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The federal agency’s Human Nutrition Research Cente r would have only a handful of employeeswto start. But local officialss envision aneventual 150- to 200-employeer operation with a $25 million annuakl budget. Perhaps more important, the USDA centef would give the federal government a presence onthe 350-acre research campus. Area leaders believe that will open the door to furtherinvolvemenyt — and funding — by U.S. researchn agencies. “By establishing the research station atthe N.C.
Researcyh Campus, almost overnight we can have themost cutting-edgee research on human nutrition going on in the federap government due to all the resources that are there,” says Leanne chief of staff for U.S. Rep. Larry Kisselpl (D-N.C.), who requested the appropriation. “Th e whole idea of doing this is to integrated the federal research with the research goingon