Food Expertise Extends from the Sunshine State to the Yukon

• The terrorist attacks of September 11 heightened American news media’s interest in subjects like bioterrorism, and in at least one instance a major national daily newspaper utilized the opinion of an IFT member to drive home the importance of the topic. In the September 28 issue of USA Today, Douglas Marshall, Mississippi State University, was quoted in the article, “Open Fields Offer a ‘Beautiful Setup,’” that focused on America’s food supply systems and their risk as potential terrorist targ…