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Virginia Tech research team works across disciplines to boost U.S. edamame production
Not-so-strange brew: Tapping into the science of beer
FST's Haibo Huang collaborates on $2 million DOE project to improve diesel fuel efficiency
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Joseph Marcy reappointed as head of Department of Food Science and Technology for another five years
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture grant to support partnership between Virginia Tech and Tennessee State University
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The Winter 2022 Edition of Food Digest is now available!
Cultured Meat Advances Toward the Market
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Students and faculty receive awards at Graduate School's annual ceremony
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ASABE — Virginia Tech's Haibo Huang announced as 2023 New Holland Young Researcher Awardee
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