Garlic

Bringing back a tasty old friend

November 30, 2020

WSU Extension is working to revitalize native Inchelium Red garlic, the oldest strain of garlic grown in North America.

3 garlic bulbs on a table with two white bags next to them. The bags have a sticker with the words Healthy food for healthy generations! Inchelium Red Garlic Grab, Go & Grow on them.

$5.6 million for specialty crop research protecting grapes, onions from pests and diseases

September 13, 2018

Two national research teams led by scientists at Washington State University will protect valuable U.S. grape, onion and garlic crops from devastating and fast-adapting pests and diseases, thanks to more than $5 million in Specialty Crop Research Initiative grants from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture. Researching sustainable defenses, Hanu […]

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Today, it's an encounter with WSU forestry students learning to fight wildfire. Tomorrow, it might be a photo session with cheesemakers at the WSU Creamery or a field-day trip through experimental meadows at the university’s new Perennial Grass Breeding and Ecology Farm. For communicator and WSU alumnus Seth Truscott, the many facets of CAHNRS ensure that no two days are alike. A newspaper journalist and editor in a prior incarnation, he has brought the community and identity of the college to light through reports, blog posts, press releases, images, and other media since 2015.