Berry demand is booming, and new research and outreach by CFAES scientists should boost Ohio growers’ ability to supply it. The work relates to sustaining the state’s farms, including small ones, and to ramping up local food production.
Meantime, another CFAES scientist has published a study on the colorful compounds that make berries so good for us, and whether, unlike the berries themselves, they even make it past our mouth. The findings may lead to new functional foods — foods that sustain and improve our health.