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Our target problem is the unsustainable unstable food supply for animal protein in the face ofpandemics such as COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus). Current sources of animal proteinsuch as mammals and poultry are unsustainable and pose production and biosecurity risks. Wemust learn lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic and make appropriate changes including howour food is produced. Pandemics cause sup ...

Heating and cooling constitute approximately 48% of building energy consumption representinga significant dollar cost to society. Additionally the vast majority of this energy 63% in 2017 isgenerated by fossil fuels resulting in substantial environmental impacts. These non-point sourceemissions are challenging to address. Achieving meaningful and cost-effective reductions ingreenhouse gas emission ...

Triple N Oyster Farm Private Hatchery Plans: Inland oyster seed production and R&D inrecirculating aquaculture systems is being developed in Baton Rouge LA at the LSU InnovationPark. The Gulf Coast oyster industry faces numerous challenges including increased exposure toanthropogenic pollution climate change ocean acidification harmful algal blooms predationdisease outbreaks and low salinity event ...

Maritime companies engage in a vast number of large volume transactions on a daily basis for multiple industries including agricultural grains fertilizers and other bulk commodities.   The Corn Association of America and The US Soybean Association report that for the 2017/2018 harvest at least 1.5 billion bushels of each crop were transported by US waters.  Third party Weight Cer ...

While you complete your review of this proposal America's farmers will spend nearly $3million in fuel to maintain their families' farming operations and ag producers throughout thecountry will be contemplating whether they can afford to continue preparing and planting theirfarms in part because of the fuel costs required to operate the equipment - tractors applicatorscombines pickup trucks tractor ...

Cattle production is the most economically important US agricultural activity but the industry isunder pressure to improve sustainability as beef production uses more land and energy and has ahigher global warming potential than other major protein sources. Improving feed efficiency isarguably the best approach for enhancing sustainability as much of the cost and environmentalfootprint of cattle p ...

The lateral flow (LF) or immunochromatographic test strip is a staple test format in thefood safety testing arsenal.However the sensitivity of LF assays is limited partly due toantibody affinity and partly due to the visual detection limit of colloidal gold or coloredlatex particles. Cyclospora is an important water and foodborne parasite that requiresvery sensitive detection. There is a PCR-based ...

The food supply chain consists of many potential contamination points including growingharvesting post-harvest handling transport processing distribution storage and packaging andfinally preparation by the consumer.Food can become contaminated with harmfulmicroorganisms at any point in the supply chain.If left unchecked microbial contamination cancause foodborne illness if the consumer eats contam ...

COVID-19 has impacted every sector and controlled environmental agriculture (CEA) is nodifferent. COVID-19 has resulted in a labor shortage changes in demandand affected the supplychain. The small farms with low-profit margins are the ones who find it hard to survive in asituation like COVID-19. Increasing productivity while reducing the cost is key to thesustainability of these small and low prof ...

With schools closing in March due to COVID 19 students are at increased risk of practicingsedentary lifestyles. It is well documented that overweight obesity and excess abdominal fathave a direct relationship to risk factors related to obesity and cardiovascular disease.These riskfactors include high levels of total cholesterol LDL-cholesterol triglycerides blood pressurefibrinogen and insulin and ...