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Fungus is fashionable

Published on October 24, 2018
In the past stone wash jeans were actually made with pumice stones.
Entrepreneurship and STEAM a logical connection: Focus on science

Published on October 24, 2018
Youth entrepreneurship programs integrate the educational concept of STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and math). Let’s focus on the connection between entrepreneurship and science.
AFRE Undergrads Get Behind the Scenes at Local Cider Mill

Published on October 24, 2018
Students from all three of AFRE's student organizations took a trip to a local cider mill this October to learn about their processes and practices.
Mutinus Elegans

Published on October 24, 2018
Mutinus elegans (Montagne) E. Fischer is a member of the stinkhorn group of mushrooms, which are similar in appearance and stench bu are in two separate genera.
East Michigan apple maturity report – Oct. 24, 2018

Published on October 24, 2018
Apple maturity has moved quickly in the past week, with all five varieties tested this week ready to harvest or over-mature. Harvest will be wrapping up quickly for most apple growers.
How are you participating in Global Entrepreneurship Week?

Published on October 24, 2018
Learn how to get involved in the world’s largest celebration of innovators and job creators.
Astonishing plastic degrading fungus is discovered amidst garbage dump!

Published on October 24, 2018
Researcher, To Sehroon Khan, and his team from China went sampling in Pakistan in 2017. Instead of going to some untouched natural area, they went…(yes, that’s right!) to explore garbage dumps!
American Hop Convention

Published on October 24, 2018
Registration now open for the 63rd Annual Hop Convention slated for Jan. 23-25, 2019 in Monterey, CA
Mushrooms as vitamins

Published on October 24, 2018
Vitamin D is an important nutrient to humans, where deficiencies result in diseases like rickets and other bone deficiencies.
October is Farm to School month

Published on October 24, 2018
USDA announces 2019 Farm to School grant.