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Pamela Riemenschneider March 23, 2018 11:22 AM Print Hugh Topper, who recently retired as group vice president of fresh foods for San Antonio-based H.E. Butt Co., is this year’s recipient of the Viva Fresh Healthy Living Lifetime Achievement Award. ( File photo ) With the Viva Fresh Expo April 5-7 deep in the heart of H-E-B country, picking a local favorite as the 2018 Viva Fresh Healthy Living Lifetime Achievement Award honoree only makes sense. Viva Fresh chose Hugh Topper, who recently retired as group vice president of…

Link to Website GIOVANNI ALBANESE Jr., India-West Staff Reporter Dec 23, 2017  AgriLife Researchers Receive $4.4M in Grants Scientists with the Texas A&M AgriLife Research department received a $4.4 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture to research and improve the U.S. melon industry. About $35 million have been awarded nationally by the USDA to 12 projects across the country seeking to address the concerns of melon safety, according to a thebatt.com report. Bhimu Patil, a horticultural sciences professor and director of the AgriLife Research department’s…