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Can mashed potatoes make you sick? What's the proper way to store leftover food? Do I need to keep pie in the refrigerator? 🦃 Avoid foodborne illness this Thanksgiving with this series of tips from NC State - College of Agriculture and Life Sciences food safety experts: http://ncst.at/4p1p50Uh7oP
Join us in congratulating Steven Lommel, associate dean for research with NC State CALS, for receiving a 2024 agInnovation Award for Excellence in Leadership! This prestigious award, presented at the annual meeting of the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) in Orlando, Florida, recognizes those who have served the Southern Experiment Stations, Southern Association of Agricultural Experiment Station Directors and the national land-grant system with exemplary distinction. Learn more about Lommel and this honor: http://ncst.at/h72W50Uf13P
Funded by a $1.15 million grant from the National Institute of Farming and Agriculture, researchers across three universities will explore a new approach to controlling indoor environments for pigs. Lingjuan Wang-Li, interim department head and William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor in the NC State Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, is leading the team of researchers on the Proactive Pig Project. Their plan: Take advantage of artificial intelligence to glean pig data that can help manage barn conditions proactively. Learn more about the project: http://ncst.at/45Cg50Ue73q
Did you know that sweetpotatoes can be enjoyed year-round thanks to NC State researchers? 🍠 Michael Boyette, professor emeritus in the NC State Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, made breakthroughs in storage techniques that turned what was initially a seasonal crop into a year-round staple. Through trial and error, Boyette developed the Negative Horizontal Ventilation technique that allows farmers to house large amounts of sweetpotatoes in long-term storage facilities. This method pulls air through pallet bins to keep temperature and humidity at optimal levels despite the changing seasons. Today, North Carolina produces 60% of the nation's sweetpotato supply, and more than 95% of the country utilizes the Negative Horizontal Ventilation technique. Learn more about how NC State helped modernize the sweetpotato industry: http://ncst.at/PuB150UcYOR
Paddleboarding for pollen is all in a day's work for NC State Department of Applied Ecology grad student April Sharp. 🤿🐝 Sharp is studying how certain pollen diets can impact bee health. Her hypothesis centers around whether the interaction between spiky-shaped pollen and a bee's gut helps reduce infection of the damaging parasite Crithidia bombi. Sharp and the research team are paddleboarding on Yates Millpond to collect flowers with that spiky-shaped pollen for testing. Learn more about the research: http://ncst.at/BbVh50UcV4J
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Have you ever wondered why cranberry sauce comes in a can? 🤔 NC State Department of Food, Bioprocessing and Nutrition Sciences Professor Gabriel Keith Harris has all the details. #CranberrySauce #Thanksgiving
NC State CALS's new Genome Editing Center for Sustainable Agriculture heralds a new era in agriculture. 🧬🌾 The center will work to accelerate the pace of gene editing research in plants and empower the agricultural industry to adapt quickly. Hear from NC State Professor and pioneer in CRISPR technology Rodolphe Barrangou on the center's potential: http://ncst.at/pm9350U9ALt
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