{"id":2961,"date":"2023-04-26T08:29:54","date_gmt":"2023-04-26T12:29:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/cals-news\/?p=2961"},"modified":"2023-04-26T08:29:54","modified_gmt":"2023-04-26T12:29:54","slug":"across-the-fence-highlights-april-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/cals-news\/across-the-fence-highlights-april-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Across the Fence Highlights-April 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Trees and Seeds of Vermont: Cultivating Hearts and Soil<\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"525\" height=\"296\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ynx6DZkGERg?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Science Olympiad and Chet Parsons\/The Parsons Farm<\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"525\" height=\"296\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-aT0rrMSmVM?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trees and Seeds of Vermont: Cultivating Hearts and Soil<\/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":[12,13,53],"tags":[31,122,51],"class_list":["post-2961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cals","category-ext","category-programs","tag-4-h","tag-goats","tag-soils"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2663,"url":"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/cals-news\/student-recipients-2023-parsons-award\/","url_meta":{"origin":2961,"position":0},"title":"Two CALS Students Receive Robert L. 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