Ohio State scientists bake heart healthy soy bread
...cipe for months. They've field tested it at local grocery stores, and are currently negotiating an agreement... a family-owned business that bakes and markets to grocery stores in four states. It could be just the beginning. Because soy has shown demonstrable success ...Plant diseases plague world trade
...ride into the U.S. on potatoes headed for American grocery stores and even though the disease already exists among U.S. crops, the severity of the outbreaks appear to have worsened. Its situations like these, and similar ones, that will be the topic of discussion when the scientists meet at the end of Augus...Rat genes increase Vitamin C in plants
... shouldnt expect to see the rat-altered lettuce in grocery stores. "We realize that a plant altered by a rat gene wouldnt appeal to consumers," he says. He and his colleagues are using what theyve learned from the rat-gene work to try to discover other ways to stimulate the Vitamin C gene in lettuce and oth...New peach variety has strange shape and sweet taste
...ch could see use as a high-priced novelty fruit in grocery stores. The UFO peach is adapted to the subtropical growing conditions in Central Florida, from the Tampa area to north of Gainesville. Growers can get trees from nurserymen who are licensed by the university to grow the new variety. Homeowners ...The true return on the dollar: No clean bill of health
...gh-school sporting event and a check-out lane at a grocery store near Dayton, Ohio were tested for bacterial contamination by Dr. Peter Ender and his associates at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. They found that the majority of the 68 dollar bills they studied were contaminated with the types of bacte...Mandatory nutrition labeling reduces high-fat purchases
...umers are becoming savvier about high-fat foods on grocery shelves, says a Cornell University economist. In a study, he found that sales of high-fat dressings significantly declined after mandatory labeling was instituted, providing evidence that the labels are influencing the sales of other high-fat foods ......tory supplies, one of his first stops is the local grocery store, specifically, the dairy section. Jones is one of a team of environmental scientists who have found another use for butter - tracking the spread of air pollution around the world. Jones, a professor at Lancaster University in Lancaster, Englan......peatedly expounded by Caldeira and others, comes a grocery list of problems to temper the conclusion that geoengineering might actually work. Those include the obvious fact that the model is incomplete. The Earth is a complex thing, with cloud patterns, ice cover, plant productivity, smog, fires, volcanoes ...Supermarket shelf labels help African Americans, others shop healthier, study finds
...elping guide African Americans and others in their grocery shopping, a new study from the University of Michigan shows. The education program may help shoppers lower their risk of diet-related health problems such as heart disease. The finding, which adds to similar evidence already gathered among predominan...Purdue researcher creates soy feed to keep fish on the table
... could help bring more economical trout fillets to grocery counters. Brown came up with a feed formulation that, in small-scale trials, put a pound of meat on a trout for every pound of food the fish ate. The new trout food, developed with a regional grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, is three-qu...It's not such 'a wonderful life' living next door to a liquor store
...t the number of off-sales alcohol outlets (liquor, grocery and convenience stores) might have on individual attitudes toward drinking and alcohol consumption. They found an over concentration of off-sales outlets in many of the neighborhoods examined, about five outlets per 3,000 people. They also found th...Too large portions encourage overeating by preschoolers
...bility of 'supersized' portions in restaurants and grocery stores and the increasing prevalence of overweight among U.S. adults and children." Several previous studies at Penn State and elsewhere have shown that adults eat more when served large portions. The current study, the first with children, shows t...Scientists predict food in the new millennium
...ill-popping to optimize nutrition. "I envision grocery store shelves lined with functional foods that target people at risk for specific health problems," predicts Fergus Clydesdale, Ph.D., professor and head, Dept. of Food Science, University of Massachusetts. "These foods may be color coded to corresp......bug's genetic design might help ensure a renewable grocery store for explorers. The ultimate step would be the popular notion of terraforming, reshaping the environment of Mars to make it more hospitable to humans. Terraforming was first performed by ancient lifeforms that converted Earth's environment from...Genetic extremism overstates risks
...cts of gene research in agriculture are already on grocery store shelves, and new applications of this science in forestry will be ready for commercial use once some additional research is completed and social and regulatory hurdles can be overcome, he said....Biosensor expected to improve food safety
Recent incidences of contaminated meat in grocery stores and restaurantshave heightened consumer concern. But people who eat meat may rest easier if anew bacterial sensing device to be field tested this fall delivers the accurateand speedy results, plus the low costs its developers predict. ...Easy-To-Understand Book Written To Appeal To Students, Pet Owners
... food. Case compares premium varieties ofpet food, grocery store brands andgeneric, private-label brands. "There is a difference in dog foods," she said."I don't recommend a particular pet food. RatherI describe the benefits and disadvantages associated with various types of food,and how an owner can use the...Testing Restaurant Compost For Greenhouses
...no comprehensive plan for composting restaurant or grocery storewastes. Neither do other cities in t...ion said, "but most restaurant, institutional and grocery storewaste really is wasted, in landfills and incinerators. We are talking about hundreds of tons ...Garlic Perfumes Poultry Houses
...roducethe meat and eggs suburbanites want in their grocery stores but not intheir backyards. Clemson scientists are conducting a variety of studies toaddress livestock waste management as part of an initiative funded by theSouth Carolina General Assembly through the South Carolina Agriculture andForestry Res......Now, it's often a matter of heading to the nearest grocery store tobuy a lottery ticket. "It is becoming increasingly easy to gamble in the United States - particularlyin the last 10 years or so - and problems with gambling are much more common nowthan they were previously," Eisen says. "Presumably that's b...