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Americans Getting More “Real” About their Diets

October 25, 2011 Christian Gregory, Diet, Safety, and Health Economics Branch, Economic Research Service

This post is part of the Science Tuesday feature series on the USDA blog. Check back each week as we showcase stories and news from the USDA’s rich science and research portfolio. Nutrition advice is all around us—in grocery stores, magazines, public service announcements, and food labels. We’re...

Food and Nutrition Research and Science

From the Lion's Den to the White House

October 12, 2011 Sandy Miller Hays, Public Affairs Specialist, USDA Agricultural Research Service Information Staff

When President Obama honored 94 researchers on Sept. 26 as recipients of the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers, chances are there was only one former pet-shop-manager-turned-zookeeper-turned-scientist in the bunch: Jonathan Lundgren. Lundgren works at the Agricultural...

Research and Science

Possible New Flavor Sensations from the Jungles of Peru

October 11, 2011 Chris Guy, Public Affairs Specialist, USDA-Agricultural Research Service Information Staff

This post is part of the Science Tuesday feature series on the USDA blog. Check back each week as we showcase stories and news from the USDA's rich science and research portfolio. What a long, strange trip it’s been for newly discovered South American varieties of cacao beans—all the way from the...

Research and Science