Island Food Safety: Wheels Up & Down in American Samoa
by Dave Stone, Associate Dean of International Programs In November, I had the opportunity to travel to American Samoa for the first time. This overlooked island is an unincorporated territory…
Scaling Up Our Skills
By Jenna Kamppi B.S. Animal Science | Class of 2026 The term “soft skills” often refers to intangible qualities such as communication, leadership, problem solving, time management, and the ability…
Beyond the Classroom
The impact of undergraduate experiential learning after graduation By Adriana Perez BS Animal Science | Class of 2023 When deciding where I wanted to go to college, I was impressed…
Microbiome in Food: Assistant Professor in Department of Food Science and Technology improving the quality and safety of food
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…
FAMILIES the Backbone of Oregon Agriculture
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…
LEAVING LEGACIES ACROSS OREGON
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,…
What We Nurture Grows
By Kourtney Lehman Any farmer knows that raising a crop is no simple task. One cannot simply throw seeds in the soil and hope they grow. It is a…
OSU’s School IPM program helps schools reduce pesticide use
By Heidi Happonen The School IPM Program at Oregon State University’s College of Agricultural Sciences Extension works with schools and school districts across the state to ensure a safe environment…
OSU part of a cross-institutional team recently awarded $2.61M from the National Science Foundation for microbiome research
By Heidi Happonen The College of Agricultural Sciences and the College of Pharmacy at Oregon State University are part of a team of cross-institutional scientists who were recently awarded a…
International IPM
The benefits of a global perspective on Oregon pest management By Heidi Happonen Today, the research center is known as Oregon IPM and over its 53-year history it has gained…