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The future of vaccines may look more like eating a salad than getting a shot in the arm. UC Riverside scientists are studying whether they can turn edible plants like lettuce into mRNA vaccine factories. researcher in greenhouse Messenger RNA or mRNA technology, used in COVID-19 vaccines, works by teaching our cells to recognize and protect us against infectious diseases. One of the challenges with this new technology is that it must be kept cold to maintain stability during transport and storage. If this new project is successful, plant-based mRNA vaccines — which can be eaten — could overcome this...

When a Navy submarine first deploys to sea, it is stocked with fresh fruits and vegetables. A week in, the lettuce in the salad bar turns translucent, the tomatoes become mushier, and thawed fruit is common. Eventually, canned sauces and beans and dehydrated potatoes replace all fresh produce. If research the US military has started is successful, a submarine crew’s diet won’t be bland much longer. The military has begun a $100,000 project to grow plants hydroponically – in a nutrient solution instead of soil – at the Army’s Natick Soldier Research, Development, and Engineering Center near Boston. Although the...

President Obama made two surprise stops this afternoon as his campaign bus tour made its way through northern Ohio. Heading to Sandusky, the president dropped in on diners at the Kozy Corners Family Restaurant in Oak Harbor, where he mingled with local residents and ordered himself a burger. On his way in, he met a little boy in the parking lot and couldn't help complimenting his spiky blue hair. "I like that hair, man. I was thinking of getting some hair just like it," Obama said, according to pool reports. "What do you put in there to make it spiky?...

The publisher of a book Michelle Obama is writing about her White House produce garden says it will be called "American Grown." Crown Publishers announced Monday that the complete title of the first lady's first book is "American Grown: How the White House Kitchen Garden Inspires Families, Schools and Communities." It is scheduled to be published in April. The book will explore how improving access to healthy, affordable food can influence eating habits for the better and improve public health.

First they came for the donuts, and few dared to defend partially hydrogenated vegetable oil. Then they came for the soft drinks, declaring high-fructose corn syrup verboten. Now they’re after lima beans, peas, and corn, moving us ever closer to a national diet of tofu and kale. “They,” in this latest case of dietary despotism, is the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). As required by Congress, the agency recently proposed stricter nutrition standards for school-based breakfast and lunch programs. More than 98,000 elementary and secondary schools will be affected—at a cost exceeding $3.4...

Michelle Obama shouts at kids, "WELCOME to the WHITE HOUSE!!!" <--- crickets... ROFL! --from jessibradshaw on Twitter

Fans watching the Super Bowl are stocking up on more than just pizza and beer. A Nielsen Company survey took a look at the top foods served at parties on Super Bowl night for the past three years. What they found may come as a surprise -- vegetables topped the list. People said they served up more snacks, sandwiches and salads than pizza. In fact, more people drank milk and soda the night of the big game than beer.

So there are a lot of environmental wackos, organic food junkies, hippies, libtards, the sportos, the motorheads, geeks, sluts, bloods, waistoids, dweebies, and dickheads that think genetically modified food is evil. But what they don't realize is, this practise has gone on for thousands of years through grafting, selective breeding, etc. No "organic" food they eat today is exactly the same as it was 1000 years ago. Plus, when you look at amazing foods like those listed below, you have to admit there is some use to genetic modification. Graisins (Image via Elanso) The graisin (or giant raisin) is a...

Obamas Prepare to Plant White House Vegetable Garden By MARIAN BURROS WASHINGTON — On Friday, Michelle Obama will begin digging up a patch of White House lawn to plant a vegetable garden, the first since Eleanor Roosevelt’s victory garden in World War II. There will be no beets (the president doesn’t like them) but arugula will make the cut. While the organic garden will provide food for the first family’s meals and formal dinners, its most important role, Mrs. Obama said, will be to educate children about healthful, locally grown fruit and vegetables at time when obesity has become a...

MELBOURNE: Scientists have discovered that going veggie could be bad for your brain-with those on a meat-free diet six times more likely to suffer brain shrinkage. Vegans and vegetarians are the most likely to be deficient because the best sources of the vitamin are meat, particularly liver, milk and fish. Vitamin B12 deficiency can also cause anaemia and inflammation of the nervous system. Yeast extracts are one of the few vegetarian foods which provide good levels of the vitamin. The link was discovered by Oxford University scientists who used memory tests, physical checks and brain scans to examine 107 people...

Neandertals Ate Their Veggies, Tooth Study ShowsSara Goudarzi for National Geographic NewsApril 28, 2008 Tiny bits of plant material found in the teeth of a Neandertal skeleton unearthed in Iraq provide the first direct evidence that the human ancestors ate vegetation, researchers say. Little is known about diet of Neandertals (also spelled Neanderthals), although it's widely assumed that they ate more than just meat. Much of what is known about their eating habits has come from indirect evidence, such as animal remains found at Neandertal sites and chemical signatures called isotopes detected in their teeth. The new hard evidence is...

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On a mild October morning, the child who turns up her nose at broccoli pats the seedlings into the ground, later mulching and watering the tiny plants. Over the next month, she'll tend them, watch them flower and finally cook them just lightly enough to eat. “We're going to change your mind about broccoli,” Paul Gates tells his second-grade class, in response to the girl's complaint. “You've never had good broccoli until you've had Mr. Gates' broccoli Nationally, celebrity chef Alice Waters of Chez Panisse in Berkeley, Calif., has expanded an organic gardening project to encourage local schools to buy...

Man Likes Name On Car Tags, But Not 666 Christian Plans To Get New PlatesPOSTED: 11:03 am EST November 16, 2005 EAU CLAIRE, Wis. -- Ken Hasenmueller doesn't want the sign of the devil on his red Oldsmobile. He was randomly assigned the Wisconsin license plate number 666-KEN. Hasenmueller said at first he thought it was kind of cool, having tags with his first name. But he said he worries people might think he is a Satanist who had ordered custom plates. His wife, Jean, added that they're a very strong Christian family. DMV officials said people who find their...

In spite of the greatly embellished description related to the brevity of the PETA chick’s Santa outfit by WRVA radio this morning, the handing out of free imitation of turkey tofu samples, and Alex Baldwin meet your meat DVDs , the few passersby in the Carytown neighborhod paid scant attention to the protestors.

<p>FRESNO, Calif. (AP) - Californians can help create more than 5,500 jobs and generate $1.38 billion in revenue each year if they shift 10 percent of their purchases to state-grown produce, according to a new study released Thursday.</p> <p>Californians can also generate about $188 million in taxes for local and state governments if 10 percent of their total purchases included state-grown fruits, vegetables and other California farm goods, according to a study funded by the Buy California Marketing Agreement.</p>

<p>Jessi Lehman may not know it, but she's the sort of girl who's stirring a battle between the beef industry and pro-vegetarian groups — with each attempting to sway young people to its side of the table.</p> <p>The teen, from State College, grew up surrounded by farm country and in a family of meat-eaters. Yet at age 16, she's been a vegetarian for more than six years, and says a growing number of her friends are following suit.</p>

For education and discussion only. Not for commercial use. LONDON (Reuters) - Mozart will be turning in his grave this week when a Viennese orchestra descends on London to make a meal out of playing the carrot. The First Vienna Vegetable Orchestra says it will cook up a storm with its carrot flutes, leek violins, celery bongos and aubergine cymbals. Supported by the occasional use of kitchen utensils such as spoons and food processors, the orchestra has been a hit in its hometown Vienna. The inspiration for veggie music came from listening to the sound of vegetables being chopped. Before...

Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson and Department of Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman told the United Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Growers at their convention in Washington Thursday that they will summon the heads of all the fast food chains to their offices to urge them to serve fresh fruits and vegetables in their establishments. According to several participants in the session, Thompson, who in recent appearances has frequently stated that better diets could reduce government health costs, proposed the meeting and Veneman said she agreed it would be a good idea. Reps. Sam Farr, D-Calif., and Jo Ann Emerson,...