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There's a new player at the table when it comes to supporting agricultural research in New York - and organizers are hoping their ante will encourage regional vegetable producers to place their bets on the industry's future.

Cereal crop researchers will be discussing their work over coffee and croissants at a science breakfast in the run up to the Imperial Festival.

A new report underlines the crucial role that forests play in food security and poverty reduction with one billion people worldwide dependent on forests and trees for balanced diets and sustainable incomes.

"Ancient relationship" between fungi and plant roots creates genetic expression that leads to more root growth.

"Ancient relationship" between fungi and plant roots creates genetic expression that leads to more root growth.

"Ancient relationship" between fungi and plant roots creates genetic expression that leads to more root growth.

Over the past 35 years, California's high-wage workers have seen steady increases in their paychecks.

People who eat different types and brands of commonly available food items, such as pizza, are more likely to overeat than people who tend to consume the same brand, according to new research conducted at the University of Bristol.

ANN ARBOR-Facebook may be great for making social connections, but perhaps not so much for setting exercise goals.

In the years immediately following World War II, Cornell found itself the site of tremendous innovation and discovery in disciplines of home design and ergonomics.

A genetic test that can prevent the entry of 'killer' bees into Australia and worldwide spread has been created by researchers at the University of Sydney and their collaborators at York University in Canada.

University of Queensland agricultural science student Michael Godfrey has developed a drone that spreads beneficial insects onto crops, potentially saving farmers time and money.

To study the evolution of maize root systems, Penn State scientists grew 16 current and historical commercial corn varieties under several soil-fertility and population-density scenarios at the Russell E. Larson Agricultural Research Center. UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. Selective breeding of maize over the last century to create hybrids with desirable shoot characteristics and increased yield may have contributed indirectly to the evolution of root systems that are more efficient in acquiring nutrients, such as nitrogen, from the soil, according to researchers.

Caroline Wood, a PhD student in Plant Biology at the University of Sheffield, discusses how modern science is developing techniques to protect crops from parasitic plants.

Well done if you took your Easter eggs on a hike of Mount Coot-tha and only ate them once you reached the summit.

For those who have wondered if Tuesday's leftovers are still good, whether a chicken breast has been cooked to the correct temperature or how to keep food safe during a power outage, now there's an app for that.

The number of takeaway food outlets has risen substantially over the past two decades, with a large increase seen in areas of socioeconomic disadvantage, according to a study carried out across Norfolk by researchers at the University of Cambridge.

The University of Leeds will be driving innovation in food security after a new multi-million pound research grant was awarded by government.

Cornell nutritional scientists, supported by a grant announced March 26 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, plan to test a recipe to lower childhood obesity while boosting the bottom line for farmers.

The grandchildren of obese women face a heightened risk of being born and raised to a life of obesity, University of Queensland researchers have found.

A University of Queensland research team is seeking Brisbane toddlers for a study to find out if toddler formulas really offer improved health benefits. The Growing Up Milk "Lite" ( GUMLi ) study by researchers at the Children's Nutrition Research Centre in UQ's School of Medicine aims to determine if growing-up milk formulas can improve the body composition, nutrition, brain development and general health of toddlers, compared with normal cows' milk.

Academics from the University of Birmingham are engaging with grandparents in China, to help tackle the increasing problem of obesity amongst Chinese children in a trailblazing public health programme.

As a lunch and dinner door checker, scanning Cornell ID cards at North Star Dining for nearly a decade, Ai-Ling Chen cannot go home to check on and make dinner for her parents, who have lived with her since November.

Becoming an expert in anything takes a lot of work. But when that work involves tasting a lot of wine how hard can it be? Dr Alex Russell's recent PhD, undertaken at the School of Psychology at the University of Sydney, looks at whether novices can become wine experts.

Poor diet is the number one risk factor for disease in the UK that could be improved with some lifestyle changes.

Men and women who adapt their daily diet to meet current UK dietary guidelines could reduce their risk of a heart attack or a stroke by up to a third, according to a new study by King's College London.

Cropping Africa's wet savannas would bring high environmental costs Posted March 16, 2015; 03:00 p.m. by B. Rose Huber, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs With the global population rising, analysts and policymakers have targeted Africa's vast wet savannas as a place to produce staple foods and bioenergy groups at low environmental costs.

The late Royse Murphy, professor emeritus of plant breeding at Cornell, inspects seed production on an earlier version of SW 215CR, a creeping rooted alfalfa variety, in a greenhouse at the Guterman Research Center.

University of Wisconsin-Madison Center for Dairy Research food technologist Dean Sommer showing a beaker of acid whey.

University of Toronto researchers have found that half of kids' meals at chain restaurants exceed the World Health Organization's new daily limit for added sugar - and some account for several days' worth of the daily allowance. The WHO's guideline, released March 4 2015, recommends that for optimal health no more than five per cent of a person's total calories for the day should come from added sugar.

W hat are some unforeseen damages caused by air pollution? How do we solve the problems of climate change? How do we feed the billions of people suffering from chronic hunger, and do it without causing further harm to the environment? These are just some of the questions that drive Jennifer Burney. UC Global Food Initiative Research projects conducted by Jennifer Burney align with the University of California Global Food Initiative (hashtag #globalfood) which aims to put the world on a path to sustainably and the capacity to nutritiously feed itself.

Ann Johansson Veronica Romero has struggled to let go of the feeling that she was somehow responsible for her son Anthony's weight problems.

In the heart of Wisconsin, a project is underway to produce energy from a resource in little danger of running low: cow manure, also known as "brown gold.

Websites and phone apps that offer information and tools can be effective in preventing major weight gain and obesity associated with pregnancy, according to Cornell studies. These so-called e-interventions provide alternatives for doctors and other health-care providers, who often lack time to counsel pregnant women on the importance of healthy diets, physical activity and tracking weight, the researchers said.

The children file into the Penn State nutrition lab before taking their seats and being handed a tablet.

Scientists have found that reducing the size of tiny hair like structures on stem cells stops them turning into fat. The discovery could be used to develop a way of preventing obesity. The research, conducted at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL), found that a slight regulation in the length of primary cilia, small hair-like projections found on most cells, prevented the production of fat cells from human stem cells taken from adult bone marrow.

Scientists at The University of Nottingham hope new research could lead to the introduction of cereal crops better able to tolerate flooding.

ESA Space in Images Title Lisbon, Portugal Released 06/02/2015 10:00 am Copyright Copernicus data/ESA (2014) Description This image from Sentinel-1A's radar shows the metropolitan area of Portugal's capital, Lisbon.

A third of children in England are overweight/obese, finds a 20-year King's College London study of electronic health records, published online in Archives of Disease in Childhood . But the rapid rise in prevalence may be starting to level off—at least in younger children—the findings indicate, although there are no grounds for complacency, warn the researchers.

Bern, 27. Agroscope and the private research and technology company CSEM plan to intensify their collaboration.

Scientists attending an agriculture workshop in India organised by the University of Sydney have called for a detailed soil mapping program to help policy makers and farmers draw up effective land management proposals.

Current government-mandated nutrition labeling is ineffective in improving nutrition, but there is a better system available, according to a study by McGill University researchers published in the December issue of the Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences.

A Cornell-U.S. government research team is poised to transform the shape of trees and orchards to come, thanks to a $1.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation Plant Genome Research Program.

AUSTIN, Texas - A renowned pediatrician for more than three decades and a father for nearly as long, Dr. Steven Abrams nevertheless sometimes wanders through a grocery store's infant formula a

Hass avocados are the smaller, darker variety with bumpy green skin and have a higher nutrient content than Florida avocados.

All over the world summer is synonymous with water activities, cold beverages and, of course, ice cream.

Obesity and smoking add significantly to Americans' health care costs, researchers found, and the overall trend is upward. Graphic by Julie McMahon CHAMPAIGN, Ill. A new study finds that smokers and the obese ring up substantially higher annual health care costs than their nonsmoking, non-obese peers.

Food industry professionals, retailers and suppliers gathered to learn a cornucopia of ideas and concepts at the first Cornell Food Systems Global Summit on Dec.

Infants at risk for childhood and adult obesity have a better chance of not becoming overweight if breastfeeding continues beyond two months, nutritional scientists at Cornell have discovered.