Stories

A busy booth.

Oct. 7, 2025

Celebrating Missouri’s perennial harvest at the Missouri Chestnut Roast Festival

This year’s Missouri Chestnut Roast will take place 10 a.m. – 3 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 18, at HARF, and will include crowd-favorite activities such as roasted chestnut samples, live music, kids' activities and tours of the historic Hickman House. This year the festival also offers opportunities to buy a locally sourced lunch prepared by Pasta La Fata, take a wagon tour of the research farm, purchase plants and trees, pick your own pumpkin, sample custom-made agroforestry ice cream flavors crafted by Buck’s Ice Cream Place, and explore more than 30 agroforestry vendors, educational organizations and artisans.
Bish and Barizon pose with award.

Oct. 6, 2025

Jeff Barizon Named Driver to Distinction

Barizon was presented with the award on Oct. 6, 2025.
A map overlays an image of produce

Sep. 26, 2025

Blockchain technology could help build trust in restaurants

While taste and price remain top priorities, more consumers are starting to consider the safety and sustainability of ingredients when dining out — a challenge that restaurants are working to address. To support this shift, researchers at the University of Missouri are investigating how a revolutionary technology that could allow consumers to track ingredients all along the supply chain will affect their decision-making processes.
Kids play in a sunflower maze.

Sep. 25, 2025

CAFNR Showcase at South Farm to be held Oct. 4

CAFNR Showcase at South Farm promotes fun and education via activities around CAFNR degree programs.
Emily Althoff smiling.

Sep. 25, 2025

Q&A with Emily Althoff

Emily Althoff is an assistant extension professor and the state extension specialist of urban entomology.

Sep. 18, 2025

Go global with CAFNR!

Study abroad to find your adventure, discover a new view of the world, and boost your resume! Learning and understanding a new culture and way of communicating, solving problems, and developing independence, are all experiences that will add an invaluable international dimension to your CAFNR degree.

Sep. 18, 2025

Student success in CAFNR

Attending college is an exciting leap into independence, opportunity, and growth. New freedoms include new responsibilities – especially when it comes to academics.

Sep. 18, 2025

Career readiness in CAFNR

Career success is not only a destination, it also is a journey with several major milestones along the way.
Soybeans growing at Bradford Research Center.

Sep. 16, 2025

Mizzou researchers enhancing soybean taste to win over more consumers

Mizzou scientists are developing innovative ways to improve flavor of soy-based foods, deliver more health benefits and appeal to a wider audience.
Sign for Southwest Research, Extension and Education Center

Sep. 15, 2025

Mizzou’s Southwest Research, Extension and Education Center to hold Field Day Sept. 18

The University of Missouri’s Southwest Research, Extension and Education Center (REEC), located near Mt. Vernon, invites area agricultural producers to join in a public Field Day Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.