'Tis the season for the holiday party with plates of tasty meats, creamy pies and veggies and dips. But be careful says Andrew Clarke. Unless properly handled, these treats can send you home with a case of food poisoning as a holiday gift.
December 2010
A Suspicious Insect
MU entomologist studies a bug that may transmit a flesh-eating disease
Is a little-known predator insect that lives its life underwater in the tropics the cause of an outbreak of a mysterious flesh-eating disease? Robert Sites, entomologist and professor of entomology at the University of Missouri, recently returned from Tanzania with specimens that may help other scientists and physicians answer that question.
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Missouri Farm Bureau Honors Dave Baker For Outstanding Service to Agriculture
David Baker, assistant dean and program director for agricultural and natural resources extension at the University of Missouri, was presented the Missouri Farm Bureau’s Outstanding Service to Ag Award. The award is the highest honor bestowed to an individual by the farm organization. Chosen individuals have a close working relationship with the Farm Bureau and [...]
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A Closer Look at Plant Genetics
MU plant scientists receive a $3 million boost from National Science Foundation
Plant genetics research at the University of Missouri got a boost In November with the receipt of three new Plant Genome Research Program awards totaling $3 million from the National Science Foundation.
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An Unorthodox Road to a Golden Apple
Award recipient Linda Sowers experience includes golf and chemical sales
The road to a teaching position at a research university seldom strays from a traditional route of degrees and years of experience in the classroom. Linda Sowers, an instructor of agricultural journalism, agriculture and applied economics at the MU College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, took a very different course to the classroom that [...]
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Executive in Residence: Bill Buckner
Mizzou makes it worth coming home. Bill Buckner, BS, Ag Econ '79, came home to Missouri November 12-15 as the 36th Reich Family Executive-in-Residence. Buckner is the CEO and president of Bayer CropScience, LP, and grew up on a farm in Mexico, Mo. Since he graduated from CAFNR, he has moved across the country and [...]
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