LINCOLN, Neb. — The Nebraska Food for Health Center, a more than $40 million initiative to improve the lives of people around the world, was launched this fall at the University of Nebraska.
The multidisciplinary center will bring together strengths in agriculture and medicine from throughout the university system. It will help develop hybrid crops and foods to improve the quality of life of those affected by critical diseases including heart disease, diabetes, obesity, cancers, inflammatory bowel disease and mental disorders.
To launch the center the Raikes Foundation of Seattle, co-founded by Nebraska native Jeff Raikes and his wife, Tricia. . .