Your Nutrition and Food Safety Resource
(UPDATED below) The news reports about the herbicide glyphosate in the last few months are enough to make you dizzy. The seemingly neverending back-and-forth of messages coming from a variety…
What’s the deal with animal biotechnology? From Eric Hallerman, PhD, Professor and Head of the Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation at Virginia Tech University: Animals long have been selectively bred…
From supermarkets to farmers markets, Americans can enjoy hundreds of nutritious, fresh and high-quality fruits and vegetables. In order to provide such a plentiful food supply, conventional and organic farmers have multiple options…
Ever wake up craving some finger millet, or sit down in front of a movie with some nice groundnut? Probably not. Finger millet and groundnut, along with tef, yam, cassava,…
Over the past six months, the world has been focused on a very important conversation: “Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life.” This is the theme of Expo Milano 2015 (also…
For as long as farmers have been farming, crops have faced considerable damage from diseases, insects, and weeds. To combat these problems, producers use a range of crop protection products…
by Connie Diekman, M.Ed., RD, CSSD, LD, FADA, FAND For most people a cold, rainy day means it is a good time to stay inside. But recently, I joined a…
Celebrities are known for a lot of things: great hair, spectacular public meltdowns, licking doughnuts … But “sound scientific insights” don’t always make the list. Unfortunately, there are some celebrities…
In July, Trends in Plant Science published an opinion piece on the psychology of opposition to biotechnology, entitled ‘Fatal Attraction: The Intuitive Appeal of GMO Opposition.’ The premise? We have…
Millennials are doing things differently, but are they on the right track? It’s not a surprise that Millennials are a diverse and distinct demographic that set them apart from any…