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The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

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The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News

Goats at the Pittsburgh County Fair.

Pittsburgh County Fair brings pawpaws, fermented beets and ’emotional composting’ to the North Side

By Livia Daggett and Gabriela Herring September 18, 2024

Where can you pet a baby goat, enter a “best tomato” contest, stomp grapes into juice and sample fermented vegetables you didn’t know were possible to ferment all in one place? It’s not in Gilmore...

Chelsea Huddleston, Ellie Cadden and Madelyn Ferdock (left to right) plant a white oak tree on the Cathedral lawn to commemorate Pitt unveiling its new plan for sustainability. (Photo by Elise Lavallee | Contributing Editor)

University presents plan for sustainability

By Elise Lavallee and Caroline Bourque December 8, 2017

When Ward Allebach took the podium — immediately slipping a Christmas-themed Hawaiian shirt over his button-up and placing a Santa hat on his head — he described what he had in mind for a sustainability...

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