PULLMAN, Wash.—The irony probably wasn’t lost on Washington State University food engineer Juming Tang. Tang recently opened a bottle of lotus seeds to put in soup and smelled mold, a telltale sign that insect pests had already begun eating without him. Larvae hatched from eggs laid in the seeds create a moist environment for the […]
CLARKSTON, Wash.—May 2010 wasn’t the best time for Heath and Tish Barnes to launch their new hummus business. The bad economy aside, Bronzestone Hummus was competing with not only big-name U.S. labels like Sabra and Tribe, but also with other companies introducing their brands at the same time. But the Barneses had a huge advantage: […]
PULLMAN, Wash.—Washington State University’s International Agricultural Development Office and the U.S. Department of Agriculture are hosting 12 representatives of the Afghanistan Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock through Sept. 30 so they can observe agricultural research and extension services at the national and state levels. The visit is part of an executive management-fellowship program for […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Dustin DeVries, a Washington State University senior in agribusiness from Burlington, was elected president of the student section of the American Agricultural Economics Association at the AAEA’s annual meeting in San Antonio last week. Holly Nelson, a May graduate from Moscow, Idaho, took first in the student paper competition with an economic […]