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BTN LiveBIG: Nebraska's mobile lab answers the question 'Where's the beef?'
BTN LiveBIG: Nebraska's mobile lab answers the question 'Where's the beef?'
During football and basketball games, BTN LiveBIG will spotlight notable examples of research, innovation and community service from around the conference. In-Game stories will provide more background on these features, and the opportunity to view the videos again. You might say that Rudy the cow is a bit of a rock star. Every year, this […]
BTN LiveBIG: Wisconsin’s Biotron is a lab for all seasons
BTN LiveBIG: Wisconsin’s Biotron is a lab for all seasons
Where can you go from icy tundra to a warm equatorial climate just by going down the hall? Where can you experience the inky darkness of a moonless night and near-blinding light of day in a span of seconds, yet never leave the confines of a building? If you?re on the University of Wisconsin campus […]
BTN LiveBIG: Rutgers grad grows a 'food community' in the Garden State
BTN LiveBIG: Rutgers grad grows a 'food community' in the Garden State
Growing up in suburban New Jersey, Alec Gioseffi always had a passion for both food and the outdoors. He started working in restaurants at 15, but also traveled as a competitive snowboarder when he was young and continued to globetrot while enrolled at Rutgers University. Now, he?s found a way to bring his passion home, […]
BTN LiveBIG: Minnesota cultivates crop of the future
BTN LiveBIG: Minnesota cultivates crop of the future
What kind of cookies will you leave for Santa Claus this Christmas? Chocolate chip? Sugar? How about a Kernza cookie? Kernza - also known as intermediate wheatgrass - is a new crop being developed at the University of Minnesota to replace better-known crops, with potentially promising economic and environmental results. Local Minnesota bakeries have started […]
BTN LiveBIG: At Big Ten universities, it's #ThanksGivingBack
BTN LiveBIG: At Big Ten universities, it's #ThanksGivingBack
[btn-post-package]On Thanksgiving Day, minds turn to thoughts of a big meal, a big game and maybe a big nap. But Thanksgiving can be more than an annual celebration of feasting, football and nodding off in a comfy recliner. Across the Big Ten Conference, students, faculty and alumni are using food and farming as a means […]
BTN LiveBIG: Michigan State Product Center plants seed for food entrepreneurs
BTN LiveBIG: Michigan State Product Center plants seed for food entrepreneurs
For Tony Menyhart, coming up with a no-frills bread recipe wasn?t challenging, but finding the resources to take his product to supermarkets around the country wasn?t exactly a cakewalk. In order to get the guidance and infrastructure he needed to bring his company, Easy Artisan Bread, to a store near you, he turned to Michigan […]
