K-State release

A comprehensive study conducted by agricultural economists at Kansas State University and Michigan State University revealed areas in which the beef industry can concentrate its efforts to strengthen beef demand, despite a sagging global and U. S. economy. The study showed that nutrition, safety and convenience remain important factors when it comes to shoppers’ attitudes



Encourage Traditional Diets, Symposium Urged

It’s good to promote health benefits and create new food products with pulses, but don’t forget the traditional ways beans and other pulses have been eaten in culture, an American professor of nutrition told the second annual Pulse Health and Food Symposium. Donna Winham, a professor in the department of nutrition at Arizona State University,

Pulses Need A Hollywood Image

Pulses pack a mighty punch with their nutrition and health benefits, but like a poorly understood superhero, they can’t get any respect, nutritional experts lamented here last week. In fact, as incomes rise in countries that have traditionally leaned heavily on dietary pulses, consumers abandon them in favour of diets less conducive to good health.