Progress: Advancing the future of agriculture and natural resources
The Research Magazine for the Oregon State University Agricultural Experiment Station
The following story is available in both English and Spanish using the drop down icons below. The goal is to facilitate the diffusion of this collaborative work to those communities…
An international trade mission to bridge two beer cultures By Heidi Happonen When Lindsey Rubottom set out on a trade mission to Japan to share the benefits of Oregon hops…
By Justin Dickey Dr. Si Hong Park, assistant professor in the Department of Food Science and Technology, is working to enhance food quality and safety by understanding the microbiome (all…
By Kira Sabin Agrilcuture and Food Business Management, Class of 2022 The smell of cinnamon rolls wafted through the room as I watched my employer carry a squirming baby on…
The Oregon landscape is a quiltwork of crop fields and orchards, lush forests and high deserts, jagged mountain peaks and deep river valleys. Land that has been farmed, built upon,…
By Sean Nealon Nearing retirement, Chris Langdon is focused on passing on the oyster breeding program he built and nurtured the past 25 years at Oregon State University. He is…
By Vince Patton New regulations often carry unintended consequences—and new opportunities. When Oregon began to limit field burning in the Willamette Valley in the 1990s, grass seed growers needed a…
“Farming looks mighty easy when your plow is a pencil and you’re a thousand miles from the field.” Dwight D. Eisenhower By Heidi Happonen No matter the crop. No matter…
By Elizabeth Lopez, Botany & Plant Pathology major, Class of 2024 Gio Soto is an undergraduate student in Crop and Soil science who participated in a recent service-learning trip to…
By Heidi Happonen, Photos courtesy of Dr. Alexandra G. McInturf Dr. Alexandra (Alex) G. McInturf is a postdoctoral fellow with the Big Fish Lab at the Hatfield Marine Science Center…