

The inner workings of the electric grid
By Kenya Stump Renewable Energy When you grow up living near two large power plants in Western Kentucky, it’s not hard to assume that those plants supply electricity to your home and community and without them the lights would go out. To some extent that is correct, but […]

The pawpaw – North America’s only native tropical fruit
By Jennifer Turner The Kentucky Division of Forestry Thomas Jefferson had these growing at Monticello. The Lewis & Clark expedition relied heavily upon then when their supplies ran low. Native Americans not only ate their fruit, but used the strong fibers for cordage. The Pawpaw tree has […]