News Archive: Horticulture
UK Experts Weigh In on Trends That Will Define the Decade: Farm-to-Table and Local Food Sourcing
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Danielle Donham
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Southern agricultural economists explain COVID-19 legislation, offer resources for producers
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Katie Pratt
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Among the COVID-19 topics the Southern agricultural economists address in their presentation include PPP, Families First Act, CARES Act and H2A labor issues.
UK’s James B. Beam Institute providing sanitizer to health care workers, manufacturing instructions to spirits industry
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Aimee Nielson
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UK's James B. Beam Institute for Kentucky Spirits is donating 300 gallons of sanitizer to UK Albert B. Chandler Hospital.
“Horticulture Webinar Wednesdays” bring spring into your home
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Carol Lea Spence
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The University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service is offering free “Horticulture Webinar Wednesdays” on a number of topics.
4-H encourages youth gardening; offers resources
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Katie Pratt
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Gardening is a great way to get children excited about the outdoors, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Programming in packages: Extension agents reaching clients through innovative ways during pandemic
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Katie Pratt
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Extension agents are developing creative ways to reach their clients during the COVID-19 pandemic.
UK ranked one of best affordable bachelor’s degrees in horticulture
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Carol Lea Spence
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Based on in-state attendance costs, class sizes and graduation rates, Affordable Schools ranked the UK Department of Horticulture as No. 13.
Independent Stave Company and the Boswell family give $1 million for spirits maturation warehouse at UK
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Aimee Nielson
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The facility will have a 600-barrel capacity for collaboration between UK scientists and students and industry.
UK CSA registration opens Jan. 24
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Carol Lea Spence
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Registration for the 2020 season of the University of Kentucky’s Community Supported Agriculture Project opens Jan. 24. All UK faculty, staff and students are eligible to enroll in the program.
$24 Million Partnership to Advance Next Generation Manufacturing Technologies in Kentucky
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Jenny Wells-Hosley
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College researchers Seth DeBolt and Czarena Crofcheck are part of this grant aimed at developing next gneration manufacturing technologies, flexible electronics and robotics.