N.C. State Develops Mobile Hand-washing Stations
Models Help Farmers Reduce Food Safety Risks
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N.C. State Blackberry, Raspberry Website Wins Award
ASHS Awards N.C. Blackberry & Raspberry Growers Portal
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PHHI Receives Grand Challenges Explorations Funding
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Initiative Awards $100,000
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Dr. Allan Brown Leads Team to Sequence the Blueberry Genome
Watch a Video on this Blueberry Breakthrough
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Scientific Publications
Efficient sorption of polyphenols to soybean flour enables natural fortification of foods
Food Chemistry, April 2012
Food Chemistry, April 2012
In vitro and in vivo anti-diabetic effects of anthocyanins from Maqui Berry (Aristotelia chilensis)
Food Chemistry, March 2012
Food Chemistry, March 2012
Red-fleshed watermelon lines with low total soluble solids
HortSci, December 2011
HortSci, December 2011
Slice Of PHHI
Putting the Pieces Together: Sequencing the Blueberry Genome
Watch a video outlining how Dr. Allan Brown is leading a team that is sequencing the blueberry genome. The work is a major step toward understanding the genetic information of the blueberry and is expected to yield new discoveries in both medical and agricultural research.
Agriculture and Culinary Arts Partner to Breed Better Berry
Watch as representatives from N.C. State University’s Plants for Human Health Institute and Johnson & Wales University discuss the N.C. Strawberry Project. The institutions have developed a dynamic, first-of-its-kind partnership that will help breed a better N.C. strawberry.
Blackberry and Raspberry Research with Dr. Perkins-Veazie
Dr. Penelope Perkins-Veazie discusses research that is under way to develop a rating system for the firmness of blackberries and raspberries. When finalized, this system will help growers determine what variety of blackberry or raspberry is best suited for their operation.
