News Archive: Sustainability
UK 2020 Dining Report Surpasses Local Food Purchase Goals
By
Meg Mills
Published on Dec. 8, 2020
UK Dining surpassed all their local food goals, spending more than $3 million with Kentucky farms and food businesses.
Popular tomato growers receive 2020 Bill Best Award
By
Carol Lea Spence
Published on Nov. 25, 2020
Central Kentucky growers, Mark and Velvet Henkle of Henkle’s Herbs and Heirlooms, will receive the 2020 Bill Best Award for Food and Farm Stewards from the University of Kentucky’s Food Connection
UK’s James B. Beam Institute receives donation of barrel storage equipment to advance teaching and research
By
Aimee Nielson
Published on Nov. 9, 2020
Construction of the system will begin in mid-to-late 2021.
UK researchers launch a $2 million project to study sulfur variability in biofuel feedstocks
By
Katie Pratt
Published on Nov. 6, 2020
Researchers hope to have actionable results within three years.
UK begins on-farm variable rate irrigation research
By
Katie Pratt
Published on Nov. 5, 2020
Results from this project could have significant impacts for Kentucky grain producers who irrigate.
UEDA Recognizes 2 UK Initiatives for ‘Best Practices in Economic Engagement’
By
Jenny Wells-Hosley
Published on Oct. 9, 2020
Two innovative College of Agriculture, Food and Environment programs have received Awards of Excellence for “transforming their campuses into engines of economic prosperity through leading edge initiatives.”
Researchers show that native milkweed cultivars planted by the public can support monarch butterflies and bees in urban gardens
By
Katie Pratt
Published on Oct. 7, 2020
UK’s James B. Beam Institute for Kentucky Spirits inks powerful partnership with Scotch Whisky Research Institute
By
Aimee Nielson
Published on Sep. 30, 2020
The partnership will enhance stability in the spirits industry worldwide and allow the institutions to study distilled spirits together.
UK’s James B. Beam Institute prioritizing environmental stewardship
By
Aimee Nielson
Published on Sep. 10, 2020
UK scientists are partnering with Beam Suntory to study water sustainability.
Pasture renovations will help horse farm implement rotational grazing
By
Katie Pratt
Published on Sep. 3, 2020