The department,through its Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service, has been supporting a project in Michigan.That state has a short growing season.

VOA: special.2009.12.22

As a result,he was almost upstaged by a younger colleague, Alfred Russell Wallace, who developed the theory of evolution through his own research.

VOA: standard.2009.11.25

Food security,nutrition and sustainable agriculture must remain a priority issue on the political agenda. The Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development runs through March 31st.

VOA: standard.2010.03.29

The research was aimed at breeding oysters that would remain fat through the summer.

VOA: standard.2010.07.13

"We need to recognize at the outset that what we do to animals from their perspective certainly, and probably from ours is morally wrong and unacceptable, and that it's really important to follow through on all these exciting new leads into ways of doing research without using animals."

VOA: standard.2010.02.16