Study shows effectiveness of the school fruit scheme in North Rhine-Westphalia

How can you convince elementary school students to consume more fruit and vegetables? Scientists have found that school fruit schemes can actually help to achieve this goal. If children receive fruit and vegetables free of charge in their schools several times a week, they consume considerably more of this food group, which is often less popular with children, even on days without school fruit distribution.

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Peanut allergy: could pulsed light remove allergens from whole peanuts?

A scientist experimenting with pulsed light to inactivate the allergenic proteins in peanuts has come closer to his goal of eliminating 99.9% of peanut allergens in whole peanuts.

Students Coax Yeast Cells To Add Vitamins To Bread

Any way you slice it, bread that contains critical nutrients could help combat severe malnutrition in impoverished regions. That is the goal of a group of Johns Hopkins University undergraduate students who are using synthetic biology to enhance common yeast so that it yields beta carotene, the orange substance that gives carrots their color. When it’s eaten, beta-carotene turns into vitamin A…

Solving The World’s Food Problems Will Require Multiple Approaches

Researchers need to use all available resources in an integrated approach to put agriculture on a path to solve the world’s food problems while reducing pollution, according to a Penn State biologist. Changes in national and international regulations will be necessary to achieve this goal…