Source: Denise Attaway, SOUTHEAST FARM PRESS, 8/16/18


Lentils, one of the foods sometimes called “poor man’s meat” are an excellent source of plant protein, but some Clemson University researchers are working to make lentils even more nutritious and expand their growing region into South Carolina.
Dil Thavarajah, a plant and environmental sciences associate professor; and Stephen Kresovich, Robert and Lois Coker Trustees Endowed Chair of Genetics, have received a $150,000 seed grant from the United States Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture to study how growing lentils in different locations can bolster the plants’ nutritional quality.

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