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. – The grain-like seed crop quinoa (pronounced KEEN-wah) has grown in popularity and likely will be grown more widely in the Pacific Northwest, thanks to a $1.6 million U.S. Department of Agriculture grant recently awarded to Washington State University researchers.
This summer has been filled with acrimony about the federal budget, with red versus blue politicians squaring off to hurl criticisms at each other. For a lot of us, turning on the news has felt like an exercise in masochism. Imagine my pleasure, then, at going to a recent meeting where Americans from quite different […]