OARDC Report newsletter: March-April 2015

Primary tabs

  1. About us

    Funding support for OARDC comes in part from an Ohio legislature line-item appropriation and from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture...

  2. 700-plus Ohio State students share their environmental science work

    They gained “skills needed in their future professions.” Witnessed the workings of the scientific process. With all of it centered on timely topics. Check out what they learned and how [w/video] ...

  3. Food pH sensor, developed by OARDC scientists, also may look deep in oceans

    There’s pressure, then there’s pressure: The pressure used to process some foods ... and the pressure of thousands of feet of cold water. Can a repurposed tester take them both? [w/video] ...

     

  4. Kale! Kale! The gang’s all here … in an Ohio State greenhouse growing veggies for students

    For Buckeye students and others, there’s a new spin to eating on campus. Helping make it happen? OARDC plant experts’ knowledge ...

     

  5. At the corner of eating and healthy: Ohio State center targets functional foods

    Its name is a mouthful. Its mission? Good and filling. Stop in and sample the Center for Advanced Functional Foods Research and Entrepreneurship [w/video] ...

     

  6. Study: Fat in avocado helps body absorb, convert vitamin A nutrients

    Avocado, when eaten with some foods, can help form more vitamin A. The finding holds hope for boosting health — especially, in the developing world, for preventing blindness in children ...