CAHNRS and WSU Extension in the News

Dec. 3 – 10

Marketing, News, and Educational Communications has created a special section on the WSU Extension Web site to provide information to assist those in southwest Washington still coping with flood damage and power outages from last week’s storm. Jeff Mannix also has produced a series of informative radio public service announcements that have been distributed to […]

Nov. 29 – Dec. 3

NPR’s Northwest News Network interviewed Jim Harbertson on proposed new nutritional labeling requirements for wines and the upcoming forum on the topic to be held at the Prosser IAREC. A Tuesday front page Tri-City Herald story, carried as well by the publication Beverage World, also reported on the proposed wine labeling regulation and upcoming forum, […]

Nov. 19 – 26

The Tri-City Herald reported on Wednesday that contractor Closure Hanford will provide a greenhouse to WSU Tri-Cities as part of a settlement over waste disposal violations. The Web site Grainnet.com reported Wednesday on Sun Grant Initiative awards to Dave Holland for regional economic analysis of biofuel feedstock production, and to Jon Johnson for research on […]

Nov. 12 – 19

The latest USDA Agricultural Research Magazine reports on efforts of ARS and WSU scientists Juming Tang and Barry Swanson to patent the technology for producing protein-rich snacks from a variety of legumes. Thursday’s Stockton Record (California) followed up on the ARS legume snack story, interviewing Juming Tang for its own story focusing on how the […]

Nov. 5 – 12

Botanist Richard Mack is prominently quoted in a Thursday Reuters article about how potential biofuel crops such as switchgrass could encroach on farmlands and ecosystems without careful management. A commentary in the latest Mother Jones magazine on biodynamic farming cites research by and includes a quote from John Reganold. Entomologist Terry Whitworth is quoted in […]

Oct. 29 – Nov. 5

Wednesday’s Longview Daily News reported that Wahkiakum County is facing major budget cuts due to a slump in the timber market. Commissioners are planning an $80,000 cut to the county extension program that could eliminate the 4-H program, Master Gardeners, and local agricultural support. King County Extension’s Susie Craig is quoted in a USA Today […]