Re: Vegetable Analysis

Carol A. Miles (milesc@wsu.edu)
Mon, 30 Oct 1995 13:24:05 -0800

A person who may be able to answer your questions is Don Lisk in the
Department of Fruit and Vegeatable Science at Cornell University, tel.
607-255-4318. Don has run such tests (on crucifers and I believe onions)
for many years and should be able to provide you much information.

>Hey all
>
>I have a friend who has been raising vegetables biodynamically for over 10
>years. He is working on a producer grant for USDA's SARE program. What he
>is interested in is analyzing some of his vegetables, esp. onions, for
>nutrient content and the cancer fighting compounds and comparing those
>levels with conventionally grown commercial vegetables.
>
>So I have several questions:
>
>1. Some suggestions on compounds to analyze for.
>
>2. Does anyone out there have analytical capability and willingness to run
>the tests?
>
>3. What is a cost per analysis you would have to charge?
>
>4. Anyone have references of similar published work?
>
>His operation is located in South Central Texas (Near Texas A&M Univ).
>
>You can e-mail me directly and I will get the info to him.
>Thanks,
>
>Richard
>
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Carol A. Miles, Ph.D.
Washington State University
Extension Agricultural Systems
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PHONE 360-740-1295 FAX 360-740-1475
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