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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:JA">November 20, 2014</span></b><span style="mso-fareast-language:JA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><a href="http://phys.org/news/2014-11-alumnus-solutions-food-insecurity-aquaponics.html"><b><span style="background:white">Alumnus
finds solutions for food insecurity through aquaponics</span></b></a><b><span style="color:#400000;background:white"> (Phys.Org, 11/19)</span></b><span style="color:#400000;background:white"> During a routine stop at a grocery store, Miles Medina MS-14 had
a random thought. Why couldn’t the store grow the very produce it sells on its roof? That random thought led Medina to explore the world of aquaponics, a journey that has earned him first place for his master’s thesis in “Outstanding Thesis in Food and Agricultural
Science Competition,” co-hosted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA).</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Maxwell H. Mayeaux, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Aquaculture Program Specialist<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Feeding the Hungry Leads to World Peace<o:p></o:p></p>
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