Sunday’s Tri-City Herald reported on a study saying that more skilled workers are needed to support the state’s wine industry and mentioning the WSU Viticulture and Enology program as one educational resource. A story in Sunday’s Yakima Herald-Republic on the first large anaerobic manure digester in Central Washington cites WSU research and quotes economist Richard […]
Wednesday’s Everett Herald reported on the cider-making workshop conducted by Gary Moulton for Snohomish County Extension. The Herald story was also published by the Seattle Times and Vancouver Columbian. It was also posted at Fosters.com, the website of a newspaper chain in New Hampshire and Maine. Seattle’s KIRO-TV interviewed the Extension Energy Program’s Gary Nordeen […]
An article in last Sunday’s Oregonian focused on the research of Jim Harbertson and others at the IAREC to prepare for a possible infestation of the destructive aphid phylloxera, and on the use of the new research winery. A Thursday story in the Tri-City Herald in advance of the Tri-City Wine Festival mentioned that WSU […]
News releases issued last Monday announced that WSU Center for Precision Agriculture director Fran Pierce has been named a 2008 Fellow of both the American Agronomy Association and the Soil Science Society of America. Soil scientist Joan Davenport is quoted in an article in HealthDay News discussing possible sources of high concentrations of heavy metals […]
The Northwest Ag Information Network aired an interview on Wednesday with Ralph Cavalieri discussing the USDA award of $3.3 million in direct and indirect grants to WSU for specialty crop research. Viticulturist Mercy Olmstead is quoted in a Wednesday Spokesman-Review story on the challenges of growing wine grapes in Spokane and N.E. Washington. Mercy Olmstead […]
CSANR economist Kate Painter was the information source for a story in last Sunday’s Lewiston Morning Tribune on how the current economic situation may impact farmers, particularly wheat growers. On Monday, the Yakima Herald-Republic published the second part of its series on the possible link between dairy manure and the contamination of wells in the […]
Bob Stevens at the IAREC was among those to comment in an extensive story in Sunday’s Yakima Herald-Republic on whether dairies are contributing to a groundwater quality problem in the lower Yakima Valley. Sunday’s Longview Daily News reported on Wahkiakum County’s severe budget cuts to address a $1.25 million shortfall, including cuts to the county’s […]
A front-page story in today’s Seattle Post Intelligencer on research on using algae as a biofuel stock includes quotes from Shulin Chen on his research. An Associated Press story appearing in several newspapers today about funds for Washington state in the federal stopgap funding bill signed last week reports it includes research funding for WSU […]
Thursday’s Tri-City Herald reported on the national award from the Joint Council of Extension Professionals to the Spanish literacy project administered by Franklin County Extension. Monday’s Tri-City Herald included an editorial in support of current efforts to reinvigorate development of the Walter Clore Wine and Culinary Center. A Wednesday Yakima Herald-Republic story about the financial […]
On Monday, NPR affiliate KPLU radio in Tacoma aired an interview with Amit Dhingra about the apple genome project and its goals. Last week KUOW radio, the NPR affiliate in Seattle, aired a series of reports on Washington agriculture titled “Sweet Earth: Lessons from the Land.” The reports included interviews with Dan Bernardo, Marcy Ostrom […]