College of Agriculture

College of Agriculture
The a-peel of carrots: Cal Poly professor studies ways to reuse carrot waste

Imagine a world where cakes stay moist after sitting out on the counter for a week. Welcome to food science professor Samir Amin’s universe, which he lovingly calls, “carrot stuff.”

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Axe-throwing & redwood-climbing: Behind the scenes of Cal Poly’s nationally ranked logging team

What if the Olympics took place in the middle of the woods instead of on a track? What if instead of using javelins, they used chainsaws? How about climbing up redwoods instead of jumping over hurdles? The answer to these…

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Cal Poly goats graze to stop fires from endangering student housing

Cal Poly’s goats graze on campus for numerous reasons, one of which is to create a firebreak as a buffer, giving defensible space in case a fire threatens the school.

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Longstanding weekly campus barbecue will raise funds for California wildfire relief

Behind the BioResource and Agricultural Engineering (building 8) every Thursday from 11 a.m. to noon is a lively community gathering, country music and, most importantly, burgers. The Agricultural Engineering Society has hosted a weekly barbecue for at least the last…

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Agribusiness professor receives $200,000 grant to develop food safety training program

The College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences (CAFES) was awarded a food safety outreach grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture to keep local farmers up to date on food safety.