Biology Major Recruits Hogs to Help Hazelnuts
Original post in Oregon Quarterly For Calvin Penkauskas, pigs are the secret weapon in a battle against a farmer’s enemy: filbertworms. The porkers’ chorus of delighted grunts cancel out their stealth. But they work fast—and they’re nothing if not dedicated to the...
Oregon State Scientist Sees Future in Homegrown Hazelnuts
Original post in Oregon Live Featured Image: Shawn Mehlenbacher has spent 33 years perfecting hazelnut varieties on OSU’s farm. By High School Journalism Institute Shawn Mehlenbacher is on an endless search for the perfect nut. He walks quickly past trees of all...
The 20-Year Quest To Save Nutella
Original post in NPR PLANET MONEY Podcast April 3, 2019 Stacey Vanek Smith Darius Rafeiyan LISTEN HERE: 9:35 DOWNLOAD Podcast “Planet Money” EMBED Northwest Hazelnut Editor’s Note: Alas that this NPR segment never gives a nod to the work of Shawn Mehlenbacher,...
Nuts to the Blight
Original post in Oregon Business March 19, 2019 by Carol Cruzan Morton Published in Farms and Forests Researchers are fighting to save Oregon’s signature crop — but hazelnuts are not out of the woods yet. The Columbus Day Storm that blew into Oregon in October 1962...
