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WSU V&E department chair invited to speak at Women of Wine and Spirits event

September 6, 2023

WSU Department of Viticulture & Enology Chair Jean Dodson Peterson recently gave a talk at a Women of Wine and Spirits event, demonstrating WSU’s commitment to empowering underrepresented individuals in the wine and viticulture sectors.

A woman stands at the end of a long wooden table, gesturing and laughing. Another woman stands next to her, and four people sit on each side of the table, which has food, wine glasses, and glass water bottles on it. Trees, an umbrella, and a building are in the background.

2020 Women in Ag Conference cultivates healthy farms, careers

January 9, 2020

Learn how to run resilient farms and businesses while preserving your health at 2020 conference.

Woman farmer standing on farmland with crossed arms and tractors in background

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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.