Improving eating patterns and helping prevent chronic disease is the focus of a new Texas A&M AgriLife Research project funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture, NIFA.The project, which integrates research and educational strategies, received more than $1 million in funding from NIFA. It was conceived in response to the institute’s Food Safety, Nutrition and Health Program Area for addressing diet, nutrition and chronic disease prevention.Susanne Talcott, Ph.D., AgriLife Research professor in the Department of Food Science and Technology in the Texas A&M College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Bryan-College Station, is principal investigator ...