News Archive: Horticulture
UK extension plants seeds for healthy lifestyles
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Katie Pratt
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A Cooperative Extension program is giving young children an early start in healthy living.
The Arboretum to celebrate Arbor Day April 27
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Carol Lea Spence
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The Arboretum in Lexington honors and celebrates trees during the 28th observance of Arbor Day at The Arboretum.
The Arboretum’s Party for the Planet is ‘rooted’ in Earth Month
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Carol Lea Spence
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Party for the Planet, The Arboretum’s annual rite of spring, will be “Spreading Roots” during a month of events that offers special workshops and activities focused on environmental topics for adults and children.
UK researchers partnering with national group to help CSAs thrive
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Katie Pratt
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The project will create a community of practice where CSA operators can go to get innovative marketing ideas.
Registration open for UK’s fresh, organic food program
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All UK faculty, staff and students are eligible to enroll in the program, which provides members with fresh vegetables from May 23 through Oct. 17 from the organic unit of the UK Horticulture Research Farm.
Ky. agricultural receipts hold steady, but net cash income drops
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Katie Pratt
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2019 Kentucky Fruit and Vegetable Conference set for Jan. 7-8
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Carol Lea Spence
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Fruit and vegetable producers will find much information to help their enterprises at the 2019 Kentucky Fruit and Vegetable Conference in Lexington.
UK Alumni Association names winners of Alumni Professorship Award
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Gail Hairston
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This year, one of the went to Seth DeBolt of the College of Agriculture, Food and Environment’s Department of Horticulture.
Mountain Fest celebrates mountain life in its many colors
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The University of Kentucky Robinson Center for Appalachian Resource Sustainability ushers in autumn and celebrates mountain life with Mountain Fest, Sept. 18-22.
Innovative research could result in a billion more being fed
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Carol Lea Spence
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An interdisciplinary research group at the University of Kentucky, Clemson University, and the University of Idaho is examining ways to overcome a major barrier in improving grain yields.