For many IRRI employees The Big Bus (“Ang malaking bus“) is how they get to and from work.
In 2014, it turns 30, and choices need to be made regarding its future.
Michael Joyce reports that one potential fate of the bus (actually there are two of the same model) is particularly intriguing.
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For many IRRI employees The Big Bus (“Ang malaking bus“) is how they get to and from work.
In 2014, it turns 30, and choices need to be made regarding its future.
Michael Joyce reports that one potential fate of the bus (actually there are two of the same model) is particularly intriguing.
Just like wine, rice is consumed my millions. But unlike wine - although some might argue this - rice is a staple. It feeds over half the world.
We hear about wine tasters. But not rice tasters.
Dr. Rochie Cuevas of the IRRI Grain Quality & Nutrition Center (GQNC) wants to change that. She firmly believes that a bridge can and should be built between the biochemical characteristics of rice and what we smell and taste and savor when we eat rice.
Rochie is a dynamo. And worth listening to. It's fun trying to keep up with her as she bounces from the laboratory, to the grocery aisle, to a room full of rice tasters, and even to a garden table that holds two things: a bottle of wine and a bowl or rice ...
Related Article:
http://irri.org/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=12609:in-search-of-the-perfect-grain&lang=en
Related Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-z-YphZYSM&feature=c4-overview&list=UUxs-9zQb56L4ZJictrbCojQ
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http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=86712369@N00&q=grain%20quality
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For many IRRI employees The Big Bus (“Ang malaking bus“) is how they get to and from work.
In 2014, it turns 30, and choices need to be made regarding its future.
Michael Joyce reports that one potential fate of the bus (actually there are two of the same model) is particularly intriguing.
