USDA Agricultural Research Service
May 6, 2011
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Light boosts nutrients in spinach:
Spinach leaves exposed to continuous light during storage were, overall, more nutritionally dense than leaves exposed to continuous dark, according to an ARS study. (5/3) http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr/2011/110503.htm
Preserving blueberries:
Familiar blueberries and their lesser-known wild relatives are safeguarded by ARS researchers at America's official blueberry genebank in Corvallis, Ore. (5/5) http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr/2011/110505.htm
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