Hope for the Honey Bee
An Overview of Research in the OSU Honey Bee Lab by Ben Davis Most of us are familiar with the grim truth about bee declines worldwide. Terms like “honey bee decline” and “colony collapse…
Urban Agriculture | Cultivating opportunity
When Gail Langellotto first started building an urban agriculture program at Oregon State University in 2016, it was in response to the College of Agricultural Sciences recognition of the important…
The Pursuit of an Impossible Food
Dr. Reva Barewal noticed her patients had trouble eating long after their surgeries, and collaborated with OSU’s Food Innovation Center on a seemingly impossible task: to create solid foods for…
A New Normal
Research, teaching and outreach continues during the COVID-19 crisis When Oregon State University closed its buildings statewide in mid-March to help limit the spread of the COVID-19 virus, Dave Stone…
Pressing Forward: Oregon’s Budding Olive Industry
The bottles of olive oil precisely lining the shelves at Durant Olive Mill in Dayton appear as beautiful as any high-end Oregon winery displaying their estate pinot noir. But the…
Sharing Expertise: A Glance at COVID-19 Resources
As the COVID-19 pandemic hit Oregon, faculty in the College of Agricultural Sciences responded by creating trusted resources for the public. Victory for Gardening For decades, the Oregon State University…
Industry Insight: Oregon Potatoes
Video Playtime: 2 minutes. Greg Harris earned his Bachelor of Science in Crop & Soil Science from OSU’s program at Eastern Oregon University in 1997. He later joined Threemile Canyon…
Adapting to a Changing Ocean
The Pacific Northwest may be among the most well equipped regions in the country to adapt to changing conditions. In 2007, Netarts Bay just west of Tillamook became the epicenter…
Bringing Hazelnuts Back From the Brink: Chapter 3
Working with germplasm from around the world, OSU breeder Shawn Mehlenbacher turns disaster into opportunity for Oregon’s now-thriving hazelnut industry. Late each fall, Shawn Mehlenbacher plants hazelnut trees at the…
Bringing Hazelnuts Back From the Brink: Chapter 2
Oregon hazelnut growers begin to benefit from the blight-resistant trees bred by OSU’s Shawn Mehlenbacher. In the field, in the lab, or travelling the world, Shawn Mehlenbacher concentrates on a…