A donation to the University of Arizona Foundation from the estate of Phyllis Rosina Ede Hislop has enabled the University to establish a new endowed chair.

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Imagine yourself going to the grocery store and scanning the barcode of a head of lettuce with your cell phone. Within moments, a screen pops up on your cell phone detailing where the head was grown, the harvest date, and a recipe to use. This form of technology is not too farfetched thanks to the work of Kurt Nolte, director and Extension agent with the UA Cooperative Extension Service in Yuma County, Arizona.

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(From left:) Jim Webb, President, Ag-100 Council; George Ruyle with plaque; Judy Mellor, Ag-100 Council Awards Chair Photo credit: CALS Alumni and Development Office

Extension range specialist George Ruyle, professor and chair of the Rangeland and Forest Resources program in the University of Arizona School of Natural Resources and the Environment, has been named the Arizona Agriculture “100” Council’s 2010 Faculty Member of the Year.

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First, a quick note about the difference between “venomous” and “poisonous”. Venom is injected via a bite or sting. Poisons are ingested or absorbed. Therefore snakes, bees, scorpions, spiders, etc. are venomous, and toads, mushrooms, and household chemicals are poisonous. Remember, venom = active, poison = passive.

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