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• Arcadia Biosciences Reports Progress in Drought-Tolerance Crop Development

  - 2007-12-10

  -- First Field Trial Results Validate Performance -- DAVIS, Calif. -- Arcadia Biosciences, Inc., an agricultural technology company focused on products that benefit the environment and human health, today announced the successful completion of its first drought tolerance technology field trial. Results of the trial demonstrated that plants engineered...

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• UC Irvine Dietitian Offers Survival Strategies for the Holidays; It's Possible to Celebrate Without Gaining Weight During 'National Eating Season'.

  - 2007-11-07

  Byline: University of California, Irvine IRVINE, Calif., Nov. 7 AScribe Newswire -- As director of the UC Irvine Weight Management Program, Linda Gigliotti sees what the holidays can do to people. But the new year doesn't have to dawn with new pounds. Instead, plan...

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• Ph.D. recipients by subject, 2006

  - 2007-08-01

  Agricultural and Food Policy: regulation, taxation, welfare Amarasinghe, Anura, West Virginia University, "A Socioeconomic and Spatial Analysis of Obesity in West Virginia: Policy Implications." Behl, Ajay Singh, University of Minnesota, "A Framework for Analyzing the Impact of the Means-Tested Transfer Programs on Interfamily and Intrafamily Transfers and the...

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• October-December 2006 California Agriculture Magazine: Lead Poisoning Still a Risk to U.S. Children.

  - 2006-10-16

  Byline: University of California Division of Agriculture OAKLAND, Calif., Oct. 16 AScribe Newswire -- Lead levels in air and food have been drastically reduced since the 1970s, but some U.S. children still face an elevated risk of exposure to lead from old paint, dust,...

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• October-December 2006 California Agriculture Magazine: Nutrition Education Saves on California Medical Costs.

  - 2006-10-16

  Byline: University of California Division of Agriculture OAKLAND, Calif., Oct. 16 AScribe Newswire -- A cost-benefit analysis published in the October-December 2006 issue of the University of California's California Agriculture journal has determined that every dollar spent on nutrition education in California saves between...

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• Beer's Bad Rap for Carbohydrates Unjustified.

  - 2005-10-28

  Byline: University of California, Davis DAVIS, Calif., Oct. 28 AScribe Newswire -- In the recent flurry of publicity over low-carbohydrate diets, some diet promoters have depicted beer as an unhealthful source of fattening carbohydrates. Not so, says a brewing expert at the University of...

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• Sustainable Agriculture Chair Endowed at University of California

  - 2005-07-08

  DAVIS, California, ENS — --> The W.K. Kellogg Foundation has made a gift of $1.5 million to establish an endowed chair to support the new Agricultural Sustainability Institute at the University of California-Davis. The gift will fund the W.K. Kellogg Endowed Chair in Sustainable Food Systems within the institute....

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• University of California Scientists Confirm Healthier Food Costs More; March Is National Nutrition Month.

  - 2005-03-09

  Byline: University of California Division of Agriculture Byline: University of California Division of Agriculture

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• Symposium to Explore Challenges of California Agriculture.

  - 2004-11-29

  Byline: University of California Division of Agriculture FRESNO, Calif., Nov. 29 AScribe Newswire -- A major California agriculture symposium sponsored by three of California's leading agricultural universities and several industry organizations will explore challenges and opportunities facing California agriculture on March 23 and...

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• Pumpkin

  - 2004-11-10

  Maybe it's no accident that the colorful pumpkin was chosen to wear a crooked smile for Halloween. The big orange squash has a lot to smile about: nutrition, flavor and versatility. "Pumpkins have lots of fiber, potassium, riboflavin, vitamin C and iron, and it's a good low-fat...

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