Not Available Interferometry is widely employeed for various nonintrusive/noncontact gross-field measurements. It has excellent potential for diverse applications to space experiments including crystal growth, material processing, heat and mass transfer, and fluid flow

The rapidly growing demand for natural and organic foods is well documented. Much research has been done on production methods of raising "natural" chickens using a pastured poultry approach, as well as producer-to-consumer direct marketing systems such as Community Supported Agriculture and… More

The Good Natured Family Farms community-based poultry alliance will be used as a test case to develop safe, repeatable, and efficient methods for providing bulk and prepackaged whole and cut-up free-range chicken that is judged by consumers to be superior to commodity chicken in appearance and… More

The Good Natured Family Farms community-based poultry alliance will be used as a test case to develop safe, repeatable, and efficient methods for providing bulk and prepackaged whole and cut-up free-range chicken that is judged by consumers to be superior to commodity chicken in appearance and… More

There is currently limited access to supermarkets for small family farms to sell their locally grown and raised farm fresh foods. The learning curve for small-scale family farms to meet the requirements of retail supermarket chains is long and demanding. However, there is an increasing number of… More

Locally grown foods account for less than one percent of the total $900 billion in retail food sales in the U.S. (18) Therefore, consumers purchase more than ninety percent of their food from supermarkets. In order for local small family farms to grab a greater portion of food sales, they must get… More