Article: U. Arizona students work to develop market for seed rich in omega-3

Zach Colick
University Wire
04-04-2006
(Arizona Daily Wildcat) (U-WIRE) TUCSON, Ariz. -- A team of four University of Arizona students in the McGuire Entrepreneurship Program hopes to create a new healthy trend by developing and marketing an ancient Aztec seed containing high concentrations of omega-3 fatty acids.

So far, the Strengo Group has succeeded by taking second-place honors in an entrepreneurship competition held last month in Boise, Idaho. While in the Gem State, the group competed against 14 other college teams to develop successful business plans in front of a panel of judges critiquing the feasibility of the projects.

Strengo Group is helping to produce the salvia hispanica L, ...

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