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Below is a compilation of recent news coverage of CFANS faculty and staff. The views expressed in the media-prepared reports do not necessarily reflect the opinions or positions of CFANS or the University of Minnesota.
At six farmers' markets each week, Jessica Gilbertson stands behind her white cooler poised to sell meat and eggs. But when customers trickle in, and she nets $50 in sales, she's left wishing she spent that time on the tractor…"There is a sort of diminishing return," said Rob King, a professor in the Department of Applied Economics at the University of Minnesota.
Pioneer Press
Honey bees are going to become teaching tools for 5th Grade students in the Minneapolis School District. Superintendent Bernadeia Johnson kicked off the "Honeybees and Humans" program on Monday at the University of Minnesota's Bee Lab located on the St. Paul campus.
KARE
For about two decades, several species of fish commonly known as Asian carp have been creeping up the Mississippi River and its tributaries, gobbling up food native fish need to survive…"To me, it's surprising we haven't seen more," says fisheries biologist Peter Sorensen of the University of Minnesota.
Minnesota Public Radio
New data from the Minnesota Department of Education show a growing number of students rely on the federally funded National School Lunch Program…The evidence of increased need “reflects the severe financial hardship that so many Minnesota families are facing,” University of Minnesota economics professor Ben Senauer said.
Bemidji Pioneer
Most of us think we know obesity when we see it…But with so much discussion of the obesity epidemic, what makes someone obese? We asked Allen Levine, director of the Minnesota Obesity Center at the University of Minnesota.
WCCO-TV
Rosa 66 has a name at last. After being introduced at the University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum last summer, the public was invited to submit their ideas for a name for the new frilly pink shrub rose.
Chanhassen Villager
Star Tribune
The city’s Public Works Facility now boasts a gravel bed nursery, thanks to the help of the Department of Forest Resources at the University of Minnesota. “We used to purchase 200- to 300 -pound burlap (root) ball trees that took a Bobcat to lift and two employees to handle it,” said Gregg Strandlien, parks foreman. “The trees we purchased this year are bare root stock, one-third the price but the same size. One employee can handle the planting saving us a lot of man hours.”
Bemidji Pioneer
Now that the area ticks call home is expanding, the risk of getting Lyme disease isn't limited to those who live up north -- and the FOX 9 Investigators found out that means the dangerous illness is under-diagnosed because the symptoms can mimic other illnesses and tests can be inconclusive. University of Minnesota researchers Uli Munderloh and her team are studying how these germs act once they invade the body -- but until a vaccine comes along, the best line of defense against any tick-borne disease is to be careful where you walk.
Fox 9
Is safe drinking water becoming more of a scarcity? Will conflicts arise because of lack of drinking water? And how big of a concern should it be in this country? Expert Deb Swackhammer from the U of M's Water Resource Center explains.
WCCO radio
Meet Lester, Minnesota's new state soil.... Lester was chosen by the Smithsonian to be Minnesota's representative soil in its traveling "Dig It!" exhibit on the wonders of dirt. Lester's designation as official state soil comes just in time. The Smithsonian exhibit goes on display at the University of Minnesota's Bell Museum in November.
Star Tribune
When the American Association of Museums (AAM) convenes here Sunday for its four-day annual expo, a Minnesotan will be at the helm: Ford W. Bell. The grandson of General Mills founder James Ford Bell, for whom the Bell Museum of Natural History is named, he has always shared his family's love for museums.
Star Tribune
There's a little drama embedded in each of the dioramas at the Bell Museum of Natural History. Constructed from paint and taxidermy, the scenes depict Minnesota wildlife in realistic but unavoidably static poses.
Star Tribune
The Bell Museum of Natural History has introduced a new species into its environment: party creatures.
Star Tribune
The development of new GE crops has recently slowed to a trickle due to litigation over field testing and deregulation. University of Minnesota researchers Esther McGinnis, Alan Smith, and Mary Meyer set out to determine the cause of these litigation lulls responsible for slowing GE progress in the U.S.
Science Daily
