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May/June 2012

New OARDC tech that 'substantially increases biogas production efficiency' has been commercialized - Fill 'er up with biogas? OARDC to try it ... and it costs just $2.25 a gallon - 'Significant opportunities' from growing our own rubber in Ohio - OARDC names first head of BioHio Research Park - New food packaging: 'Great potential' for longer shelf life, lower cost

July/August 2012

Tomato genes for health and profit: Scientist's findings 'develop business, improve nutrition' - Scientist's goal: 'Even better strategies' for sustainable food systems - Urban farming in a parking lot? Tours this summer are showing it works - New study: This feed may help organic farmers cut the cost of raising chicken - Turmeric spice extract produces 'many good effects' on our health

March/April 2012

New grant from USDA: Can science grow an ash tree that can stand the emerald ash borer? - 270,153 reasons to grow trees in a city: 'Essential environmental (and monetary) benefits' - 'People are concerned': Why are Ohio's honey bees dying, and what can be done to help? - NSF–funded Maumee study: Why we do what we do there … and then what it does - Get OARDC Report sooner, without using paper, but only if you want to

September/October 2012

OARDC partners on $5.7M grant to develop new biofuels: Can we engineer plants to help replace oil? - U.S. ag chief: OARDC research plays 'essential role' in protecting, improving people's health - 'People, planet, profits': New sustainability major 'establishes Ohio State as forerunner globally' - 'We can do better than what we've done': How to reduce runoff in Ohio's lakes and streams - Shale boom bust down the road? Without action, Ohio's 'future growth might stagnate'

November/December 2012

'He brings a global view and worldwide experience back to Ohio' - Driven to succeed: OARDC-industry partnership is creating new jobs - Ohio allocates $6M to rebuild 'the core of our bioenergy and bioproducts research' - Urban coyotes are howlingly faithful: Study finds 100 percent monogamy - Apple a day good for your heart, study shows

January/February 2012

New tech puts the squeeze on corn for 3 percent more biofuel - They're turning over a new leaf for you -- a tasty, green, even-safer one - OARDC a growing global leader in fighting human viruses - Digging better soil so you -- and kids, farms, and cities -- can, too - Now you can choose: Want this newsletter by email?

January/February 2013

Quest for Ohio-grown rubber gets a bounce: OARDC’s new pilot plant comes on line - 'Economic resilience': How Cleveland, other cities can be energy self-reliant - Renewable transportation fuel? New OARDC-developed technology may give it the gas - Swamp's reach growing: Improvements will ramp up programs, impact - OARDC earns national award for 'monumental effort' fighting soybean threat

March/April 2013

Good algae: New pilot farms tests biofuel production - Bad algae: Coal plant byproduct, if spread on farms, could fight Lake Erie algae - Bad algae, too (then hopefully less): A better way to gauge the risk of phosphorus runoff from farms - OARDC adds greener, bi-fuel vehicles to its fleet - Ohio without any buckeyes? Not on their watch

May/June 2013

To your health: OARDC scientist creates innovative functional foods - Feed the world: OARDC scientists rice work has global impact - Coming together over coffee: Ohio State, Smucker in new research agreement - Green scene: OARDC's Wooster campus now runs on 30 percent renewable energy - New OARDC study asks: Can we grow these crops in Ohio for bioenergy?