Even though the study is a few years old, it still is quoted heavily in anti-microwave oven Web sites as proof that you shouldn't microwave your broccoli and other vegetables. This study found the steamed broccoli lost the least flavonoids, while the microwaved broccoli lost the most. Here's how the study went: They looked at the flavonoid (water-soluble nutrients) losses when comparing broccoli that either was boiled, pressure-cooked, steamed or microwaved. The reason the microwaved...

AGRICULTURE-BRAZIL: David, Goliath and Land Reform By Fabiana Frayssinet RIO DE JANEIRO, Jun 13 (IPS) - The largest movement fighting for the distribution of unproductive rural property to landless peasant farmers in Brazil complains that the "euphoria" over the production of biofuels from sugar cane and other crops is aggravating the concentration of land ownership and driving up land prices. AGRICULTURE-BRAZIL: David, Goliath and Land Reform By Fabiana Frayssinet RIO DE JANEIRO, Jun 13...

The Department of Agriculture under its High Value Commercial Crops Program signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) over the weekend with Harbest Agribusiness Corporation, Bicol University and Agricultural Training Institute (ATI) for its project Vegetable Commercial Production, Techno-Demo and Training Farm Project. The Department of Agriculture under its High Value Commercial Crops Program signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) over the weekend with Harbest Agribusiness Corporation, Bicol...

For those who enjoy the flavor of broccoli straight from the garden, there are great benefits. Broccoli will retain its bright-green color, crisp tenderness and sweetness if you cook it just until a fork can pierce the stalk. Store broccoli, unwashed, for no more than three to five days in a perforated plastic bag in the refrigerator. To serve, lightly brush cooked broccoli with margarine, butter, salad dressing or lemon juice. If you love broccoli, now's the time to have it. Include raw...

Production shortfalls and the resultant decline in household income from the sales of these crops will contribute to an earlier than usual start to the lean period in food insecure areas of Senegal and will lead to a deterioration of household food security conditions in these areas. Production shortfalls and the resultant decline in household income from the sales of these crops will contribute to an earlier than usual start to the lean period in food insecure areas of Senegal and will...

The tiny, thread-like broccoli sprouts sold at stores next to alfalfa sprouts have more than 50 times the amount of sulforaphane than found in mature broccoli. Emily Ho, a researcher with the Linus Pauling Institute and an assistant professor in the Department of Nutrition and Exercise Sciences at OSU, will describe these dietary inhibitors for cancer prevention at the conference on Diet and Optimum Health, organized by the Linus Pauling Institute. But what Mom may not have known is why...