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Sustainable Seed Lab

Grant aims to improve nutrition in quinoa from the ground up

March 2, 2021

WSU received a grant allowing researchers to study the nutritional value of quinoa at every level, from the soil through nutrient benefits to people.

Colorful red bundles of quinoa seeds stand out on tall green plants in a field.

Crop scientist Cedric Habiyaremye shares quinoa’s hunger-fighting potential in TED Talk

December 2, 2020

WSU researcher’s efforts to introduce nutritious crop featured on TED@Work

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Today, it's an encounter with WSU forestry students learning to fight wildfire. Tomorrow, it might be a photo session with cheesemakers at the WSU Creamery or a field-day trip through experimental meadows at the university’s new Perennial Grass Breeding and Ecology Farm. For communicator and WSU alumnus Seth Truscott, the many facets of CAHNRS ensure that no two days are alike. A newspaper journalist and editor in a prior incarnation, he has brought the community and identity of the college to light through reports, blog posts, press releases, images, and other media since 2015.