A bee on buckwheat and rye ready for reaping...

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We hosted a field trip in the bakery for the 2025 joint annual conference of the Association for the Study of Food and Society and the Agriculture, Food and Human Values Society. The theme is “Food Cultures and Social Justice.” Pictures courtesy of participants and Laura Valli. A super fun event.

Engaging college students in STEM (chemistry) with food targeted experiments #starch #amylose #amylopectin #enzymes #PChem #physicalchemistry #plasticization #gelatinization #retrogradation #sucrosereplacement

Life tries to go on. Prepping for spring term food chemistry. Barley varieties with starches with contrasting capabilities to build structure in foods.

Why the fuck is Perry the Platypus teal, that is not a color that you find on monotremes in nature

This hurts both kids and local farmers while giving big agricultural companies more power. A devastating loss for poorer families. Rural American, who overwhelming backed Trump, will be hit hardest by this and other loss of government subsidies and aid.

John E. Hodge - real discoverer of the Maillard reactions that Maillard only observed the outcomes. #BHM

Sydney Rainbow Lorikeets ..

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#RBLorikeets #Birds