Our donors help to provide Oregon State WBB’s @DestinySlocum24 the support of many wellness programs like Dam Worth It Company, which provides a platform for student-athletes to talk about mental health. Visit ourbeavernation.com to learn about helping these great programs. #BuildingBeavs

Did You Know? Many modern-day fruits are much larger, have higher levels of sugar & lower nutrients due to the engineering of them. #GoodtoKnow #SaturdayThoughts #Health

@Botanygeek That's not Dewberry (Rubus caesius) likely one of the 100s of microspecies of Rubus fruticosus aggregate

And the sugar levels are the same or lower than the cultivars our program released in the late 1930s. Usually the ones that taste the sweetest have typical sugar levels but lower acidity. You are just not being truthful. Margaret Worthington Bernadine Strik @Botanygeek

Actually many wild North America. blackberries are called dewberries. Western dewberry - Rubus ursinus was the foundational species in the USDA Oregon breeding program.

Basketball star & biochemistry graduate student Mikayla Pivec Mikayla Pivec has been named the Institute for Sport and Social Justice’s Playmaker of the Month. Mikayla has an inspiring record of public service at #OregonState & beyond. #Inspiring #Outstanding bit.ly/36eG7vu

So it was all lies. No treason. No spying on the campaign. No tapping Trumps wires. It was just good people trying to protect America. washingtonpost.com/opinions/james…

We’re a few weeks from the end of 2019 and there are still more than 400 House-passed bills sitting on your desk...

Awesome!

A parasitic wasp has shown tremendous potential attacking and controlling spotted wing drosophila – an invasive, destructive fruit fly that costs Oregon growers close to a billion dollars a year, Oregon State University researchers have found. beav.es/ZHe

Presented our research on red and black raspberry fertilizer and nutrient testing programs here at the Oregon Raspberry & Blackberry Annual Growers Meeting. Tag team talk with my Faculty Research Assistant, Pat Jones 👍🏻Oregon Berries Oregon State Extension Service @CASResearch_OSU

Mary Peterson, Dr. Chad Finn’s Technician Chad Finn presented results of USDA/ARS-OSU Cooperative Breeding Program Oregon Berries Meeting. Wonderful display of IQF red and black raspberries and blackberries for grower evaluation - thanks to Zak Wiegand @CASResearch_OSU

I have never seen another Attorney General like William Barr. Its like watching Fox News in primetime.

Awesome job Mary and Zak! Thanks!

Fruit quality has been excellent this season. Makes the search for the next variety a lot of fun! UF/IFAS Strawberry Breeding Program Dr. Cheryl Dalid

What if you’ve helped your kid?

Great job and thanks to Mary and Zak!

Hey UF/IFAS - can I get your vote? The FLORIDA Provost is holding a special seminar on trust in media and technology, a topic I've shared for years at many conferences. My proposal is "Spectacular Failures in Science Communications" #scicomm trust.jou.ufl.edu/provostgatheri…