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Farm women study buzz over bees While in Oklahoma City for their mid-year meeting, the group held an educational session to learn more about the beleaguered honeybees and monarchs that are now showing up on posters in the D.C. subway system.“After listening to the presentations, I realized that it’s at the top of the list in D.C.,” observed Donnell Scott. She thinks it's a hot topic. Bee health has long been on the radar in places like California, where bees are trucked in to pollinate crops, but intense public interest has also begun to swarm around places like Austin, Texas, and Portland, Oregon. The Oklahoma Senate passed a bill directing the state agriculture department to develop a pollinator protection plan. Ag officials said they were acting pre-emptively based on an understanding that the federal government will eventually require all states to have one.
This story was really sweet, and no summary will accurately sum it up. Read it. Basically, though, this father (David Hyche) of a blind daughter (Rachel) created some Easter eggs for her to be able to celebrate the holiday. The eggs are rigged so that he doesn't have to buy the already expensive models. He used a piezo beeper, a 9 volt battery, and a switch inside the egg. Basically, the beeping eggs for deaf kids was already invented, he just came up with a cheeper way to do it for his daughter. Cute. Sweet. Light read.
Keeping Pathogens out of Produce The University of California Davis recently won a grant to eliminate the problem of cross-contamination in fresh produce. Davis will be the lead institution with Rutgers University and Drexel University for the $4.8 million grant over five years. Problems with food-borne pathogens on spinach and green onions in recent years have claimed the lives of consumers. The research will focus on reducing cross-contamination during washing, handling and packaging of fresh produce. The research will use mathematical modeling and pathogen detection. And it will consider using technology to improve the food chain.
Dad makes beeping eggs for impaired kids Nine years ago a Dad from Birmingham, Alabama, was trying to find ways for his 19-month-old Rachel, who is blind, to enjoy the same egg-hunting activities as her older brother. Eggs with beepers in them were already out there but very high priced so he wanted to find his own way to be a hero for his daughter, and he seceded. Using a switch, a piezo beeper, a 9-volt battery and battery clip, which he placed inside a plastic egg.
New Science on What We're Eating The Dietary Guidelines for Americans gets updated every five years. This creates time for the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (DGAC) to review and reflect on changes in nutrition and health, as well as statistics about how we eat as a population. After the DGAC looks over these things they make recommendations to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The biggest change in this years report is the removal of recommendations that we limit dietary cholesterol to no more than 300 milligrams per day. This is because they have looked at research and research shows dietary cholesterol doesn't really affect our blood-cholesterol levels.
Importance of inoculants for corn silage Inoculants are important in maintaining year round, high-quality ferment forage. The basic function is to low pH and help speed up this fermentation process, therefore consuming less sugars and starches leaving more animals to use for energy. Fermentation problems like mold and spoilage occur in areas where too much oxygen is there.
Farm women study buzz over bees
ReplyDeleteWhile in Oklahoma City for their mid-year meeting, the group held an educational session to learn more about the beleaguered honeybees and monarchs that are now showing up on posters in the D.C. subway system.“After listening to the presentations, I realized that it’s at the top of the list in D.C.,” observed Donnell Scott. She thinks it's a hot topic. Bee health has long been on the radar in places like California, where bees are trucked in to pollinate crops, but intense public interest has also begun to swarm around places like Austin, Texas, and Portland, Oregon. The Oklahoma Senate passed a bill directing the state agriculture department to develop a pollinator protection plan. Ag officials said they were acting pre-emptively based on an understanding that the federal government will eventually require all states to have one.
Dad Makes Beeping Eggs For Impaired Kids
ReplyDeleteThis story was really sweet, and no summary will accurately sum it up. Read it. Basically, though, this father (David Hyche) of a blind daughter (Rachel) created some Easter eggs for her to be able to celebrate the holiday. The eggs are rigged so that he doesn't have to buy the already expensive models. He used a piezo beeper, a 9 volt battery, and a switch inside the egg. Basically, the beeping eggs for deaf kids was already invented, he just came up with a cheeper way to do it for his daughter. Cute. Sweet. Light read.
Keeping Pathogens out of Produce
ReplyDeleteThe University of California Davis recently won a grant to eliminate the problem of cross-contamination in fresh produce. Davis will be the lead institution with Rutgers University and Drexel University for the $4.8 million grant over five years. Problems with food-borne pathogens on spinach and green onions in recent years have claimed the lives of consumers. The research will focus on reducing cross-contamination during washing, handling and packaging of fresh produce. The research will use mathematical modeling and pathogen detection. And it will consider using technology to improve the food chain.
Dad makes beeping eggs for impaired kids
ReplyDeleteNine years ago a Dad from Birmingham, Alabama, was trying to find ways for his 19-month-old Rachel, who is blind, to enjoy the same egg-hunting activities as her older brother. Eggs with beepers in them were already out there but very high priced so he wanted to find his own way to be a hero for his daughter, and he seceded.
Using a switch, a piezo beeper, a 9-volt battery and battery clip, which he placed inside a plastic egg.
New Science on What We're Eating
ReplyDeleteThe Dietary Guidelines for Americans gets updated every five years. This creates time for the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (DGAC) to review and reflect on changes in nutrition and health, as well as statistics about how we eat as a population. After the DGAC looks over these things they make recommendations to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The biggest change in this years report is the removal of recommendations that we limit dietary cholesterol to no more than 300 milligrams per day. This is because they have looked at research and research shows dietary cholesterol doesn't really affect our blood-cholesterol levels.
Importance of inoculants for corn silage
ReplyDeleteInoculants are important in maintaining year round, high-quality ferment forage. The basic function is to low pH and help speed up this fermentation process, therefore consuming less sugars and starches leaving more animals to use for energy. Fermentation problems like mold and spoilage occur in areas where too much oxygen is there.