Blueberries, a superfood rich in antioxidants, vitamins, and essential nutrients, are widely celebrated during July for National Blueberry Month. Recognizing the potential within these small yet mighty fruits, researchers at Auburn University work to promote the positive health benefits of blueberries.
It’s become a bit of a tradition. Each summer, some of the best and brightest students at EARTH University in Costa Rica travel to Auburn to study and conduct research with the Auburn Aquaponics Project at the E.W. Shell Fisheries Center. In 2022, those students were...
A nearly half-a-million-dollar grant will allow Auburn University professors and Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station researchers to help blueberry growers in states like Alabama where growing the fruit has its challenges. Funded by a $497,827 grant from the U.S....
Blueberry breeding and research at Auburn University received new support in the form of a $5.2 million award from the USDA Specialty Crops Research Initiative Program....
Andre da Silva, assistant professor and extension vegetable specialist in the Auburn University Department of Horticulture, was recently named the national winner of...
As 18-year-old Mariannah Harding straightened her master’s regalia on Samford Lawn, she reflected on the days she worked in Auburn University’s most iconic building. “I...
AUBURN, Ala.—Auburn University–patented kiwifruit varieties are now on the market, offering home gardeners across central and south Alabama a new and refreshing fruit possibility and the region’s produce farmers a promising high-value specialty crop. Included among...
AUBURN, Ala.— Twenty College of Agriculture/Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station scientists who landed a combined $11.4 million-plus in grants and contracts over the course of a year were honored as 2012 Grantsmanship Award winners and 21 other faculty and staff...
AUBURN, Ala.—Jeff Sibley, an Auburn University alumnus and faculty member, has been named head of the Department of Horticulture at Auburn, effective Nov. 1. Sibley, who grew up in northwest Alabama’s Mount Hope community and was a part of a family nursery and turf...
AUBURN, Ala.—The Auburn University College of Agriculture’s distance education program is expanding its offerings this fall to include two new weed science courses, and a new online master’s degree in soil, water and environmental sciences will be available soon,...
AUBURN, Ala.—Auburn University–patented kiwifruit varieties are now on the market, offering home gardeners across central and south Alabama a new and refreshing fruit possibility and the region’s produce farmers a promising high-value specialty crop. Included among...
AUBURN, Ala.— Twenty College of Agriculture/Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station scientists who landed a combined $11.4 million-plus in grants and contracts over the course of a year were honored as 2012 Grantsmanship Award winners and 21 other faculty and staff...
AUBURN, Ala.—Jeff Sibley, an Auburn University alumnus and faculty member, has been named head of the Department of Horticulture at Auburn, effective Nov. 1. Sibley, who grew up in northwest Alabama’s Mount Hope community and was a part of a family nursery and turf...
AUBURN, Ala.—The Auburn University College of Agriculture’s distance education program is expanding its offerings this fall to include two new weed science courses, and a new online master’s degree in soil, water and environmental sciences will be available soon,...