The junior in the Carson College of Business explains agriculture to a generation she says has become disconnected from the food they eat. She has amassed 280,000 followers on TikTok and 69,000 on Instagram.
WSU Professor Mark Lange is leading efforts to standardize best practices for cannabis growers, especially those cultivating large crops in greenhouses.
WSU is leading a $8 million project funded by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture to advance soil-biodegradable mulches and develop new methods for recycling the plastic.
Opened in 1960, the building was the scene of advances that helped feed a growing world population and introduced useful new crop varieties. Increasingly costly to maintain, it has reached the end of its useful life.
A new $250,000 grant from the Washington State Department of Agriculture will help WSU’s School of Food Science provide resources for the state’s small but mighty, value-added food growers and producers.
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine workshop takes place on Sept. 7, with a field day on Sept. 8, on the WSU Tri‑Cities campus in Richland.