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N.C. MarketReady Announces 2012 Equipment Funding Cycle for Agricultural Operations
The North Carolina Value-Added Cost Share (NCVACS) program is now accepting applications for the 2012 equipment cost share funding cycle. The program provides up to $50,000 to agricultural producers and processors seeking to purchase specialized equipment to start or grow a value-added operation.
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PHHI Receives Grand Challenges Explorations Funding
The Plants for Human Health Institute will receive $100,000 in funding through an initiative created by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. With the grant, Dr. Mary Ann Lila and her team will work to introduce a new functional food technology into malnourished African communities.
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Where the Wild Berries Grow
The wild berries of Alaska may safeguard both the health and economic future of native communities – but only if rising temperatures don’t interfere first.
Dr. Allan Brown, N.C. State University Plants for Human Health Institute, is leading a team that is sequencing the blueberry genome. Dr. Brown likens the process to putting together pieces of a puzzle. This scientific breakthrough is expected to yield discoveries in agricultural and medical research.