Agriculture News
Symbols, such as traffic lights, on menus effective in educating diners
Published Date:March 13, 2013
Brenna Ellison, a professor of agricultural and consumer economics, says the combination of a symbol and a numeric calorie count on a menu is the most effective way to influence patrons to select lower-calorie items.
Published Date: March 13, 2013
Food science expert: Genetically modified crops are overregulated
Published Date:February 18, 2013
It has been almost 20 years since the first genetically modified foods showed up in produce aisles throughout the United States and the rest of the world, but controversy continues to surround the products and their regulation.
Published Date: February 18, 2013
Agricultural, health education goes global via cellphone animations
Published Date:December 10, 2012
Agricultural researchers and health educators are using cellphone technology to help those in the developing world address some of the most challenging issues they face. The initiative, Scientific Animations Without Borders (SAWBO), delivers educational materials in the form of narrated, animated videos to a global audience.
Published Date: December 10, 2012
Expert: With food insecurity rising in U.S., SNAP benefits should be left alone
Published Date:September 12, 2012
In a time of record-high food insecurity rates in the U.S., cutting the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (the former Food Stamp Program) is the wrong approach to fighting hunger, says Craig Gundersen, a professor of agricultural and consumer economics at Illinois.
Published Date: September 12, 2012
Team discovers how western corn rootworm resists crop rotation
Published Date:July 19, 2012
A new study answers a question that has baffled researchers for more than 15 years: How does the western corn rootworm an insect that thrives on corn but dies on soybeans persist in fields that alternate between corn and soybeans? The answer, researchers say, has to do with enzyme production in the rootworm gut.
Published Date: July 19, 2012
