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COLLEGE OF FOOD, AGRICULTURAL, AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

September 2017

"I’ll Never Get to Drive that Combine Again"

Jeff Austin suffered from cancer that left him paralyzed. AgrAbility helped get him back to farming.

Queen Maudine

One of the most memorable homecoming queens in Ohio State's history...

Students Learn to Turn City Soil to Farmland

Students taking a course on evaluating urban soil and determining steps for a return to fertility don't do so behind a desk.

Assigning Responsibility for a Rainforest

A recent study co-authored by Brent Sohngen, a professor of agricultural, environmental and developmental economics at OSU, showed that deforestation is slowed when property rights are assigned to residents.

Keeping an Eye on Beautiful Visitors

Watch a video of Dr. Chris Tonra from the School of Environmental and Natural Resources expalining their work to monitor prothonotary warblers.

Butterflies Need Your Help - Milkweed for Monarchs

If you care about the beautiful monarchs that flutter through Ohio, you can lend them a hand this fall.

Events Calendar

Hold your horses! Here's what's coming up.

CFAES Alumni Making News

We love to see our alumni out in the world making great things happen. Here are some recent newsmakers from The Ohio State University College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences.

Memories of Making New Friends

Kaley Core received her BS in Food Agriculture & Biological Engineering in 2015. She shared a story about making a new friend on campus - a friend who became much more important than she could have guessed at the time.