By Scott Weybright, College of Agricultural, Human & Natural Resource Sciences
MOUNT VERNON, Wash. – Washington State University is helping bolster the surging hard cider industry with the hiring of Bri Ewing as a food and fermentation specialist at the Mount Vernon Research and Extension Center. » More …
By Seth Truscott, College of Agricultural, Human & Natural Resource Sciences
MOUNT VERNON, Wash. – With a hybrid crop called Salish Blue, scientists at Washington State University have combined wheat and wheatgrass in a new species with the potential to help Pacific Northwest farmers and the environment. » More …
By Hope Belli Tinney, Washington SBDC
MOUNT VERNON, Wash. – As Puja and Kummar Sharma watched firefighters battle the blaze destroying their seven-month-old restaurant, they thought it was a sign: Maybe they weren’t meant to own their own restaurant. But their community wasn’t ready to let the only Indian restaurant in Skagit County disappear. » More …
MOUNT VERNON, Wash. – Spiders can do some amazing things with their sticky, stretchy and super-strong silk. We cats are pretty curious about these little silk-spinning machines, too. » More …
MOUNT VERNON, Wash. – King Arthur Flour, America’s oldest flour company, will expand its baking school this fall from New England to Washington State University’s Bread Lab in the Skagit Valley. » More …
MOUNT VERNON, Wash. – Try as we might, it can be hard to hold back tears while chopping up onions. » More …
MOUNT VERNON, Wash. – William A. Haglund, retired from WSU Mount Vernon, died June 15, 2015. He worked at WSU 1960-92.
By Abby Beissinger, WSU Mount Vernon
MOUNT VERNON, Wash. – Past, present and future perspectives on western Washington agriculture will be highlighted at a free, public panel discussion at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 21, in the Sakuma Auditorium at Washington State University’s Mount Vernon Research and Extension Center, 16650 State Route 536. » More …
By Sylvia Kantor, College of Agricultural, Human & Natural Resource Sciences
PULLMAN, Wash. – More than $1.7 million was awarded to Washington State University for specialty crop research including berries, potatoes, grapes, tree fruit, onions, carrots and Christmas trees, the Washington State Department of Agriculture announced today. » More …
MOUNT VERNON, Wash. – The Washington State University research and extension center here hosted a forum Tuesday with U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. » More …