Carter Arey, parks, recreation and tourism student at MU, was chosen to compete for a spot on the National Wheelchair Basketball Association Team. He will be traveling to Colorado Springs, Co., May 28-June 2, to try out with 27 other athletes. Eighteen athletes will be chosen to play on the team.
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Our Most Precious Resource
Taking the long view for sustaining Missouri's soils
Peter Scharf discusses the status of Missouri's topsoil, changes in erosion pressures and how Missouri farmers can sustain the resource for generations.
Will Race for Food
46 boats compete in the Float Your Boat for the Food Bank race
Forty-six cardboard boats constructed by student groups, community organizations, businesses, individuals, families and media companies competed in the April 20 Float Your Boat for the Food Bank race in Columbia.
Will Float for Cash
Prizes announced for Float Your Boat for the Food Bank race
Not only can a team race their cardboard boat for glory and to help The Food Bank for Central and Northeast Missouri, there are cash prizes to be won.
Parched Deep
There'll be at least two more years of drought -- six feet down
Even if the Midwest gets normal rain and snow, it will take almost two years for soil moisture deep in the earth to recharge and sustain normal crop growth, said a soil scientist.
A Community of Food
MU to foster food pantry capacity, education in rural Missouri
The Interdisciplinary Center for Food Security in the College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, and the Health Communication Research Center housed in the University of Missouri School of Journalism, will work to increase the availability of healthy foods and nutrition education in food pantries in Missouri.


