Congratulations to Assistant Professor Ansel Hsiao, who is PI on a $3.9M National Institutes of Health RO1 grant entitled "Vibrio cholerae antinitrosative stress defenses and gut microbiome interaction" that was just awarded. Dr. Hsiao will receive $1.3 million over the next 5 years as PI.

Organic food sales topped $50 billion in the United States in 2018. Statistics from the Organic Trade Association tell part of the story of this growing market: Fruits, vegetables and other specialty crops combined to make up 36.3% of total organic sales up 5.6% from the previous year. Naturally, farmers want to meet consumer demand...