News Archive: Horticulture
Ben Beam earning his stripes with help of UK distillation program
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Carol Lea Spence
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Between shifts as a distillery operator, Ben Beam is completing UK’s Distillation, Wine and Brewing Studies certificate program. And yes, he’s one of those Beams.
UK’s No P On My Lawn raises awareness of excess fertilizer
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Carol Lea Spence
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A new UK Cooperative Extension Service program takes information directly to neighborhoods to teach the risks of using too much phosphorus on lawns.
Extension to host second indoor aquaculture program
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Katie Pratt
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The event is Sept. 16 at the Kentucky State University Aquaculture Research Center.
Ag Biotech Day opens doors to UK research
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Katie Pratt
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The event brought students to campus to learn about the college's research programs.
Addiction recovery center garden provides residents with solace
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Katie Pratt
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Jefferson County Cooperative Extension is using gardening to help women recovering from drug and alcohol addiction improve themselves.
UK planning limited sales of wines it produces
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Laura Skillman
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The sales will help make UK's grape and wine research self-sustaining.
Extension program does more than just grow vegetables
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Jeff Franklin
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A garden project in Henderson is helping the intellectually and developmentally challenged.
Extension program grows much more than vegetables
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Katie Pratt
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An extension agent leads a garden program at a center that has given so much to his family.
UK Research Gets to the 'Root' to Unveil Plant Secrets
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Carl Nathe
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Research by Seth Debolt about how plants receive signals was recently published in Scientific Reports.
Dive Into 'Water in Kentucky' Edited by UK, EKU Experts
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Mack McCormick
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The college's Brian Lee is an editor in a new book published by the University Press of Kentucky.