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Science In Your Shopping CartSeason 12: Cheers To Wine Grapes | Episode 7: Tracking Water Usage With AIARS researcher Bradley King, a research agricultural engineer at ARS’s Northwest Irrigation and Soils Research lab in Kimberly, ID, is utilizing AI technology to help wine growers determine the best times to water their vineyards. King and his colleagues developed a validated, automated model that uses artificial intelligence to remotely calculate the daily crop water stress index so wine growers know when to water their vines, and how much, to achieve maximum results for great tasting wine.Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARSFacebook: @AgriculturalResearchServiceLinkedIn: @usda-ars
2026-02-2407 min
Science In Your Shopping CartSeason 9: Healthier & Tastier | Episode 1: A Healthier Milk ChocolateThe U.S. imports around $5 billion in cocoa and chocolate products annually, and we produce millions of pounds of chocolate for consumers. The health benefits of dark chocolate are well known, mainly it has more antioxidants than milk chocolate because it contains more cacao solids. But dark chocolate can be brittle and taste bitter. What if we could make milk chocolate as healthy as dark chocolate, without sacrificing taste? And what if we could do it by adding a low value agricultural byproduct, such as peanut skins?Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARSFacebook: @AgriculturalResearchServiceLinkedIn: @us...
2026-02-1707 min
Science In Your Shopping CartSeason 12: Cheers To Wine Grapes | Episode 3: Fatal AttractionMeet ARS researcher Jacob Corcoran, a research molecular biologist at ARS’s Biological Control of Insects Unit in Columbia, MO. Corcoran and his team are working on a new age, next generation approach to biological control to slow down the reproductive process to protect wine vineyards from dreaded vine mealybugs.Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARSFacebook: @AgriculturalResearchServiceLinkedIn: @usda-ars
2026-02-1008 min
Science In Your Shopping CartSeason 7: Sports and Science | Episode 3: Taking the Smell Out of SportsNanoparticles help protect your body from germs and other microbials, it also fights body odor, especially from sweating. ARS researchers have figured out a better way for for attaching nanoparticles to clothing.Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARSFacebook: @AgriculturalResearchServiceLinkedIn: @usda-ars
2026-02-0307 min
Science In Your Shopping CartSeason 7: Sports and Science | Episode 2: Stay HydratedHydration is so important to our bodies during exercise, perhaps more important than the exercise itself. Not properly hydrating during athletic competitions or every day exercising – even walking – can have damaging effects on our bodies. Of course, there are the physical effects, such as fatigue, exhaustion, and heat stroke. But there are also psychological factors that you may not be aware of. Learn more about how hydration affects your body in this podcast.Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARSFacebook: @AgriculturalResearchServiceLinkedIn: @usda-ars
2026-01-2709 min
Science In Your Shopping CartSeason 3: Biomass | Episode 2: Polymers from Cotton Gin TrashLearn about innovations and research that ARS scientists are conducting to turn cotton waste into agro-based biodegradable polymers.Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARSFacebook: @AgriculturalResearchServiceLinkedIn: @usda-ars
2026-01-2004 min
Science In Your Shopping CartSeason 8: Wearable Science | Episode 6: Spotting A Good HideGet the inside story of how ARS researchers created an automated, objective method for detecting imperfections on a hide - a method that greatly benefits U.S. leather producers.Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARSFacebook: @AgriculturalResearchServiceLinkedIn: @usda-ars
2026-01-1308 min
Science In Your Shopping CartSeason 3: Biomass | Episode 1: Pallets from Almond ShellsARS scientists are turning agricultural waste (Biomass) into environmentally friendly products that can replace non-biodegradable plastics.Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARSFacebook: @AgriculturalResearchServiceLinkedIn: @usda-ars
2026-01-0606 min
Science In Your Shopping CartSeason 2: Apples: Get Crunchin' | Episode 2: Apple Sorting MachineARS researchers have developed an in-field apple sorting machine that not only improves apple picking efficiency, but also scans and grades apples. Think of it as a 21st century solution to apple picking and harvesting.Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARSFacebook: @AgriculturalResearchServiceLinkedIn: @usda-ars
2025-12-3004 min
Science In Your Shopping CartSeason 12: Cheers To Wine Grapes | Episode 8: Robots & WineARS researcher Lance Cadle-Davidson, a research plant pathologist at ARS’s Grape Genetics Research Unit in the finger lakes region in Geneva, NY, is helping protect wine vineyards that produce European style wines in the U.S. Cadle-Davidson and his team have created an automated process utilizing high resolution cameras with illumination to see fungal disease easily from LED lighting with artificial intelligence to quantify disease and robotics that capture images quickly in an automated system that speeds up the process of detecting and treating disease to keep wine growers one step ahead of deadly pathogens in upstate New Yor...
2025-12-2310 min
Science In Your Shopping CartSeason 11: Wholesome, Nutritious Grains | Episode 3: Nutrient Packed Ancient GrainsAncient grains refers to a category of grains – particularly pseudo-cereals – that possess a very unique health benefit that provide essential nutritional requirements for our health. ARS Research Leader, Dr. Sean Liu at the Functional Foods Research Unit in Peoria, Illinois is researching ways to make ancient grains more nutritional, and he wants to make them more attractive to consumers. Click on the link below to view our Cooking With Science videos on Buckwheat and several other tasty recipes. https://aglab.ars.usda.gov/sights-and-sounds/cooking-with-scienceConnect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARSFaceb...
2025-12-1609 min
Science In Your Shopping CartSeason 7: Sports and Science | Episode 7: Nutrition is Part of Training TooWendy Shaw, a registered dietitian formerly with the National Agricultural Library, discusses the importance of nutrition, from the world’s elite athletes to the weekend warriors. Give it a listen.Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARSFacebook: @AgriculturalResearchServiceLinkedIn: @usda-ars
2025-12-0918 min
Science In Your Shopping CartSeason 9: Healthier & Tastier – It's All In The Formula | Episode 5: Waxing Poetic About Healthy OilsWouldn’t it be great if the oils and margarines you cook with were actually healthy for you and still enhanced the flavor of your foods? Researchers at ARS’s Functional Foods Research Unit in Peoria, Illinois, are mixing common cooking oils with natural waxes to create oleogels – which you can say is the secret sauce behind a healthier cooking oil.Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARSFacebook: @AgriculturalResearchServiceLinkedIn: @usda-ars
2025-12-0206 min
Science In Your Shopping CartSeason 1: Tomatoes, Potatoes & Spinach | Episode 2: Potatoes“I’m your huckleberry.” Learn about the origins of the Huckleberry Gold Potato and other interesting facts about potatoes.Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARSFacebook: @AgriculturalResearchServiceLinkedIn: @usda-ars
2025-11-2504 min
Science In Your Shopping CartSeason 11: Wholesome, Nutritious Grains | Episode 8: Building A Fortress Around BarleyARS Research Geneticist, Dr. Dolores Mornhinweg at the Peanut and Small Grains Research Unit in Stillwater, OK is developing new Barley crop lines that are resistant to pests such as the Russian Wheat Aphid.Barley is an important part of the U.S. economy, bringing in over a billions dollars in crop value. The Russian Wheat Aphid is a major pest to barley production in the U.S.Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARSFacebook: @AgriculturalResearchServiceLinkedIn: @usda-ars
2025-11-1807 min
Science In Your Shopping CartSeason 6: Aquaculture | Episode 3: Farm Fishing IndoorsWhen you grow anything indoors, you can control a lot of the conditions, including temperature, irrigation, insect and disease resistance, and water quality and consumption. ARS researchers are using indoor recirculating systems to improve the health and yields of rainbow trout while maintaining great taste and market size.Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARSFacebook: @AgriculturalResearchServiceLinkedIn: @usda-ars
2025-09-3005 min
Science In Your Shopping CartSeason 6: Aquaculture | Episode 2: Fastest Growing Fish You've Ever SeenFish farmers are using natural contained aquifers to grow fish to market size at an incredible fast rate. That’s because aquifers can provide optimal conditions for fish rearing. Unfortunately, you can’t scale-up aquifers. ARS researchers are working with fish farmers to develop and implement best management practices to increase fish yields, health, and size of fish reared in aquifers.Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARSFacebook: @AgriculturalResearchServiceLinkedIn: @usda-ars
2025-09-2305 min
Science In Your Shopping CartSeason 9: Healthier & Tastier - It's All In The Formula | Episode 6: Wrapping Up More FlavorDr. Tara McHugh may be the GOAT when it comes to creating foods that are both healthy and tasty. Dr. McHugh and her team have a created a variety of delicious treats and eats, but perhaps her signature creation was a wrap made from fruits and vegetables.Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARSFacebook: @AgriculturalResearchServiceLinkedIn: @usda-ars
2025-09-1606 min
Science In Your Shopping CartSeason 8: Wearable Science | Episode 2: Getting Cozy with WoolDid you know that many of the advances in wool and leather clothing were developed in Wyndmoor, PA, including a technique to get rid of the yellowing of wool?Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARSFacebook: @AgriculturalResearchServiceLinkedIn: @usda-ars
2025-09-0906 min
Science In Your Shopping CartSeason 9: Healthier & Tastier – It's All In The Formula | Episode 2: Cheers To A Heartier New HopWe travel to Corvallis, Oregon, to meet with ARS research geneticist John Henning. Here at the Forage Seed and Cereal Research Unit, John and his team recently released two new beer hop varieties: Vista and Triumph.Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARSFacebook: @AgriculturalResearchServiceLinkedIn: @usda-ars
2025-09-0204 min
Science In Your Shopping CartSeason 12: Cheers To Wine Grapes | Episode 5: Managing Vineyards From SpaceARS researcher Bill Kustas, a Research Hydrologist and Distinguished Senior Research Scientist at ARS’s Hydrology and Remote Sensing Laboratory in Beltsville, MD, is part of a collaborative team called GRAPEX. The GRAPEX research program involves using satellites and even unoccupied aerial vehicles to identify vine water use and stress throughout a vineyard. Growers can use these data to determine if certain areas are getting too much, too little, or just the right amount of irrigated water.Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARSFacebook: @AgriculturalResearchServiceLinkedIn: @usda-ars
2025-08-2610 min
Science In Your Shopping CartSeason 11: Wholesome, Nutritious Grains | Episode 2: Shucking A Nasty FungusCorn is grown all over our planet and is an important crop in all parts of our lives. ARS Research Entomologist Xinzhi Ni, at ARS’s Crop Genetics and Breeding Research Unit in Tifton, GA, is looking at how corn plants get stressed, and how those stressors invite diseases and pathogens to proliferate inside the crop. Ni is hopeful the work will help future entomologists and breeders find solutions to these perennial problems.Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARSFacebook: @AgriculturalResearchServiceLinkedIn: @usda-ars
2025-08-1909 min
Science In Your Shopping CartSeason 9: Healthier & Tastier – It's All In The Formula | Episode 3: These Peaches Are A Real JoyWe travel to Byron, Georgia, to the ARS Fruit and Tree Nut Research Unit, and visit with Research Horticulturist Chunxian Chen. Dr. Chen and his group recently released three new peach cultivars: Rich Joy, Crimson Joy, and Liberty Joy.Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARSFacebook: @AgriculturalResearchServiceLinkedIn: @usda-ars
2025-08-1204 min
Science In Your Shopping CartSeason 4: Berries | Episode 4: StrawberriesCheck out our newest strawberry, and hear how new strawberry cultivars are created.Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARSFacebook: @AgriculturalResearchServiceLinkedIn: @usda-ars
2025-08-0507 min
Science In Your Shopping CartSeason 4: Berries | Episode 1: BlueberriesLearn how a USDA breeding program was responsible for the development of the blueberry growing industry in the southeastern United States and how ARS scientists have developed and are continuing to work with farmers to create new cultivars of blueberries that we all get to enjoy.Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARSFacebook: @AgriculturalResearchServiceLinkedIn: @usda-ars
2025-07-2907 min
Science In Your Shopping CartSeason 1: Tomatoes, Potatoes & Spinach | Episode 1: TomatoesWhere was the Roma tomato developed? Rome? Nope, the answer may surprise you. Learn this and more interesting facts about the Roma tomato.Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARSFacebook: @AgriculturalResearchServiceLinkedIn: @usda-ars
2025-07-2205 min
Science In Your Shopping CartSeason 12: Cheers To Wine GrapesARS researchers make sure the science, chemistry, and math all add up to great wine grape production across the U.S. Learn about ARS’s crucial roles in wine grape production as our researchers’ find answers to the biggest problems facing the nation’s wine grape industry. For this season of Science in Your Shopping Cart, we’re hitting the virtual wine trail to learn the science behind wine grape growing and how everything in our environment, including wildfires, can influence the characteristics that pour into a glass of wine.Connect with us: ...
2025-07-151h 28
Science In Your Shopping CartSeason 12: Cheers To Wine Grapes | Episode 10: Turning Wine Waste Into Healthy Food ProductsARS researchers Nancy Keim and Wally Yokoyama are looking to turn wine waste – mainly pomace or what the researchers call marcs – into healthy food products that end up in our shopping carts. Keim is studying the health benefits of combinations of chardonnay grape pomace and chardonnay grape extract. As expected, the enriched flour is high in fiber and has a lot of bioactive material, which means it will react favorably with organs, tissues, or cells in the human body. How this material interacts with the gut microbiome could be key to seeing these nutrients translate into actual health...
2025-07-0809 min
Science In Your Shopping CartSeason 12: Cheers To Wine Grapes | Episode 9: Building A Sustainable Future For VineyardsARS researcher Kerri Steenwerth, a research soil scientist with the Crops Pathology and Genetics Research Unit in Davis, CA, battles weather extremes and ways to keep wine grape growers ahead of the environmental curve. Her research involves regenerative viticulture practices, which is similar to regenerative farming, or farming with sustainability and the environment in mind. Regenerative farming focuses on building and sustaining healthy soil, and it’s not a new practice; it’s been adopted by most wine growers for decades. Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARSFacebook: @AgriculturalResearchServiceLinkedIn: @usda-ars
2025-07-0109 min
Science In Your Shopping CartSeason 12: Cheers To Wine Grapes | Episode 6: Wine CharmsThe USDA’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS) protects and helps the wine industry thrive in the United States. Learn some fun facts to share at your next wine tasting including the birthplace of American wine.Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARSFacebook: @AgriculturalResearchServiceLinkedIn: @usda-ars
2025-06-1005 min
Science In Your Shopping CartSeason 12: Cheers To Wine Grapes | Episode 4: Unintended ConsequencesARS researchers are working with the National Grape Research Alliance (NGRA) to help wine grape growers adapt to ever-evolving weather patterns as well as extreme weather conditions. Believe it or not, it may not be all bad. One of the unintended consequences of shifting weather patterns is the ability of certain regions to produce grape varieties they’ve never been able to grow before. This is also creating a resurgence of grape production in areas that were once prominent for wine growing.Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARSFacebook: @AgriculturalResearchServiceLinkedIn: @usda-ars
2025-05-2707 min
Science In Your Shopping CartSeason 12: Cheers To Wine Grapes | Episode 2: Smoke On The GrapevineARS researcher Arran Rumbaugh, a research chemist at the Crops Pathology and Genetics Research Unit in Davis, CA, is studying how smoke from wildfires can affect the chemical composition of wine grapes. Wildfires from 2020 hurt wine grape production and had an estimated 3.7 billion dollars of economic impact on the wine industry due to smoke exposure and fire. Dr. Rumbaugh is working on an early screening method that could quickly detect the smoke exposure and impact on grapevines. This ARS research has the potential to save time, money, and millions of wine grapes. To...
2025-05-1308 min
Science In Your Shopping CartSeason 12: Cheers To Wine Grapes | Epsiode 1: Where Wine Grape Research Is Needed MostARS researchers work with the National Grape Research Alliance (NGRA) to initiate novel research projects and programs to solve industry challenges. And there’s no bigger challenge today than dealing with extreme weather and shifting weather patterns. Thankfully, ARS researchers are on the job, working with the NGRA to solve problems and find solutions in the areas that grape research is needed most.Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARSFacebook: @AgriculturalResearchServiceLinkedIn: @usda-ars
2025-05-0608 min
Science In Your Shopping CartSeason 11: Wholesome, Nutritious GrainsARS researchers have been instrumental in developing cereal crops and enhancing food for the American people. In this season of Science in Your Shopping Cart, we’re taking a trip down the cereal crop aisle, where we’ll dive into the challenges of growing popular cereal crops, explore the growing popularity of ancient grains, and taste a rice that’s fit for an emperor.Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARSFacebook: @AgriculturalResearchServiceLinkedIn: @usda-ars
2025-04-291h 09
Science In Your Shopping CartSeason 11: Wholesome, Nutritious Grains | Episode 7: Those Despicable WeedsARS Ecologist, Martin Williams at ARS’s Global Change and Photosynthesis Unit in Urbana, IL is researching ways to help farmers to deal with their weeds. Williams’ research is aimed at ways to control those pesky weeds and manage their crops.Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARSFacebook: @AgriculturalResearchServiceLinkedIn: @usda-ars
2025-04-1510 min
Science In Your Shopping CartSeason 11: Wholesome, Nutritious Grains | Episode 7: Those Despicable WeedsARS Ecologist, Martin Williams at ARS’s Global Change and Photosynthesis Unit in Urbana, IL is researching ways to help farmers to deal with their weeds. Williams’ research is aimed at ways to control those pesky weeds and manage their crops.Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARSFacebook: @AgriculturalResearchServiceLinkedIn: @usda-ars
2025-04-1511 min
Science In Your Shopping CartSeason 11: Wholesome, Nutritious Grains | Episode 6: Negotiating With DiseasesARS research leader Shahryar Kianian and his colleagues at ARS’s Cereal Disease Lab in St. Paul, MN are leaning on the art of negotiation to help oat producers deal with a deadly disease, called Crowned Rust. Listen and learn how ARS is protecting oats, some of the healthiest grains you can put in your body. They are a great source of fiber, and they contain lots of vitamins and minerals, as well as antioxidants.Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARSFacebook: @AgriculturalResearchServiceLinkedIn: @usda-ars
2025-04-0807 min
Science In Your Shopping CartSeason 11: Wholesome, Nutritious Grains | Episode 5: Fun Facts About Cereal CropsARS researchers have developed and strengthened our food supply. Listen to learn some fun facts about cereal crops and other foods that can enhance your diet.Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARSFacebook: @AgriculturalResearchServiceLinkedIn: @usda-ars
2025-04-0104 min
Science In Your Shopping CartSeason 11: Wholesome, Nutritious Grains | Episode 4: The Emperor’s RiceAt the Dale Bumpers National Rice Research Center in Stuttgart, Arkansas, ARS geneticist Shannon Pinson studies specialty rice that is beneficial to human health. Her work includes research on colored rice that has traditionally been given to pregnant women for the nutritional benefits it provides during pregnancy.Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARSFacebook: @AgriculturalResearchServiceLinkedIn: @usda-ars
2025-03-2509 min
Science In Your Shopping CartSeason 11: Wholesome, Nutritious Grains | Episode 1: Kicking Off The Rust In WheatWheat is a big crop in the United States. Stripe rust is one of the most important diseases for wheat. ARS Research Plant Pathlogist, Xianming Chen and researchers with ARS’s Wheat Health, Genetics, and Quality Research Unit in Pullman Washington are testing and developing new varieties of wheat that are resistant to the crop’s major disease threats, including stripe rust.Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARSFacebook: @AgriculturalResearchServiceLinkedIn: @usda-ars
2025-03-0411 min
Science In Your Shopping CartSeason 10: The Buzz Around BeesHoney bees and their pollinating cousins are essential to human life. Without honey bees, we cannot grow a lot of the food we love. Honey bees have been around for millions of years, but they face many challenges in today’s environment, and their populations ebb and flow. So how do bees fit into this podcast, Science in Your Shopping Cart? Well, if it wasn’t for honey bees and their pollinator friends, there would a lot less food to put in your shopping cart. Oh, and of course there’s honey, which you can put in your s...
2025-02-251h 46
Science In Your Shopping CartSeason 10: The Buzz Around Bees | Episode 11: Breeding A Better BeeHumans have been breeding honey bees for centuries to help them adapt to new environments, and with technology improving at a rapid pace, breeders may now have the tools to build a perfect bee. Join us at the Honey Bee Lab in Baton Rouge, LA, where bee experts discuss the challenging and exciting art of bee breeding.Find out how you can help honey bees by clicking on the extension service link below.https://extension.org/find-cooperative-extension-in-your-state/Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARSFacebook: @AgriculturalResearchServiceLinkedIn: @usda-ars
2025-02-1810 min
Science In Your Shopping CartSeason 10: The Buzz Around Bees | Episode 10: A Perfect SymbiosisARS research entomologist Dr. Shawn Steffan works in cranberry country, USA – aka Madison, WI. Here, bees are vital to cranberry production, so keeping them healthy and happy are crucial. Steffan is studying the relationship between bees, their microbiome, and the environment in which they live and work. Listen how building a perfect symbiosis may be the key to long-term health of honey bees.Find out how you can help honey bees by clicking on the extension service link below.https://extension.org/find-cooperative-extension-in-your-state/Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARSFacebook: @AgriculturalResearchServiceLinkedIn: @usd...
2025-02-1109 min
Science In Your Shopping CartSeason 10: The Buzz Around Bees | Episode 9: The Hunt For A PredatorJoin us at the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C., where we talk with ARS researcher Matthew Buffington, who explains how a deadly predator to the honey bee recently arrived in the U.S. Is the Norther Giant Hornet still a threat to our precious honey bee population? Listen to find out.Find out how you can help honey bees by clicking on the extension service link below.https://extension.org/find-cooperative-extension-in-your-state/Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARSFacebook: @AgriculturalResearchServiceLinkedIn: @usda-ars
2025-02-0410 min
Science In Your Shopping CartSeason 10: The Buzz Around Bees | Episode 8: Bee DiversityHow many different types of bees can you think of? Bumble bees, honey bees, mason bees. There’s actually a lot more bee diversity than you think, a lot more. Find out about the different types of bees and their need for diversity for survival, with Dr. Diana Cox-Foster, research leader at the Pollinating Insect-Biology, Management, Systematics Research Unit in Logan, UT.Find out how you can help honey bees by clicking on the extension service link below.https://extension.org/find-cooperative-extension-in-your-state/Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARSFacebook: @AgriculturalResearchServiceLinkedIn: @usda-ars
2025-01-2809 min
Science In Your Shopping CartSeason 10: The Buzz Around Bees | Episode 7: Honey Bees And Pesticide ExposurePesticides are an important tool for managing hungry and destructive insects and invasive species. But there is little known how pesticides affect the bees that pollinate our crops. ARS researcher Dr. Julia Fine discusses how exposure to different pesticides may affect honey bee behaviors.Find out how you can help honey bees by clicking on the extension service link below.https://extension.org/find-cooperative-extension-in-your-state/Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARSFacebook: @AgriculturalResearchServiceLinkedIn: @usda-ars
2025-01-2106 min
Science In Your Shopping CartSeason 10: The Buzz Around Bees | Episode 6: How To Make Your Yard Pollinator FriendlyBee experts Liz Walsh and Lanie Bilodeau offer tips for making your home yards more bee friendly.Find out how you can help honey bees by clicking on the extension service link below.https://extension.org/find-cooperative-extension-in-your-state/Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARSFacebook: @AgriculturalResearchServiceLinkedIn: @usda-ars
2025-01-1411 min
Science In Your Shopping CartSeason 10: The Buzz Around Bees | Episode 5: The Queen BeeBeing the queen bee may have its perks, but there’s a lot of stress to the job. Sure, you have worker bees bringing you food, grooming you, and caring for your babies. But you are responsible for the livelihood of your children – not just 3 or 4 or 5 babies but tens of thousands. That can put tremendous stress on anyone, queen bees included. ARS researcher, Mohamed Alburaki explains what it is like to be the queen bee.Find out how you can help honey bees by clicking on the extension service link below.https://extension.org/find...
2025-01-0708 min
Science In Your Shopping CartSeason 10: The Buzz Around Bees | Episode 4: A Mite-y Big Problem For BeesThe varroa mite is one of the biggest threats to honey bees around the world. Essentially, it’s a modern honey bee plague. Varroa is an invasive species that originated in Asia. Learn what ARS researchers are doing to protect honey bees from varroa mites. Click on the link below to get a step-by-step set of instructions to perform the test for amitraz resistance in Varroa destructor in honey bee colonies.https://youtu.be/-YUyj_RrtB0?feature=sharedFind out how you can help honey bees by clicking on the extension service link belo...
2024-12-3109 min
Science In Your Shopping CartSeason 10: The Buzz Around Bees | Episode 3: Can Bees Adapt To A New Environment?Today, bees and other pollinators are facing many pressing issues, either directly related or amplified by extreme weather conditions and new weather patterns. And the big question is, can they adapt to these ever evolving conditions? Listen in and find out.Find out how you can help honey bees by clicking on the extension service link below.https://extension.org/find-cooperative-extension-in-your-state/Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARSFacebook: @AgriculturalResearchServiceLinkedIn: @usda-ars
2024-12-2410 min
Science In Your Shopping CartSeason 10: The Buzz Around Bees | Episode 2: Bee Health And Survival Long TermTake a trip with us to ARS’s Invasive Species and Pollinator Health Unit in Albany, CA, where researchers are looking at long-term factors affecting bee health and colony survival. They want to better understand how factors such as nutrition, pesticides, extreme weather, and natural events impact colony performance and sustainability over multiple seasons.Find out how you can help honey bees by clicking on the extension service link below.https://extension.org/find-cooperative-extension-in-your-state/Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARSFacebook: @AgriculturalResearchServiceLinkedIn: @usda-ars
2024-12-1708 min
Science In Your Shopping CartSeason 10: The Buzz Around Bees | Episode 1: The State Of The Honey BeeWe sat down with one of the world's leading honey bee experts, Dr. Jay Evans to find out the state of honey bee populations. Are honey bees dying at an alarming rate? How are they handling a changing environment? What are their biggest threats? How resilient can they be? Listen and find out.Find out how you can help honey bees by clicking on the extension service link below. https://extension.org/find-cooperative-extension-in-your-state/Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARSFacebook: @AgriculturalResearchServiceLinkedIn: @usda-ars
2024-12-1011 min
Science In Your Shopping CartSeason 9: Healthier & Tastier - It's All In The FormulaHere at ARS we love food as much as you do, and we’re also conscious of making healthy food choices. That’s why in this episode we’re going to show you a trio of new peaches, healthier margarines, new beer hops, tasty and healthy wraps, and even, get this, a self-fertilizing almond.Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARSFacebook: @AgriculturalResearchServiceLinkedIn: @usda-ars
2024-12-0437 min
Science In Your Shopping CartSeason 9: Healthier & Tastier - It's All In The Formula | Episode 7: Move Over Bees, This Almond Pollinates ItselfYorizane is the first self-pollinating almond in the U.S., and it has the traits industry and consumers are looking for. It won’t be long before these delicious nuts are ready for your shopping cart.Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARSFacebook: @AgriculturalResearchServiceLinkedIn: @usda-ars
2024-12-0305 min
Science In Your Shopping CartSeason 9: Healthier & Tastier – It's All In The Formula | Episode 4: Breaktime: Getting HealthyHere at ARS, we are constantly researching ways to make the food in your shopping cart healthier and tastier, including for those who have to be careful about the food they ingest. Here are some recent creations that will get your mouth watering.Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARSFacebook: @AgriculturalResearchServiceLinkedIn: @usda-ars
2024-11-1202 min
Science In Your Shopping CartSeason 8: Wearable ScienceAmericans spend millions, maybe billions, on clothes every year. It’s a huge industry. And when you think about clothes, do the words style, fit, and comfort come to mind? How about science and technology? Probably not, but science and technology play a major role in the textile industry.Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARSFacebook: @AgriculturalResearchServiceLinkedIn: @usda-ars
2024-10-1658 min
Science In Your Shopping CartSeason 8: Wearable Science | Episode 7: Back to the Future with HempIs hemp the plant of the future? See if this crop, which has been around for thousands of years, will find its place in the US agricultural marketplace.Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARSFacebook: @AgriculturalResearchServiceLinkedIn: @usda-ars
2024-10-1510 min
Science In Your Shopping CartSeason 8: Wearable Science | Episode 5: BreaktimeLearn about scientific breakthroughs from ARS. Check out jeans that don’t scratch, insect repellents made from natural ingredients, and the Super Slurper!Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARSFacebook: @AgriculturalResearchServiceLinkedIn: @usda-ars
2024-10-0102 min
Science In Your Shopping CartSeason 8: Wearable Science | Episode 4: Preparing For CombatARS is showing its military might by developing insect-repellent treatments that could be applied to service member uniforms to protect our brave men and women from a mighty but tiny enemy.Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARSFacebook: @AgriculturalResearchServiceLinkedIn: @usda-ars
2024-09-2407 min
Science In Your Shopping CartSeason 8: Wearable Science | Episode 3: Turning Down the FlamesWhat if your clothes were naturally flame-retardant, and that protection were durable enough to remain effective after multiple washes? Well, that’s just what ARS researchers are striving for, and they may have achieved half their goal with this groundbreaking finding. Check out this cool video comparing fire-resistant cotton vs regular cotton in flammability testing.https://youtube.com/shorts/aNjVDkzPbgsConnect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARSFacebook: @AgriculturalResearchServiceLinkedIn: @usda-ars
2024-09-1709 min
Forest FocusEpisode 50: Wood Innovations and Biomass UtilizationIn our 50th episode we turn back towards Nature's Benefits and cut further into Timber and Wood Products by discussing Wood Innovations and Biomass Utilization with a program specialist from the Pacific Southwest Regional Office. We talk grants, mass timber, forward-thinking projects, tribal initiatives, urban forestry and more with guests from the Angeles National Forest and a sawmill owner in Los Angeles. Pacific Southwest Region's Wood and Biomass Utilization Program National USDA Forest Service Wood Innovations For tons more information (Forest Focus Ep. 50 Homepage)
2024-09-131h 31
Science In Your Shopping CartSeason 8: Wearable Science | Episode 1: COVID-Busting ClothingLearn how ARS researchers in New Orleans are finding innovative ways to enhance masks, clothing, and other wearable materials that help protect against coronavirus.Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARSFacebook: @AgriculturalResearchServiceLinkedIn: @usda-ars
2024-09-0313 min
Science In Your Shopping CartSeason 7: Sports and ScienceEvery part of a sport, from the clothing to the equipment, even to the playing field, has been enhanced by science. In this podcast, we look at how agricultural science has impacted sports, like how hydration can affect an athlete, not only physically but psychologically; and how nanoparticles can help uniforms control sweat and odor. We’ll also look at improved natural grasses for playing fields, and how enhancing the process for making leather materials results in better quality sports gloves. And we’ll talk with a nutrition expert about how to keep your body in top shape for athle...
2024-08-281h 10
Science In Your Shopping CartSeason 7: Sports and Science || Episode 6: Good LeatherThe leather industry in the United States, while not as prosperous as in days past, is still a significant market in textiles, clothing, and sports. ARS researchers have answered the bell time and time again over the years to make leather processing safer, more efficient, and more profitable.Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARSFacebook: @AgriculturalResearchServiceLinkedIn: @usda-ars
2024-08-2009 min
Science In Your Shopping CartSeason 7: Sports and Science || Episode 5: Turf BattlesDid you know ARS has been developing natural turf cultivars since the 1940s? And this has led to improved playing surfaces on golf courses all across the country.Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARSFacebook: @AgriculturalResearchServiceLinkedIn: @usda-ars
2024-08-1309 min
Science In Your Shopping CartSeason 7: Sports & Science | Episode 4: Break Time - True or False about NutritionAre apples good for you to eat before or during an athletic event? How about bananas? When should you consume sports drinks. Find out these answers and more in our fun true or false episode.Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARSFacebook: @AgriculturalResearchServiceLinkedIn: @usda-ars
2024-08-0603 min
Science In Your Shopping CartSeason 7: Sports and Science | Episode 1: Batter UpThe sport of baseball is woven into America’s culture like the uniforms worn by the players. Baseball has been around for nearly 150 years, and in that time we’ve seen plenty of home run sluggers, from Babe Ruth and Hank Aaron to Alex Rodriguez and Ken Griffey, Jr., to todays mashers like Aaron Judge and Mike Trout. Did you know that most professional baseball bats are made from either maple or ash? ARS researchers help keep America’s pastime swinging for the fences by protecting Ash trees from the Emerald Ash Borer.Connect with us:
2024-07-1613 min
Science In Your Shopping CartSeason 6: AquacultureOn this season of Science in Your Shopping Cart, we take a deep dive in to seafood production in the U.S. Learn how research facilities across the country are developing new fish farming techniques, new strains of fish, are keeping fish healthy, and creating more sustainable methods for raising finfish and shellfish.Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARSFacebook: @AgriculturalResearchServiceLinkedIn: @usda-ars
2024-07-1050 min
Science In Your Shopping CartSeason 6: Aquaculture | Episode 9: West Coast Shellfish Represent!Learn how ARS scientists are working with Oregon State University to produce new strains of the Pacific Oyster and protect them from a serious disease that’s recently been invading our waters.Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARSFacebook: @AgriculturalResearchServiceLinkedIn: @usda-ars
2024-07-0906 min
Science In Your Shopping CartSeason 6: Aquaculture | Episode 8: East Coast Shellfish Represent!An east coast perspective on how important shellfish are to our agriculture ecosystem and how their sustainability and low environmental impact makes the shellfish market the wave of the future.Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARSFacebook: @AgriculturalResearchServiceLinkedIn: @usda-ars
2024-07-0205 min
Science In Your Shopping CartSeason 6: Aquaculture | Episode 7: How Do You Fight Fish Disease?A healthy fish is a happy fish! ARS researchers are fighting fish diseases by developing vaccines, breeding fish strains that are resistant to select diseases, and providing guidance to the industry of best practices for keeping their fish healthy.Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARSFacebook: @AgriculturalResearchServiceLinkedIn: @usda-ars
2024-06-2505 min
Science In Your Shopping CartSeason 6: Aquaculture | Episode 6: Water Conservation in Indoor SystemsTake a tour of an indoor recirculating system in Shepherdstown, West Virginia and learn how ARS researchers are using less fresh water while keeping optimal performance for fish rearing.Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARSFacebook: @AgriculturalResearchServiceLinkedIn: @usda-ars
2024-06-1808 min
Science In Your Shopping CartSeason 6: Aquaculture | Episode 5: Aquaculture Trivia!Test your knowledge of aquaculture and learn some interesting facts.Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARSFacebook: @AgriculturalResearchServiceLinkedIn: @usda-ars
2024-06-1102 min
Science In Your Shopping CartSeason 6: Aquaculture | Episode 4: Taking on Atlantic Salmon's Biggest FoeSea lice is a huge problem in the seafood business. Not only does sea lice cause physical harm, but it can also stress the fish out, which can then affect their growth rate and ability to fight off other diseases. I mean, how would you like a blood sucker attached to your skin all the time? There currently are no vaccines or effective treatments for sea lice. However, ARS researchers are working to develop an Atlantic salmon strain that is resistant to sea lice.Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARSFacebook: @AgriculturalResearchServiceLinkedIn: @usda-ars
2024-06-0405 min
Science In Your Shopping CartSeason 6: Aquaculture | Episode 1: Bringing Seafood Closer to HomeAquaculture, commonly known as fish farming, is a global multi-billion dollar industry, and is one of the fastest growing forms of food production. Unfortunately, most fish farming occurs overseas. ARS is helping the U.S. aquaculture industry provide more locally sourced seafood, including oysters, trout, salmon, catfish, and new varieties. In fact, you may soon be able to purchase seafood that was farm raised in your own city or town.Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARSFacebook: @AgriculturalResearchServiceLinkedIn: @usda-ars
2024-05-1406 min
Science In Your Shopping CartSeason 5: WonderPlantsIn this episode of Science In Your Shopping Cart we take a tour of some super human plants that we use in our everyday lives to help feed and protect us.Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARSFacebook: @AgriculturalResearchServiceLinkedIn: @usda-ars
2024-05-0843 min
Science In Your Shopping CartSeason 5: WonderPlants | Episode 7: SoybeansLearn about this amazing wonderplant and some of the ways we use this plant in our everyday lives.Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARSFacebook: @AgriculturalResearchServiceLinkedIn: @usda-ars
2024-05-0703 min
Science In Your Shopping CartSeason 5: WonderPlants | Episode 6: From Shells to CellsARS scientists are coming up with new ways to produce clean energy by developing a large filter-type application out of discarded almond shells that could capture and then store hydrogen, as well as other components for energy purposes. Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARSFacebook: @AgriculturalResearchServiceLinkedIn: @usda-ars
2024-04-3003 min
Science In Your Shopping CartSeason 5: WonderPlants | Episode 5: Did You Know - Insect RepellantsDid you know that some wonderplants can be used to control and even kill annoying flies and mosquitoes?Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARSFacebook: @AgriculturalResearchServiceLinkedIn: @usda-ars
2024-04-2302 min
Science In Your Shopping CartSeason 5: WonderPlants | Episode 4: Super CottonARS scientists are turning nano fibers from cotton plants into mask filters, wound dressings, and other medical applications.Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARSFacebook: @AgriculturalResearchServiceLinkedIn: @usda-ars
2024-04-1605 min
Science In Your Shopping CartSeason 5: WonderPlants | Episode 3: Taking the Guayule Plant for a Test DriveLearn about the amazing Guayule plant and how this desert loving plant is used in making tires, including a 100% Guayule tire!Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARSFacebook: @AgriculturalResearchServiceLinkedIn: @usda-ars
2024-04-0907 min
Science In Your Shopping CartSeason 5: WonderPlants | Episode 2: One Time Use ContainersARS scientists are turning plant fibers in to single-use containers to one day replace non-biodegradable plastic containers.Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARSFacebook: @AgriculturalResearchServiceLinkedIn: @usda-ars
2024-04-0208 min
Science In Your Shopping CartSeason 5: WonderPlants | Episode 1: National ArboretumCheck out some amazing wonderplants at the U.S. National Arboretum in Washington, DC.Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARSFacebook: @AgriculturalResearchServiceLinkedIn: @usda-ars
2024-03-2612 min
Science In Your Shopping CartSeason 4: BerriesIn this episode of Science In Your Shopping Cart we pull back the curtains to reveal how ARS scientists create new berry cultivars and work with the food industry to help farmers keep up with growing consumer demands for fresh fruit.Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARSFacebook: @AgriculturalResearchServiceLinkedIn: @usda-ars
2024-03-2023 min
Science In Your Shopping CartSeason 4: Berries | Episode 3: BreaktimeTips on how to grow your own blueberry and blackberry plants right in your own backyard.Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARSFacebook: @AgriculturalResearchServiceLinkedIn: @usda-ars
2024-03-1201 min
Science In Your Shopping CartSeason 4: Berries | Episode 2: Blackberries and RaspberriesARS scientists created a thornless blackberry plant along with many new varieties of blackberries for the agricultural industry and a trellis system designed to protect and help pickers harvest blackberries. ARS scientists are also working with the individually quick frozen industry to pack the great taste of raspberries into your cool treats.Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARSFacebook: @AgriculturalResearchServiceLinkedIn: @usda-ars
2024-03-0506 min
Science In Your Shopping CartSeason 3: BiomassLearn about innovations and research that ARS scientists are conducting to turn farm waste, called Biomass, into environmentally friendly products.Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARSFacebook: @AgriculturalResearchServiceLinkedIn: @usda-ars
2024-02-2119 min
Science In Your Shopping CartSeason 3: Biomass | Episode 4: Bioproducts from Corn WasteLearn about innovations and research that ARS scientists are conducting to produce biopolymers such as nanocellulose from corn waste as a replacement for popular synthetic plastic products.Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARSFacebook: @AgriculturalResearchServiceLinkedIn: @usda-ars
2024-02-2006 min
Science In Your Shopping CartSeason 3: Biomass | Episode 3: BreaktimeTake a look at some cool ARS developments that are benefiting our ecosystem.Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARSFacebook: @AgriculturalResearchServiceLinkedIn: @usda-ars
2024-02-1301 min
Forest FocusEpisode 43: Wandering after WolvesThe gray wolf (Canis lupus) became extirpated, or locally extinct, in California in the 1920s. But this large member of the dog family was once a native species in California that ranged widely here and throughout much of the United States. In recent years, gray wolves have been returning to California. Their slow comeback is a natural progression of population growth happening in others western states. Wildlife specialists with the USDA Forest Service and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife are working together to monitor and conserve this recovering species by looking for signs of their whereabouts with...
2024-01-2638 min
Science In Your Shopping CartSeason 2: Apples: Get Crunchin'Apples are as American as apple pie. Let's look at some cool innovations and research that ARS scientists are conducting to ensure those apples in your shopping cart are fresh, tasty, cost-friendly, and high quality.Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARSFacebook: @AgriculturalResearchServiceLinkedIn: @usda-ars
2024-01-2429 min
Science In Your Shopping CartSeason 2: Apples: Get Crunchin' | Episode 6: Rapid BreedingThe apple industry is a highly impactful business for the U.S. Growers are always looking for new varieties that are not only tasty but more resistant to disease outbreaks and environmental stressors that can severely reduce apple production. However, developing new varieties can take decades before they appear in your grocery market. ARS researchers have developed rapid breeding techniques to drastically speed up the process, bringing those new varieties of apples to your shopping cart much sooner than before.Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARSFacebook: @AgriculturalResearchServiceLinkedIn: @usda-ars
2024-01-2306 min
Science In Your Shopping CartSeason 2: Apples: Get Crunchin' | Episode 5: Mysterious DiseaseApple growers have a mystery on their hands. Something is killing popular dwarf apple trees, but researchers are unsure if the cause is environmental, viral, soil-based, or something else. ARS scientists are on the case!Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARSFacebook: @AgriculturalResearchServiceLinkedIn: @usda-ars
2024-01-1604 min
Science In Your Shopping CartSeason 2: Apples: Get Crunchin' | Episode 4: Snack BreakReady for a snack break? Then sink your teeth into this apple trivia. You'll finally be able to answer the question, "What does a 200-year old apple tree and a train have in common?"Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARSFacebook: @AgriculturalResearchServiceLinkedIn: @usda-ars
2024-01-0901 min
Science In Your Shopping CartSeason 2: Apples: Get Crunchin' | Episode 3: Precision SprayerThese days, we are all more conscious of pesticide spraying, especially growers who rely on this method for keeping pests off their crops. ARS scientists have developed a revolutionary laser-guided sprayer to apply precise amounts of pesticide to their crops, cutting down significantly on the amount of pesticide sprayed onto fruits and vegetables.Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARSFacebook: @AgriculturalResearchServiceLinkedIn: @usda-ars
2024-01-0204 min
Science In Your Shopping CartSeason 2: Apples: Get Crunchin' | Episode 1: Apple RootstocksDid you know that the apple you're eating right now probably came from a rootstock developed by ARS? Our scientists are breeding new rootstocks that are more resistant to pests and diseases, that bear more delicious fruit, and are more ideal for apple growers to pick and prune.Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARSFacebook: @AgriculturalResearchServiceLinkedIn: @usda-ars
2023-12-1907 min
Science In Your Shopping CartSeason 1: Spinach, Tomatoes, & Potatoes: What Do They All Have In Common?We know that all three are vegetables, or two vegetables and a fruit if you will, but what else do they have in common? Take a virtual trip with us to Italy, Idaho, and California to find out.Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARSFacebook: @AgriculturalResearchServiceLinkedIn: @usda-ars
2023-12-1314 min
Science In Your Shopping CartSeason 1: Tomatoes, Potatoes & Spinach | Episode 3: SpinachMaking Popeye proud. ARS recently released the world’s first true red spinach, called “USDA Red”. Learn about the benefits this new powerful vegetable provides to consumers.Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARSFacebook: @AgriculturalResearchServiceLinkedIn: @usda-ars
2023-12-1204 min
Forest FocusEpisode 38: Seeing Our Forests With SoundNational Forests are locations where we can listen to a concert of wildlife sounds. The caws, croaks, howls, growls and squeaks we might hear are gems of information about wildlife and their habitat. The USDA Forest Service and partners work together to conserve and restore land that wildlife species need to survive but to avoid unintended negative impacts of wildlife, it is essential to know what species are in a forest and where they are located.
2023-11-1621 min
Forest FocusEpisode 37: Cone CampThis is the audio version of our first Videocast from one of the four Cone Camps held in 2023. The camps are built around a day in the classroom and a day in the field. Participants network and learn from industry experts from American Forests, USDA Forest Service, CAL FIRE, and the California Cone Corps. On the agenda: cone phenology, monitoring and collection techniques, seed needs, cone collection planning, contracting and coordinating with agencies, reporting crop sighting, field logistics, safety and more. [Video version]
2023-11-1527 min