{"id":1789,"date":"2022-07-27T17:55:42","date_gmt":"2022-07-27T21:55:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/cals-news\/?p=1789"},"modified":"2022-07-29T08:10:21","modified_gmt":"2022-07-29T12:10:21","slug":"july-2022-cals-in-the-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/cals-news\/july-2022-cals-in-the-news\/","title":{"rendered":"July 2022 CALS in the News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-958\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/site.uvm.edu\/cals-news\/files\/2022\/01\/news4.png?resize=525%2C275\" alt=\"Megaphone shouting news about agriculture.\" width=\"525\" height=\"275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/site.uvm.edu\/cals-news\/files\/2022\/01\/news4.png?w=1210&amp;ssl=1 1210w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/site.uvm.edu\/cals-news\/files\/2022\/01\/news4.png?resize=768%2C402&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/site.uvm.edu\/cals-news\/files\/2022\/01\/news4.png?w=1050 1050w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>CALS and Extension faculty, staff and students are making headlines for their commentaries, research findings, as subject matter experts, and for outreach collaborations. Below is a collection of recent stories.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Research from Qingbin Wang is heavily cited in this article from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eenews.net\/articles\/cow-power-goes-dark-as-manure-to-electricity-fizzles\/\">Greenwire<\/a> reporting on the waning excitement about &#8220;cow power&#8221; &#8211; converting cow manure to electricity &#8211; among New York farmers.<\/p>\n<p>Abby van den Berg provides expert commentary in this article from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.salon.com\/2022\/07\/13\/why-maple-syrup-prices-are-so-low-despite-inflation\/\">Salon<\/a> reporting on record maple production in 2022 and risk climate change poses on the industry. It also references research at the Proctor Maple Research Center.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/equestrianhub.com.au\/blog\/the-mighty-morgan\/\">Equestrian Hub<\/a> published a feature article on the UVM Morgan Horse Farm.<\/p>\n<p>As warming summer temperatures bring beach closures due to cyanobacteria blooms in Lake Champlain, Asim Zia was interviewed on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wcax.com\/2022\/01\/25\/uvm-researchers-study-climate-changes-impact-toxic-algae-blooms-lake-champlain\/\">WCAX<\/a> about his research on the need to account for legacy phosphorus in state and federal water quality policies.<\/p>\n<p>Asim Zia was interviewed with a panel on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vermontpublic.org\/show\/vermont-edition\/2022-07-20\/algae-blooms-invasive-species-threaten-lake-champlains-health\">Vermont Edition<\/a> about his climate change and legacy phosphorus in Lake Champlain research.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.morningagclips.com\/local-farms-help-institutions-overcome-covid-related-supply-chain-disruptions\/\">Morning Ag Clips<\/a> published an article on research about local farms helping institutions overcome COVID-related supply chain disruptions. UVM authors include CDAE Professor David Connor and CDAE graduate student Naomi Cunningham.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.morningagclips.com\/youth-livestock-poultry-biosecurity-learning-modules-updated-for-accessibility\/\">Morning Ag Clips<\/a> featured a story on the updated Healthy Farms Healthy Agriculture (HFHA) Biosecurity Learning Module Series for youth in agriculture, a project directed by Animal and Veterinary Sciences Research Associate Professor Julie Smith.<\/p>\n<p>Jane Kolodinsky weighs in on the impact of FedEx suspending Sunday deliveries on NPR&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/60AMErV570L4uWwYkEJnOl\">Marketplace podcast<\/a>. Listen at the 11:30 minute mark.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CALS and Extension faculty, staff and students are making headlines for their commentaries, research findings, as subject matter experts, and for outreach collaborations. Below is a collection of recent stories.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7974,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,13,28,73,53,14,29],"tags":[16,17,71,34],"class_list":["post-1789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cals","category-ext","category-faculty","category-news","category-programs","category-research","category-staff","tag-asci","tag-cdae","tag-dairy","tag-maple"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1082,"url":"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/cals-news\/pmrc-75-anniversary\/","url_meta":{"origin":1789,"position":0},"title":"Proctor Maple Research Center Celebrates 75th Anniversary","author":"CALS Communications","date":"February 18, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"The University of Vermont is celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Proctor Maple Research Center (PMRC). 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