Learn how science impacts your everyday life and how the USDA Agricultural Research Service is working to develop ways to enhance our lives and protect our planet.
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Season 6: Aquaculture | Episode 5: Aquaculture Trivia!
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Test your knowledge of aquaculture and learn some interesting facts. Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARS Facebook: @AgriculturalResearchService LinkedIn: @usda-arsעל ידי USDA Agricultural Research Service
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Season 6: Aquaculture | Episode 4: Taking on Atlantic Salmon's Biggest Foe
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Sea 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 fo…
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Season 6: Aquaculture | Episode 3: Farm Fishing Indoors
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When 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…
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Season 6: Aquaculture | Episode 2: Fastest Growing Fish You've Ever Seen
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Fish 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, healt…
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Season 6: Aquaculture | Episode 1: Bringing Seafood Closer to Home
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Aquaculture, 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…
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In 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_ARS Facebook: @AgriculturalResearchService LinkedIn: @usda-arsעל ידי USDA Agricultural Research Service
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Season 5: WonderPlants | Episode 7: Soybeans
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Learn about this amazing wonderplant and some of the ways we use this plant in our everyday lives. Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARS Facebook: @AgriculturalResearchService LinkedIn: @usda-arsעל ידי USDA Agricultural Research Service
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Season 5: WonderPlants | Episode 6: From Shells to Cells
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ARS 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_ARS Facebook: @AgriculturalResearchService LinkedIn: @usda-ars…
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Season 5: WonderPlants | Episode 5: Did You Know - Insect Repellants
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Did you know that some wonderplants can be used to control and even kill annoying flies and mosquitoes? Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARS Facebook: @AgriculturalResearchService LinkedIn: @usda-arsעל ידי USDA Agricultural Research Service
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Season 5: WonderPlants | Episode 4: Super Cotton
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ARS scientists are turning nano fibers from cotton plants into mask filters, wound dressings, and other medical applications. Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARS Facebook: @AgriculturalResearchService LinkedIn: @usda-arsעל ידי USDA Agricultural Research Service
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Season 5: WonderPlants | Episode 3: Taking the Guayule Plant for a Test Drive
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Learn 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_ARS Facebook: @AgriculturalResearchService LinkedIn: @usda-arsעל ידי USDA Agricultural Research Service
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Season 5: WonderPlants | Episode 2: One Time Use Containers
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ARS scientists are turning plant fibers in to single-use containers to one day replace non-biodegradable plastic containers. Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARS Facebook: @AgriculturalResearchService LinkedIn: @usda-arsעל ידי USDA Agricultural Research Service
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Season 5: WonderPlants | Episode 1: National Arboretum
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Check out some amazing wonderplants at the U.S. National Arboretum in Washington, DC. Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARS Facebook: @AgriculturalResearchService LinkedIn: @usda-arsעל ידי USDA Agricultural Research Service
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In 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_ARS Facebook: @AgriculturalResearchService LinkedIn: @usda-ars…
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Season 4: Berries | Episode 4: Strawberries
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Check out our newest strawberry, and hear how new strawberry cultivars are created. Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARS Facebook: @AgriculturalResearchService LinkedIn: @usda-arsעל ידי USDA Agricultural Research Service
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Season 4: Berries | Episode 3: Breaktime
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Tips on how to grow your own blueberry and blackberry plants right in your own backyard. Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARS Facebook: @AgriculturalResearchService LinkedIn: @usda-arsעל ידי USDA Agricultural Research Service
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Season 4: Berries | Episode 2: Blackberries and Raspberries
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ARS 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. Conn…
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Season 4: Berries | Episode 1: Blueberries
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Learn 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_ARS Facebook: @AgriculturalResearchSe…
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Learn about innovations and research that ARS scientists are conducting to turn farm waste, called Biomass, into environmentally friendly products. Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARS Facebook: @AgriculturalResearchService LinkedIn: @usda-arsעל ידי USDA Agricultural Research Service
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Season 3: Biomass | Episode 4: Bioproducts from Corn Waste
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Learn 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_ARS Facebook: @AgriculturalResearchService LinkedIn: @usda-arsעל ידי USDA Agricultural Research Service
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Season 3: Biomass | Episode 3: Breaktime
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Take a look at some cool ARS developments that are benefiting our ecosystem. Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARS Facebook: @AgriculturalResearchService LinkedIn: @usda-arsעל ידי USDA Agricultural Research Service
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Season 3: Biomass | Episode 2: Polymers from Cotton Gin Trash
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Learn about innovations and research that ARS scientists are conducting to turn cotton waste into agro-based biodegradable polymers. Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARS Facebook: @AgriculturalResearchService LinkedIn: @usda-arsעל ידי USDA Agricultural Research Service
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Season 3: Biomass | Episode 1: Pallets from Almond Shells
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ARS scientists are turning agricultural waste (Biomass) into environmentally friendly products that can replace non-biodegradable plastics. Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARS Facebook: @AgriculturalResearchService LinkedIn: @usda-arsעל ידי USDA Agricultural Research Service
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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_ARS Facebook: @AgriculturalResearchService LinkedIn: @usda-ars…
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Season 2: Apples: Get Crunchin' | Episode 6: Rapid Breeding
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The 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 researche…
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Season 2: Apples: Get Crunchin' | Episode 5: Mysterious Disease
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Apple 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_ARS Facebook: @AgriculturalResearchService LinkedIn: @usda-ars…
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Season 2: Apples: Get Crunchin' | Episode 4: Snack Break
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Ready 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_ARS Facebook: @AgriculturalResearchService LinkedIn: @usda-arsעל ידי USDA Agricultural Research Service
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Season 2: Apples: Get Crunchin' | Episode 3: Precision Sprayer
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These 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. …
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Season 2: Apples: Get Crunchin' | Episode 2: Apple Sorting Machine
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ARS 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_ARS Facebook: @AgriculturalResearchService LinkedIn: @usda-ars…
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Season 2: Apples: Get Crunchin' | Episode 1: Apple Rootstocks
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Did 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_ARS Facebook: @AgriculturalResearchServ…
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Season 1: Spinach, Tomatoes, & Potatoes: What Do They All Have In Common?
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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_ARS Facebook: @AgriculturalResearchService LinkedIn: @usda-arsעל ידי USDA Agricultural Research Service
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Season 1: Tomatoes, Potatoes & Spinach | Episode 3: Spinach
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Making 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_ARS Facebook: @AgriculturalResearchService LinkedIn: @usda-arsעל ידי USDA Agricultural Research Service
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Season 1: Tomatoes, Potatoes & Spinach | Episode 2: Potatoes
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“I’m your huckleberry.” Learn about the origins of the Huckleberry Gold Potato and other interesting facts about potatoes. Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARS Facebook: @AgriculturalResearchService LinkedIn: @usda-arsעל ידי USDA Agricultural Research Service
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Season 1: Tomatoes, Potatoes & Spinach | Episode 1: Tomatoes
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Where 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_ARS Facebook: @AgriculturalResearchService LinkedIn: @usda-arsעל ידי USDA Agricultural Research Service
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