Article: New Mexico State University department watches for threats to food supply.

Byline: T.S. Hopkins

Jul. 7--The war on terrorism has changed the way Americans think about protection, but many may not have not given much thought to the U.S. food supply.

Keeping the nation free of potential infestations that could affect food sources or plants is the focus of plant pathologist Natalie Goldberg of the Cooperative Extension Service at New Mexico State University.

NMSU has become part of the National Plant Diagnostic Network, designed to help maintain security of the food supply and prevent the spread of plant diseases that could cost agricultural producers billions of dollars.

Goldberg recently certified 100 ...

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