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Science In Your Shopping Cart

Learn how science impacts your everyday life and how the USDA Agricultural Research Service is working to develop ways to enhance our lives and protect our planet.

  1. Season 9: Healthier & Tastier – It's All In The Formula | Episode 5: Waxing Poetic About Healthy Oils

    2 DAYS AGO

    Season 9: Healthier & Tastier – It's All In The Formula | Episode 5: Waxing Poetic About Healthy Oils

    Wouldn’t it be great if the oils and margarines you cook with were actually healthy for you and still enhanced the flavor of your foods? Researchers at ARS’s Functional Foods Research Unit in Peoria, Illinois, are mixing common cooking oils with natural waxes to create oleogels – which you can say is the secret sauce behind a healthier cooking oil. Connect with us:   Twitter: @USDA_ARSFacebook: @AgriculturalResearchServiceLinkedIn: @usda-ars

    7 min
  2. Season 9: Healthier & Tastier – It's All In The Formula | Episode 4: Breaktime: Getting Healthy

    NOV 12

    Season 9: Healthier & Tastier – It's All In The Formula | Episode 4: Breaktime: Getting Healthy

    Here at ARS, we are constantly researching ways to make the food in your shopping cart healthier and tastier, including for those who have to be careful about the food they ingest. Here are some recent creations that will get your mouth watering. Connect with us:   Twitter: @USDA_ARSFacebook: @AgriculturalResearchServiceLinkedIn: @usda-ars

    2 min
  3. Season 9: Healthier & Tastier – It's All In The Formula | Episode 3: These Peaches Are A Real Joy

    NOV 5

    Season 9: Healthier & Tastier – It's All In The Formula | Episode 3: These Peaches Are A Real Joy

    We travel to Byron, Georgia, to the ARS Fruit and Tree Nut Research Unit, and visit with Research Horticulturist Chunxian Chen. Dr. Chen and his group recently released three new peach cultivars: Rich Joy, Crimson Joy, and Liberty Joy. Connect with us:   Twitter: @USDA_ARSFacebook: @AgriculturalResearchServiceLinkedIn: @usda-ars

    5 min
  4. Season 9: Healthier & Tastier – It's All In The Formula | Episode 2: Cheers To A Heartier New Hop

    OCT 29

    Season 9: Healthier & Tastier – It's All In The Formula | Episode 2: Cheers To A Heartier New Hop

    We travel to Corvallis, Oregon, to meet with ARS research geneticist John Henning.  Here at the Forage Seed and Cereal Research Unit, John and his team recently released two new beer hop varieties: Vista and Triumph. Connect with us:   Twitter: @USDA_ARSFacebook: @AgriculturalResearchServiceLinkedIn: @usda-ars

    5 min
  5. Season 9: Healthier & Tastier | Episode 1: A Healthier Milk Chocolate

    OCT 22

    Season 9: Healthier & Tastier | Episode 1: A Healthier Milk Chocolate

    The U.S. imports around $5 billion in cocoa and chocolate products annually, and we produce millions of pounds of chocolate for consumers. The health benefits of dark chocolate are well known, mainly it has more antioxidants than milk chocolate because it contains more cacao solids. But dark chocolate can be brittle and taste bitter.  What if we could make milk chocolate as healthy as dark chocolate, without sacrificing taste? And what if we could do it by adding a low value agricultural byproduct, such as peanut skins? Connect with us:   Twitter: @USDA_ARSFacebook: @AgriculturalResearchServiceLinkedIn: @usda-ars

    8 min
  6. Season 8: Wearable Science

    OCT 16

    Season 8: Wearable Science

    Americans spend millions, maybe billions, on clothes every year. It’s a huge industry. And when you think about clothes, do the words style, fit, and comfort come to mind? How about science and technology? Probably not, but science and technology play a major role in the textile industry. Connect with us:   Twitter: @USDA_ARSFacebook: @AgriculturalResearchServiceLinkedIn: @usda-ars

    58 min
  7. Season 8: Wearable Science | Episode 7: Back to the Future with Hemp

    OCT 15

    Season 8: Wearable Science | Episode 7: Back to the Future with Hemp

    Is hemp the plant of the future?  See if this crop, which has been around for thousands of years, will find its place in the US agricultural marketplace. Connect with us:   Twitter: @USDA_ARSFacebook: @AgriculturalResearchServiceLinkedIn: @usda-ars

    11 min
  8. Season 8: Wearable Science | Episode 6: Spotting A Good Hide

    OCT 8

    Season 8: Wearable Science | Episode 6: Spotting A Good Hide

    Get the inside story of how ARS researchers created an automated, objective method for detecting imperfections on a hide - a method that greatly benefits U.S. leather producers. Connect with us:   Twitter: @USDA_ARSFacebook: @AgriculturalResearchServiceLinkedIn: @usda-ars

    8 min
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Learn how science impacts your everyday life and how the USDA Agricultural Research Service is working to develop ways to enhance our lives and protect our planet.

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  • Creator
    USDA Agricultural Research Service
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2024
  • Episodes
    60
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    Clean
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    © 2024 USDA Agricultural Research Service
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