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Image Number K10786-1 ARS dedicated two new buildings on August 26, 2003 at the Henry A. Wallace Beltsville Agricultural Reseach Center in Beltsville, Maryland. The buliding will house research on the role of food and its components in improving human health and reducing the risk of nutritionally related disorders. Left to right: Rodney Brown, USDA deputy under secretary for Research, Education, and Economics; Beverly Clevidence, research leader, Diet and Human Performance Laboratory; BARC Director Phyllis Johnson; U.S. Representative Steny H. Hoyer of Maryland; Edward B. Knipling, acting administrator for ARS; and Joseph T. Spence, ARS acting associate deputy administrator for Animal production, Product Value and Safety, cutting the ceremonial ribbon in front of Building 307C. Photo by Ken Hammond  640 pixels wide: (k10786-1.jpg)   Please visit our Image Gallery


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