Herbs pack big health wallop
Researchers with the USDA have discovered that herbs have higher antioxidant activity than fruits, vegetables and some spices, including garlic.
Jeweled arts of India exhibit glimmers in Cleveland
The Cleveland Museum exhibit, from Feb. 24 through May 19, includes approximately 325 works - many lavished with diamonds emeralds, and rubies set in pure gold - displayed in groups including royal adornment, princely weapons, gemstones of inestimable importance, and sumptuous vessels, such as cups, plates, and inkwells.
Learning to market Main Street is a click away
Faculty and researchers at Cornell and Pennsylvania State's extension division develop Web site for newly elected officials.
Ohio winter wheat acreage down, wet planting weather to blame
Counties affected by wheat planting problems include Putnam, Paulding, Van Wert, Allen, Hancock, Henry, Defiance, Wood, and parts of Mercer, Shelby and Auglaize.
Record-breaking Civil War-era quilt displayed at International Quilt Study Center
"The Reconciliation Quilt," a famous piece thought to a world-record price when sold at auction has been donated to the University of Nebraska center by Robert and Ardis James.
Roscoe Village video wins award
A history of the Ohio & Erie Canal has been selected as the national winner of the 2001 Aegis Award in documentaries.
Genetics, preventative medicine are the beef of cattle operation success
Beef producers shouldn't rely totally on EPD charts to make sound breeding decisions.
Scientists find anticancer agent of vitamin C
A food scientist at the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva, NY., and his Korean colleagues have found that vitamin C blocks the carcinogenic effects of hydrogen peroxide on intercellular communication.
Ohio cattlemen celebrate 50 years
Pickaway County beef producer Mel Earich received the Ohio Cattlemen's Association's Industry Excellence Award during the group's 50th annual meeting Jan. 19 in Dublin, Ohio.
USDA offers CRP contract extensions
Conservation Reserve Program contracts expiring this year may be extended for another year.
