BHA
member representatives recently met in North Dakota
for an official site visit with one of the four
BHA-funded researcher teams. John Finley, Ph.D.,
and Philip Reeves, Ph.D., of the USDA/ARS, Grand
Forks, North Dakota, USA, hosted their visitors.
The team’s research
is, “Beans and Colon Health in Humans: Effects
of Resistant Starch from Beans on Changing the
Lower Bowel Bacterial Populations and the Production
of Short Chain Fatty Acids.”
(From left to right): Irv
Widders, Ph.D., Michigan State University, East
Lansing, Michigan, USA, who directs the BHA’s
research program, lead the visiting team. Joining
him were Donna Winham, Dr. P.H., Arizona State
University, Mesa, Arizona, USA, who represented
a second BHA-funded research team; Rick Grabiel,
Ph.D., Research Group Leader, Archer Daniels Midland
Company, Decatur, Illinois, USA; Tim Hoggarth,
territory manager, Amadas Industries, Jamestown,
North Dakota, USA. Not pictured but in attendance
was Tim Courneya, Executive Vice President, Northarvest
Bean Growers Association, Frazee, Minnesota, USA.
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