Sweatshops are pretty easy to hate. They are crammed full of oppressed impoverished people working twelve, or fourteen hours a day in unsafe and unsanitary conditions. They get paid a dollar a day, and have no workplace representation. It’s dangerous, unhealthy, and exploitative.

Prof. Dan Brown ’81 knows peanut butter, and he knows nutrition. “It’s tasty, and [people] like to eat it,” he explained. “I mean, who doesn’t like peanut butter?”

Brown’s research revolutionized the production of a peanut-based treatment for malnutrition in Haiti. His research improves many aspects of agriculture and nutrition, aiding people around the world.

Brown, an expert of toxicology, nutrition and animal science, studied the negative impact of toxic compounds that harm both animals and humans. Most recently, he studied aflatoxins — poisonous substances produced by mold found in common foods like peanut butter.