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        <description><![CDATA[ New Virginia Tech data show global agricultural productivity growth at its lowest rate in 50 years — a slowdown with consequences for farmers, consumers, and the natural resources we all depend on. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Jingqiu Liao is uncovering how dangerous bacteria like listeria survive in nature and food-processing environments. This work can help trace outbreaks faster and make fresh foods safer before they reach our kitchens. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Researchers are working on improvements to sustainable agriculture that could reduce environmental damage, lower production costs, and expand food growing opportunities in water-limited regions. The system they’re using, referred to as sandponics, reimagines aquaponics by replacing expensive synthetic substrates with one of the world’s most abundant natural materials. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The same condition can have dozens of names across different laboratories, regions, and software systems. A three-person team at the university is the only organization in the world maintaining the standardized terminology that eliminates that ambiguity. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Funded by a multinational, multi-organization grant, Courtney Leisner will seek to better understand how pepper plants respond when simultaneously infected with the pathogen Xanthomonas and exposed to extreme heat. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Taylor Engle oversees millions of animals as a consulting veterinarian and part owner at Four Star Veterinary Service. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The $80 million USDA-funded project — the largest grant in Virginia Tech’s history — provides financial support for farmers in selected counties in four states to implement agricultural practices that protect water, soil, and air. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ As a co-founder of the Glean Team, Galbraith and his fellow volunteers donate around 150,000 pounds of fresh fruits and vegetables annually to help patrons of local food banks, including The Market of Virginia Tech.   ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ James Westwoods research of invasive interlopers weeds with multiple long-time collaborations has led to a $1 million National Science Foundation grant to study the use of parasitic plants for a new method of plant genetic manipulation that could enhance food production. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Master Gardener Volunteers of Hanover County, part of Virginia Cooperative Extension, are fighting food insecurity and reducing waste by collecting thousands of pounds of excess fresh produce for local food pantries. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ For School of Education Professor Marcus Weaver-Hightower, studying food is a fascination.    ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Testing labs in the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine and the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences are joining forces for a pathogen identification service to assist animal and plant disease diagnosticians.   ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Virginia Tech’s Integrated Pest Management Activity, part of the Center for International Research, Education, and Development, launched a biocontrol program that harnesses the use of natural enemies to fight the noxious Parthenium weed and enhance the nation’s food security.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ While research, development, and high-tech farming tools are being developed at a steady pace, a substantial “valley of death” separates the development of new innovations from the people who need to adopt them. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Releasing on Thursday, Oct. 3, the Global Agricultural Productivity Report will highlight obstacles and solutions for meeting world demand for agricultural products. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Over the past 13 years, Abaye has helped spread sustainable, healthy mung bean production in a country facing serious food security challenges, including drought, extreme temperatures, nutrient-deficient soils, poor crop diversity, and a rural population with a &#34;hidden hunger&#34; that is deficient in iron, protein, and crucial vitamins and minerals. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Abaye talks about her work using the mung bean to diversify the cropping system, empower farmers, and reduce hunger in Senegal. She also shared what some of the challenges were in developing recipes across cultural lines.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ A new donation-based program supports cadets in need while preventing waste. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Land-grant institutions play a large role in accomplishing both national and international goals.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ For more than a decade, Virginia Tech agronomist Ozzie Abaye has helped spread mung bean production in a country that faces drought, extreme temperatures, food security challenges, and a rural population with a “hidden hunger” that is deficient in iron, protein, and crucial vitamins and minerals. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Program expansions invite giving to reach more students in need. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Two Virginia Tech students traveled to Kpone Katamanso, Ghana, over spring break to build a community garden. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Ashley Johnson DVM &#39;13 has been named a 2024 American Association of Swine Veterinarians (AASV) Foundation Hogg Scholarship recipient.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The Virginia Tech Center for Food Systems and Community Transformation and the Virginia State University Small Farm Outreach Program will support two urban agriculture projects from the department’s Farm Service Agency: the National Urban Agriculture Initiative and Advancing Urban Agriculture and Sustainable Food Systems in Virginia. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Abaye&#39;s award recognizes over 30 years as a beloved educator who provides numerous global and hands-on learning experiences to students. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Faculty from both the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine presented topics at the 2024 Beef Cattle Health Conference held on the Virginia Tech campus. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Virginia Tech researchers have teamed up with four other universities to introduce the climate-hardy, high-nutrition faba bean as a viable cash and cover crop. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Emma Leslie, a translational biology, medicine and health doctoral student, is focusing on people aged 18 to 25 because ultra-processed foods make up the bulk of their diets. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ “Our work in Senegal was a way for us to take the research and the development of trainings and workshops done at Virginia Tech and extend that to the global community,” said Lydia Fitzgerald. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The British Medical Journal is renowned for its global impact and is currently ranked the seventh highest impact factor journal in the world. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Fralin Biomedical Research Institute scientist joins colleagues from three continents in calling for a global rethink of food choices as a way to improve human health. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The Fralin Biomedical Research Institute study has implications for better understanding food choices and addictive disorders. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ During a hybrid in-person and virtual event, the 2023 Global Agricultural Productivity Report, “Every Farmer, Every Tool,” will be released. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Virginia Tech addresses the need for global agriculture productivity. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Students in Martha Sullivan&#39;s service-learning ceramics course are crafting soup bowls to be donated for a fall event hosted by the Plenty! foodbank and farm. Their bowls will be sold to benefit local organizations that fight food insecurity. &#34;I think it&#39;s really great for the students to see that there&#39;s an entry level into community service,&#34; said Sullivan. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Virginia Tech researchers are developing virtual reality experiences to help extension agents teach farmers and farmers market managers about food safety. Users will step into a virtual farm and farmers market where they move through spaces while learning how to reduce the risk of foodborne illness. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Virginia Tech’s GAP Initiative will host a hybrid event on June 23 in Nairobi, Kenya, to identify solutions for sustainable agriculture in East Africa — a critical region for global resilience against crises that threaten our ability to feed the planet. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The National Science Foundation will support Chemical Engineering Assistant Professor Huiyuan Zhu’s research group as it focuses on the discovery and design of catalysts that enable efficient nitrate-to-ammonia transformation driven by renewable electricity. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Now in a newly renovated location in the University Mall near campus, The Market of Virginia Tech offers a solid base of nutrition with room to choose for Hokies experiencing food insecurity. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Entomologist Muni Muniappan and the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Integrated Pest Management are recognized for their major contributions to improved crop production in developing countries. ]]></description>
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