Contributions of biotechnology to meeting future food and environmental security needs

The Future of Biotechnology in Food Processing

!y the year 2000 the worldwide market for biotechnology-derived food and agricultural products could be valued at tens to hundreds of billions of dollars. The results of the rapid pace of biological research since 1970 indicate that we are only scratching the surface of the potential. We define biotechnology broadly, as the use of biological systems, including micro-organisms or components prod...

New parsimonious simulation methods and tools to assess future food and environmental security of farm populations.

This article presents conceptual and empirical foundations for new parsimonious simulation models that are being used to assess future food and environmental security of farm populations. The conceptual framework integrates key features of the biophysical and economic processes on which the farming systems are based. The approach represents a methodological advance by coupling important behavio...

The roles of veterinarians in meeting the challenges of health and welfare of livestock and global food security

Meeting Farm and Food Security Needs through Community Supported Agriculture and Farmers’ Markets in California

Research Brief #9 In the face of an increasingly consolidated, industrialized, and often faceless food system, many researchers and activists have looked to alternative food institutions (AFIs) as ways to improve the food system for both producers and consumers. AFIs include urban gardens, food policy councils, alternative education programs, farmers’ markets, and community supported agricultur...

Editorial Report of fifteen years contributions to radiological sciences: Future directions and prospects

At the close of the 20th century, fundamental discoveries changed broadly the worlds of physics, biology and medicine. The rapid advancements achieved during recent years, mainly due to revolutionary methodological improvements, have led to an unparalleled explosion of information; often appear to overshadow the earlier works. However as more basic discoveries are made these separate scientific...