Ag Family’s Dallas Horton passes away at age 81
Dallas Horton, 81, well known cattle feeder and veterinarian, passed away at his home on September 29, 2020 after a year-long battle with cancer.
Author Archives: Christopher Staten
New garden at ARDEC South joins fight against food insecurity
As harvest season winds to a close, a new student-run food garden established on just four rows of farmland at ARDEC South will have contributed roughly 2,000 pounds of produce to fight food insecurity at Colorado State University.
AgSci Professor Emeritus Parviz Soltanpour passes away
Dr. Parviz N. Soltanpour, Professor Emeritus, 83, passed away on March, 31 2020.
CSU’s 2020 Nutrien Ag Day Barbecue to go virtual on Sept. 19
This year the Nutrien Ag Day Barbecue will look a little different when it takes place on Saturday, Sept. 19.
Renowned CSU entomologist Whitney Cranshaw transitions into retirement
After nearly four decades on the faculty at CSU’s College of Agricultural Sciences, Whitney Cranshaw is officially transitioning into retirement.
Jan Leach wins highest award in plant pathology
Jan Leach, an international authority on how plants resist disease-causing microbes with Colorado State University’s College of Agricultural Sciences, has received the Award of Distinction from the American Phytopathological Society.
Improving the world’s ‘best’ peach
If you look forward to the fruit stands of Palisade peaches every summer, you know that the extremely aromatic, sweet and succulent treats are worth the wait. What you may not know, however, is that the wait is quantifiably justified.
Longtime Ag Family member Lee Gray passes away
With great sadness, the College of Agricultural Sciences recognizes the passing of Sanford Lee Gray, who died Wednesday, July 22, 2020 after a short battle with pancreatic cancer.
The Freedom Tree
Camille T. Dungy, a CSU poet, essayist, and newly named University Distinguished Professor, finds racial trauma and triumph in the garden. She contemplates legacy pollutants dating to the earliest days of our nation.
Support System: Meeting new and intensified challenges during the pandemic
On a recent summer morning, a crew of Colorado State University employees packed boxes with produce and staples at a new food pantry on campus. Into the boxes went apples, carrots, onions, beans, bread, peanut butter. Into the arms of students went the 30-pound boxes.