/sustainability/taxonomy/term/22/all en /sustainability/article/spf-spotlight-macdonald-campus-orchards <p>It was 35º C and cloudless at the Macdonald Campus Farm. Though Horticulture Specialist Michael Bleho greeted me at 11 AM, he and his staff had been on the farm since 6 AM. “The weather is tough on our staff,” Bleho said. “It’s difficult to work productively in that kind of heat, so we’ve been starting early and ending around 1 PM.”<br /> <br /></p> Wed, 22 Aug 2018 19:05:28 +0000 Meghan Raffensperger 2752 at /sustainability /sustainability/article/spf-spotlight-autonomous-controlled-environment-growth-chamber-display <p>A group of ���ϲ����� Bioresource Engineering students have developed a project, funded by the Sustainability Projects Fund, that has installed the first <a href="/sustainability/autonomous-controlled-environment-growth-chamber-display-sp0176">autonomous controlled-environment growth chamber display</a> on the Macdonald campus.  Pierce Dias Carlson, Rachael Warner, Leo McGuire and Connor Miller each offer a unique skill-set in successfully creating a productive autonomous growth chamber.</p> Wed, 01 Aug 2018 19:56:42 +0000 Meghan Raffensperger 2746 at /sustainability