Opinions, commentaries, and reflections on food science, nutrition, postharvest technology, and global food security.
Dr. Javier Castellanos, Soil Science specialist and Director of INTAGRI, Celaya, Guanajuato, Mexico (javier.castellanos.ramos@gmail.com), January 2009. Organic farming appeared as a notable objective for the human diet: To consume food free of chemicals, and especially…
Prof. Adel A. Kader, Professor Emeritus, University of California, Davis (aakader@ucdavis.edu), January 2009. Plant breeders have been successful in selecting genotypes with much higher contents of ascorbic acid (vitamin C) in guava, pineapple, and tomatoes,…
Dr. Elhadi M. Yahia, January 2009. Wherever one goes, in almost every country in the world, there are major efforts to cultivate more lands, and to produce more foods, especially more fruits and vegetables, because…