Sustainable Communities


# Hurricane
# Hurricane

Two researchers in the Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station are finding ways to leverage Twitter in order to improve communication during disasters. Dr....
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Blooming and Blossoming
Blooming and Blossoming

At the MAFES Trucks Crops Branch Experiment Station, Mississippi State University scientists have cultivated the Ornamental Trial Garden to determine which plants are top ...
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Boutiques: Boom or Bust
Boutiques: Boom or Bust

Dr. Caroline Kobia, assistant professor in the School of Human Sciences and Dr. Charles Freeman, associate professor in the School of Human Sciences, sought to identify Mis...
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Conservation Cash
Conservation Cash

Dr. Mark McConnell, assistant professor in the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Aquaculture in the College of Forest Resources and scientist with MAFES and the Forest...
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Finding the Pearls
Finding the Pearls

Dr. Dan Petrolia, MAFES scientist and associate professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics, collaborated with Dr. William Walton, associate professor and extensi...
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Liquid Gold
Liquid Gold

Mississippi leads the nation in dependence of ground water-84 percent of our freshwater supply comes from groundwater according to the American Geosciences Institute-an...
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Open Spaces, Endless Possibilities
Open Spaces, Endless Possibilities

Dr. JoVonn Hill, a MAFES scientist and assistant professor in the Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Entomology and Plant Pathology, has discovered a little ov...
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Parking for Pollinators
Parking for Pollinators

A Toyota Corolla rolls off the assembly line every 73 seconds at the plant in Blue Springs, Mississippi. But for the automobile manufacturing plant, building cars is not it...
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Protection from the Storm
Protection from the Storm

Living close to the ocean has many perks-until storm clouds loom on the horizon. Hurricanes pose severe threats to homes along the coast, as they can cause both flood and w...
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Raising the Roof
Raising the Roof

The shingled, asphalt roofs that adorn most buildings aren't expected to do much besides protect us from the elements. In contrast, a green roof, defined as a building roof...
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Sea of Debris
Sea of Debris

Drs. Benedict "Ben" Posadas and Mark Woodrey, MAFES scientists stationed at the Coastal Research and Extension Center in Biloxi, are researching how the marine d...
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Seeds of hope
Seeds of hope

George Awuni understands food insecurity firsthand. A native of Ghana, in sub-Saharan Africa, Awuni has seen what the scarcity of food does to a community and a nation. He ...
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Understanding a Global Pest
Understanding a Global Pest

Currently, the Magnolia State is experiencing its worst pine beetle outbreak in more than 30 years with more than 4,000 spots throughout the state's forests infested with t...
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Up and Down the Highway
Up and Down the Highway

Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station (MAFES) scientists work with the Mississippi Department of Transportation, or MDOT, to keep highways right side of...
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