All Episodes
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Season 4: Berries | Episode 2: Blackberries and Raspberries
ARS scientists created a thornless blackberry plant along with many new varieties of blackberries for the agricultural industry and a trellis system designed to protec...
Season 11: Wholesome, Nutritious Grains | Episode 2: Shucking A Nasty Fungus
Corn is grown all over our planet and is an important crop in all parts of our lives. ARS Research Entomologist Xinzhi Ni, at ARS’s Crop Genetics and Breeding Research...
Season 4: Berries | Episode 1: Blueberries
Learn how a USDA breeding program was responsible for the development of the blueberry growing industry in the southeastern United States and how ARS scientists have d...
Season 8: Wearable Science | Episode 7: Back to the Future with Hemp
Is hemp the plant of the future? See if this crop, which has been around for thousands of years, will find its place in the US agricultural marketplace. Connect with ...
Season 5: WonderPlants | Episode 4: Super Cotton
ARS scientists are turning nano fibers from cotton plants into mask filters, wound dressings, and other medical applications. Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARSFacebo...
Season 5: WonderPlants | Episode 1: National Arboretum
Check out some amazing wonderplants at the U.S. National Arboretum in Washington, DC. Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARSFacebook: @AgriculturalResearchServiceLinkedIn...
Season 10: The Buzz Around Bees | Episode 10: A Perfect Symbiosis
ARS research entomologist Dr. Shawn Steffan works in cranberry country, USA – aka Madison, WI. Here, bees are vital to cranberry production, so keeping them healthy an...
Season 11: Wholesome, Nutritious Grains | Episode 8: Building A Fortress Around Barley
ARS Research Geneticist, Dr. Dolores Mornhinweg at the Peanut and Small Grains Research Unit in Stillwater, OK is developing new Barley crop lines that are resistant t...
Season 9: Healthier & Tastier – It's All In The Formula | Episode 3: These Peaches Are A Real Joy
We travel to Byron, Georgia, to the ARS Fruit and Tree Nut Research Unit, and visit with Research Horticulturist Chunxian Chen. Dr. Chen and his group recently release...
Season 7: Sports and Science | Episode 2: Stay Hydrated
Hydration is so important to our bodies during exercise, perhaps more important than the exercise itself. Not properly hydrating during athletic competitions or every ...
Season 5: WonderPlants | Episode 2: One Time Use Containers
ARS scientists are turning plant fibers in to single-use containers to one day replace non-biodegradable plastic containers. Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARSFaceboo...
Season 12: Cheers To Wine Grapes
ARS researchers make sure the science, chemistry, and math all add up to great wine grape production across the U.S. Learn about ARS’s crucial roles in wine grape pro...
Season 12: Cheers To Wine Grapes | Episode 2: Smoke On The Grapevine
ARS researcher Arran Rumbaugh, a research chemist at the Crops Pathology and Genetics Research Unit in Davis, CA, is studying how smoke from wildfires can affect the c...
Season 1: Tomatoes, Potatoes & Spinach | Episode 3: Spinach
Making Popeye proud. ARS recently released the world’s first true red spinach, called “USDA Red”. Learn about the benefits this new powerful vegetable provides to cons...
Season 4: Berries | Episode 3: Breaktime
Tips on how to grow your own blueberry and blackberry plants right in your own backyard. Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARSFacebook: @AgriculturalResearchServiceLinke...
Season 10: The Buzz Around Bees | Episode 6: How To Make Your Yard Pollinator Friendly
Bee experts Liz Walsh and Lanie Bilodeau offer tips for making your home yards more bee friendly. Find out how you can help honey bees by clicking on the extension ser...
Season 5: WonderPlants | Episode 5: Did You Know - Insect Repellants
Did you know that some wonderplants can be used to control and even kill annoying flies and mosquitoes? Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARSFacebook: @AgriculturalResea...
Season 2: Apples: Get Crunchin' | Episode 3: Precision Sprayer
These days, we are all more conscious of pesticide spraying, especially growers who rely on this method for keeping pests off their crops. ARS scientists have develope...
Season 12: Cheers To Wine Grapes | Episode 10: Turning Wine Waste Into Healthy Food Products
ARS researchers Nancy Keim and Wally Yokoyama are looking to turn wine waste – mainly pomace or what the researchers call marcs – into healthy food products that end u...
Season 7: Sports and Science | Episode 7: Nutrition is Part of Training Too
Wendy Shaw, a registered dietitian formerly with the National Agricultural Library, discusses the importance of nutrition, from the world’s elite athletes to the weeke...
Season 11: Wholesome, Nutritious Grains | Episode 1: Kicking Off The Rust In Wheat
Wheat is a big crop in the United States. Stripe rust is one of the most important diseases for wheat. ARS Research Plant Pathlogist, Xianming Chen and researchers w...
Season 5: WonderPlants | Episode 6: From Shells to Cells
ARS scientists are coming up with new ways to produce clean energy by developing a large filter-type application out of discarded almond shells that could capture and ...
Season 2: Apples: Get Crunchin' | Episode 5: Mysterious Disease
Apple growers have a mystery on their hands. Something is killing popular dwarf apple trees, but researchers are unsure if the cause is environmental, viral, soil-base...
Season 12: Cheers To Wine Grapes | Episode 7: Tracking Water Usage With AI
ARS researcher Bradley King, a research agricultural engineer at ARS’s Northwest Irrigation and Soils Research lab in Kimberly, ID, is utilizing AI technology to help ...
Season 9: Healthier & Tastier | Episode 1: A Healthier Milk Chocolate
The U.S. imports around $5 billion in cocoa and chocolate products annually, and we produce millions of pounds of chocolate for consumers. The health benefits of dark ...
Season 12: Cheers To Wine Grapes | Episode 3: Fatal Attraction
Meet ARS researcher Jacob Corcoran, a research molecular biologist at ARS’s Biological Control of Insects Unit in Columbia, MO. Corcoran and his team are working on a...
Season 7: Sports and Science | Episode 3: Taking the Smell Out of Sports
Nanoparticles help protect your body from germs and other microbials, it also fights body odor, especially from sweating. ARS researchers have figured out a better wa...
Season 3: Biomass | Episode 2: Polymers from Cotton Gin Trash
Learn about innovations and research that ARS scientists are conducting to turn cotton waste into agro-based biodegradable polymers. Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_AR...
Season 8: Wearable Science | Episode 6: Spotting A Good Hide
Get the inside story of how ARS researchers created an automated, objective method for detecting imperfections on a hide - a method that greatly benefits U.S. leather ...
Season 3: Biomass | Episode 1: Pallets from Almond Shells
ARS scientists are turning agricultural waste (Biomass) into environmentally friendly products that can replace non-biodegradable plastics. Connect with us: Twitter: @...
