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Texas A&M developing ‘super-repellent’ food surfaces to reduce outbreaks
Texas A&M AgriLife Research and the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, TEES, were recently awarded a grant from the U.S. Department of ... continue reading »
Washington State Wine Commission announces $1 million for research programs
The Washington state wine industry has earmarked over $1 million for research in the coming fiscal year June 2020. More than $1,034,000 will fund 2... continue reading »
Microgreens progress target of University of Alabama study
While helping small farms in Alabama, researchers at The University of Alabama (UA) and the University of West Alabama hope to provide agricultural so... continue reading »
FMI, Nielsen partner for digitally engaged consumers program
Food Marketing Institute (FMI) and Nielsen have formed an analytic alliance to uncover comprehensive insights on the “Digitally Engaged Food Shopp... continue reading »
Packaging advances extend veggie freshness
Eva Almenar, with MSU’s School of Packaging, focused on onions, one of the highest-volume vegetables sold worldwide. Her team’s results, featured ... continue reading »
USDA announces funding for nanotechnology research
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced an investment of more than $5.2 million to support nanotechnology research at 11 universities. The univers... continue reading »
Vegetable surfaces can contribute to foodborne illness
Foodborne illness outbreaks do more than make us sick. Not only can the U.S. economy suffer as a result of reduced worker productivity, particular sec... continue reading »
Agricutlure Secretary Vilsack announces US-Cuba ag agreement
While in Cuba, Secretary Vilsack announced that USDA will allow the 22 industry-funded Research and Promotion Programs and 18 Marketing Order organiza... continue reading »
Western Growers donates $1 million to safety research
Western Growers (WG) announced it's $1 million donation to the Center for Produce Safety (CPS) to advance food safety research and develop ready-to-... continue reading »
Report: Organic product sales in the U.S. up 72 percent since 2008
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) released the results of the 2014 Organic Survey, which shows th... continue reading »
