Kevin Murphy

Kevin Murphy will lead the WSU Breadlab as the new Clif Bar and King Arthur Baking Company Endowed Chair in Organic Grain Breeding and Innovation.

Three new WSU quinoa varieties help farmers improve nutrition and food security.

Kevin Murphy spoke with passion and humor about his obsession with the tiny seeds that are causing a big stir in the Pacific Northwest. Murphy, who leads the organic plant variety breeding program at Washington State University, captivated the WSU Innovators luncheon audience in Seattle with the story of quinoa and his farm-to-fork research program.

PULLMAN, Wash. – Organic grain growers in Washington looking for new crops with new markets could be producing buckwheat and quinoa, if Washington State University scientists can confirm their viability and develop varieties specifically for the Pacific Northwest.