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Weekend Reading: Soda Science

Food Politics

Soda Science: Making the World Safe for Coca-Cola. This terrific book picks up where I left off with Soda Politics: Taking on Big Soda (and Winning) (2015) and Unsavory Truth: How the Food Industry Skews the Science of What We Eat (2018). The second half gives an intimate, first-hand account of how science politics works in China.

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Bayer CEO rules out spinning off crop science business

Real Agriculture

Bayer’s CEO has ruled out the possibility of spinning off the company’s crop science division as a separate business. In a news conference on Tuesday, Bill Anderson said the company has completed a thorough review of its current structure, which includes three divisions: pharmaceuticals, consumer health, and crop science.

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Bayer considering spinning off crop science business

Real Agriculture

Bayer’s new CEO says the company’s management is evaluating whether to spin off its crop science division as part of a company-wide restructuring process.

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University of Guelph students winners at national weed science contest

Real Agriculture

The University of Guelph’s weeds team were big winners at the Weed Science Society of America’s National Weed Science Contest in Union City, Tennessee this past week The 17-member team of graduate and undergraduate students have been preparing for months to test their weed ID, herbicide symptomology, sprayer calibration and farmer problem (..)

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Annals of research: Crunch science

Food Politics

The science of sound: What is it about the crunch that keeps snackers dipping in for more? Here we have science devoted to pushing snack foods. Foods 2021, 10(8), 1724; doi.org/10.3390/foods10081724n”, The post Annals of research: Crunch science appeared first on Food Politics by Marion Nestle.

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Michigan Department of Agriculture Seeking Chief Science Officer Position

NASDA

The Michigan Department of Agriculture & Rural Development is seeking a dedicated professional to join the team as the Chief Science Officer – State Division Administrator 17. This position functions as a member of the department’s top policy advisory staff and reports directly to MDARD’s Chief of Staff.

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Industry-funded study of the week: marketing, not science

Food Politics

I have long argued that industry funded studies are about marketing, not science. That’s marketing, not science. If it were about science, the investigators would design their study to find out which product does a better job of reducing methane emissions, if any. This may sound like a subtle difference, but it is anything but.

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