Posts Tagged: Southeast Asia

Addressing nutrition and poverty through horticulture

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Nutrition, food security and sufficient family incomes are challenges in many parts of the world. Half the world’s people live in rural areas in developing countries. Because hunger and malnutrition are often linked to poverty, providing economic...

Posted on Thursday, May 3, 2012 at 9:02 AM

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Author: Ann King Filmer

Tags: Africa (3), Beth Mitcham (7), cold storage (1), Collaborative Research Support Program (1), developing nations (1), economic development (1), food security (8), food sustainability (2), global health (3), hunger (7), malnutrition (3), nutrition (66), postharvest (6), Postharvest Technology Center (6), solar drying (1), Southeast Asia (2), UC Davis (15)

Developing new markets for farm-fresh food

Last Friday afternoon, the sales manager at Produce Express in Sacramento, Jim Mills, drove to Chiam Lee's small farm south of Galt to pick up six cases of the most delicious strawberries you've ever tasted. Mills delivered them to Karen's Bakery in...

A map of strawberry stands in Sacramento.

Posted on Monday, May 31, 2010 at 1:48 PM

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Author: Jeannette E. Warnert

Tags: farmers markets (5), Southeast Asia (2), strawberries (12), urban agriculture (5)