by William Cahalin | Mar 5, 2013 | Animal Sciences
AUBURN, Ala.—Animal sciences assistant professor Christy Bratcher and a multidisciplinary team of scientists from Auburn and Tuskegee universities have been awarded a five-year, $4.8 million grant from USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture to help ensure...
by William Cahalin | Mar 4, 2013 | Horticulture
AUBURN, Ala.—Auburn University–patented kiwifruit varieties are now on the market, offering home gardeners across central and south Alabama a new and refreshing fruit possibility and the region’s produce farmers a promising high-value specialty crop. Included among...
by Mary Catherine Gaston | Feb 28, 2013 | Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology, Animal Sciences, Poultry Science
$4.8 million grant will enhance safety of local foods by JAMIE CREAMER Animal sciences assistant professor Christy Bratcher and a multidisciplinary team of scientists from Auburn and Tuskegee universities have been awarded a five-year, $4.8 million grant from USDA’s...
by William Cahalin | Feb 8, 2013 | Uncategorized
AUBURN, Ala.—The College of Agriculture’s E.T. York Distinguished Lecturer Series, in conjunction with Auburn University’s Littleton-Franklin Lectures, will present anti-hunger activist Roger Thurow delivering the lecture “The Last Hunger Season: Meeting the Great...
by William Cahalin | Jun 25, 2012 | Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology
AUBURN, Ala. — Seafood fishers, processors and wholesalers as well as seafood restaurant chefs and owners are the focus of a survey under way along the Alabama-Mississippi Gulf Coast aimed at evaluating how those involved in the seafood supply chain are faring after...
by William Cahalin | Mar 27, 2012 | Animal Sciences
AUBURN, Ala.—Werner G. Bergen, nutritional biochemist and professor in the Auburn University Department of Animal Sciences, has been named a fellow of the American Society for Nutrition, the preeminent worldwide scientific organization for nutritional sciences. The...
by William Cahalin | Feb 13, 2012 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station
AUBURN, Ala.—Auburn University has taken its role in the war on hunger to a new level with the creation of the International Hunger Institute within the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station. The institute, which the university’s Board of Trustees established...