food drying Content

A Dry Idea to Save Energy and Preserve Food

Katherine E Kerlin — April 08, 2022 - 9:41am

Have you ever stopped to think about how much energy it takes to dry the coffee beans in your coffee? Or the corn in the tortilla chip you’re crunching? Or the rice in your sushi roll? Probably not — you might lose your appetite.

$1.7 Million for Climate-Resilient Agricultural Research

Amy M Quinton — November 30, 2017 - 4:00pm

The Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research has awarded more than $1.7 million to University of California, Davis, researchers to identify genes responsible for drought tolerance in rice and test a new energy-efficient food-drying process.