developed at WSU by Juming Tang and his team. http://www.foodonline.com/article.mvc/Wornick-Foods-Launches-Microwave-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a On Saturday the Wenatchee World published a story with Tim Smith discussing orchard damage due to record cold temperatures during […]
Geology has surely been in the news lately, with the price of petroleum moving relentlessly upward, a threat to global economic recovery because oil is so central to industrial society the world around. But now matters are suddenly worse.
CAHNRS/Extension Budget Forum Thanks to all who attended or watched Wednesday’s CAHNRS/WSU Extension budget forum. There wasn’t much new information to share, but it should have provided some good background for understanding the budget proposals that will be coming out at both the state and federal levels later this month. If you weren’t able to […]
WSU Plant Pathologist James Cook Wins Prestigious Wolf Prize James Cook, former dean of the Washington State University College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences and emeritus professor of plant pathology and crop and soil sciences, will be awarded the Wolf Prize for Agriculture. The Wolf Prizes, awarded annually by the Israel-based Wolf Foundation, […]