In the Pacific Northwest, spinach seed is a tiny crop with huge value. And it’s in big trouble. Northwest farmers grow the seeds that fuel the fast-growing baby leaf spinach market. But they’re increasingly burdened by a devastating disease that takes their fields out of commission for decades at a time. Lindsey du Toit aims […]
WSU is helping bolster the surging hard cider industry with the hiring of Bri Ewing as a food and fermentation specialist at the Mount Vernon R&E Center.
The watermelon crop has declined dramatically in Washington because of disease. But Washington State University researchers are developing a solution that involves grafting watermelon plants onto squash and other vine plant rootstocks.
MOUNT VERNON, Wash. – After more than 22 years of breeding wheat for Washington State University, Steve Lyon never expected to make a name for himself in the barley field. But this spring’s release of ‘Lyon,’ a new variety of barley, is one way his colleagues in Pullman have chosen to recognize his long-term contributions […]
MOUNT VERNON, Wash. – Washington State University and the Seattle Wholesale Growers Market are offering a Specialty Cut Flower Growers School, Feb. 24 and 25. The two-day workshop will be held in the Sakuma Auditorium at WSU’s Northwestern Washington Research and Extension Center in Mt. Vernon. Classes run from 8:15 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. both […]
SULTAN, Wash. — WSU Extension is offering a series of Saturday workshop teaching skills for home tree fruit growers on how to establish and maintain a healthy orchard in Western Washington. Although western Washington weather gets a bad rap when it comes to growing apples, pears, peaches, and cherries, years of WSU Extension research into […]
MOUNT VERNON, Wash. – Members of northwestern Washington’s agricultural community are invited to participate in the annual field day and picnic at the Washington State University-Mount Vernon Northwestern Washington Research and Extension Center. The event will feature a tour of field research trials, a picnic dinner, and meetings of the Northwest Agricultural Research Foundation and […]
MOUNT VERNON, Wash. – University graduate student research projects related to agriculture and natural resource conservation now ongoing in northwestern Washington will be showcased at an upcoming symposium in Mount Vernon. The Agriculture and Northwest Ecosystem Graduate Student Symposium will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 10, at the Washington State University Northwestern Washington Research and […]
MOUNT VERNON, Wash. – The public is invited to the dedication ceremony to be held Memorial Day weekend for a new marker to restore the memorial significance of Memorial Highway, State Route 536, west of Mount Vernon. The dedication will be held on Saturday, May 24, starting at 1 pm at the Washington State University […]
MOUNT VERNON, Wash. – Washington State University Skagit County Master Gardeners have launched a fundraising effort to help restore the memorial significance of Memorial Highway, State Route 536. In 1931, SR 536 west of Mount Vernon was designated as Memorial Highway to honor Skagit County citizens who gave their lives in World War I. Both […]