PROFILE: Commercialization in the U.S. Department of Agriculture

In the United States, federal research laboratories are housed in most cabinet-level departments. Examples include the National Labs (Department of Energy), the National Institutes of Health (Health and Human Services), and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Commerce). These units report annually to Congress concerning their technology transfer initiatives. Here we highlight research conducted in laboratories overseen by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), and how that research moves into the marketplace....