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Pecan --- Pecan industry --- Agricultural subsidies --- Losses

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What would Thanksgiving be without pecan pie? New Orleans without pecan pralines? Southern cooks would have to hang up their aprons without America’s native nut, whose popularity has spread far beyond the tree’s natural home. But as familiar as the pecan is, most people don’t know the fascinating story of how native pecan trees fed Americans for thousands of years until the nut was “improved” a little more than a century ago—and why that rapid domestication actually threatens the pecan’s long-term future. In The Pecan, acclaimed writer and historian James McWilliams explores the history of America’s most important commercial nut. He describes how essential the pecan was for Native Americans—by some calculations, an average pecan harvest had the food value of nearly 150,000 bison. McWilliams explains that, because of its natural edibility, abundance, and ease of harvesting, the pecan was left in its natural state longer than any other commercial fruit or nut crop in America. Yet once the process of “improvement” began, it took less than a century for the pecan to be almost totally domesticated. Today, more than 300 million pounds of pecans are produced every year in the United States—and as much as half of that total might be exported to China, which has fallen in love with America’s native nut. McWilliams also warns that, as ubiquitous as the pecan has become, it is vulnerable to a “perfect storm” of economic threats and ecological disasters that could wipe it out within a generation. This lively history suggests why the pecan deserves to be recognized as a true American heirloom.

Pecan. --- Pecan industry. --- Carya illinoensis --- Carya illinoinensis --- Carya oliviformis --- Carya pecan --- Hicoria pecan --- Pecan tree --- Hickories --- Hicans --- Nut industry

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Hickories --- Pecan --- Diseases and pests

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The current demand for healthy and sustainable foods has encouraged the development of new alternatives, even in traditional products. Improved foods may be produced by reducing the amount of some ingredients, adding new ones, or replacing traditionally used ingredients for others. By reformulating their products, manufacturers can offer healthier choices for an ever-growing number of consumers interested in maintaining a balanced diet. In addition, market demand for more sustainable foods contributes to a lower environmental impact in their production. In this regard, current areas of interest include the production of foods using a lower amount of inputs, as well as the utilization of food by-products to improve the amount and quality of available foods. Another aspect to be considered is that not all consumers are willing to eat foods produced with new ingredients or novel technologies. Hence, the development of innovations in food products should take into account the influence of the so-called consumer food neophobia. For this reason, papers dealing with the consumer acceptance of these food innovations are also welcome. Thus, the aim of this Special Issue of Foods is to provide documents focused on the production of healthier and more sustainable foods by using novel ingredients, food by-products, or new production processes.

Business strategy --- melon-seed oil --- fruit waste --- tocopherols --- tocotrienols --- unsaturated fatty acids --- screw press --- tree nuts --- chemical composition --- proteins --- carbohydrates --- minerals --- phytochemicals --- polyphenols --- antioxidants --- volatile compounds --- saffron --- crocetin --- obesity --- agri-food marketing --- consumer behaviour --- economic and social crisis --- health --- innovation --- GM foods --- food labelling --- soybean oil --- willingness to pay --- choice experiment --- LC-mass spectrometry --- antioxidant capacity --- vacuum impregnation --- polyphenolic profile --- lulo fruit juice --- spermidine --- food innovation --- chia --- flax --- proximate composition --- sesame --- poppy --- product innovation --- process innovation --- neophobia --- food technology neophobia --- wine neophobia scale --- ham --- slices --- Crocus sativus L. --- pH --- color --- sensorial quality --- safranal --- pulsed electric fields --- pecan nut oil --- oil extraction yield --- microstructural analysis --- oil stability --- enzyme activity --- novel foods --- functional food --- food by-product --- sustainability --- food neophobia --- melon-seed oil --- fruit waste --- tocopherols --- tocotrienols --- unsaturated fatty acids --- screw press --- tree nuts --- chemical composition --- proteins --- carbohydrates --- minerals --- phytochemicals --- polyphenols --- antioxidants --- volatile compounds --- saffron --- crocetin --- obesity --- agri-food marketing --- consumer behaviour --- economic and social crisis --- health --- innovation --- GM foods --- food labelling --- soybean oil --- willingness to pay --- choice experiment --- LC-mass spectrometry --- antioxidant capacity --- vacuum impregnation --- polyphenolic profile --- lulo fruit juice --- spermidine --- food innovation --- chia --- flax --- proximate composition --- sesame --- poppy --- product innovation --- process innovation --- neophobia --- food technology neophobia --- wine neophobia scale --- ham --- slices --- Crocus sativus L. --- pH --- color --- sensorial quality --- safranal --- pulsed electric fields --- pecan nut oil --- oil extraction yield --- microstructural analysis --- oil stability --- enzyme activity --- novel foods --- functional food --- food by-product --- sustainability --- food neophobia