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Food science panel looks at how music affects our perception of chocolate

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Does milk chocolate taste creamier when you’re listening to Beethoven?

WSU scientists team up for $12.8 million effort to improve blueberries, cranberries

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Scientists team up for $12 million search for genes, valuable traits for new and tastier blueberries and cranberries.

Beach Watchers training available to protect Puget Sound

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WSU Extension hosts training program for beach lovers who want to help protect Puget Sound’s waters, wildlife and landscape in Snohomish County.

CAHNRS dean invited to national council

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Dean Wright named to the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research’s (FFAR) Advisory Council for Advanced Animal Systems.

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Learn Beekeeping this Spring; Harvest More Next Summer

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To help maintain local pollinators, Snohomish County Extension sponsors the Beginning Hobbyist Beekeeper course.
Food science panel looks at how music affects our perception of chocolate

Food science panel looks at how music affects our perception of chocolate

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Does milk chocolate taste creamier when you’re listening to Beethoven?
Food science panel looks at how music affects our perception of chocolate
Feb. 18: Zoo nutritionist shares how big data helps exotic animals stay healthy

Feb. 18: Zoo nutritionist shares how big data helps exotic animals stay healthy

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Heidi Bissell will share insights from her work with data that helps improve zoo animal health at the 2020 Halver Lecture in Animal Nutrition. Exotic…
Feb. 18: Zoo nutritionist shares how big data helps exotic animals stay healthy
Forestry Winter School helps woodland owners care for their forests

Forestry Winter School helps woodland owners care for their forests

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Western Washington forest owners can learn skills to care for their land at the next Winter School, Feb. 29 in Auburn. Auburn, Wash. – With…
Forestry Winter School helps woodland owners care for their forests
WSU scientists team up for $12.8 million effort to improve blueberries, cranberries

WSU scientists team up for $12.8 million effort to improve blueberries, cranberries

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Scientists team up for $12 million search for genes, valuable traits for new and tastier blueberries and cranberries.
WSU scientists team up for $12.8 million effort to improve blueberries, cranberries
WSU professor wins award for distinction in Extension

WSU professor wins award for distinction in Extension

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On learning that she had won the 2020 Extension Distinction Award from ASEV—the American Society for Enology & Viticulture—WSU associate  professor and Extension specialist, Michelle…
WSU professor wins award for distinction in Extension
Organic farm advantages in biodiversity and profits depend on location

Organic farm advantages in biodiversity and profits depend on location

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A large-scale analysis led by a WSU graduate student journal club found that overall organic agriculture sites had higher biodiversity and profits, but these advantages…
Organic farm advantages in biodiversity and profits depend on location

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