Round-up: Blueberries focus of grant … Spay Baton Rouge receives $1,000 from celeb chef

Blueberries focus of LSU AgCenter Web site grant: The Louisiana State University AgCenter and partners in three other states will share $518,000 over three years to develop an educational Web site about blueberries. The federal grant is to teach people in the Southeast how to grow the crop and to encourage people to eat them, using recipes, nutritional details and more. Ray gives nod to Spay B.R.: Spay Baton Rouge, a nonprofit organization that is trying to reduce Baton Rouge’s animal euthanasia rate by offering free or reduced-cost spay and neuter services, has been selected by celebrity chef Rachael Ray to compete in her national online promotion called Mutt Madness. The organization received $1,000 for becoming one of the 64 animal-welfare groups to participate in the contest; the winner, which will be determined by public online voting, will receive $50,000. Interested voters must register on Ray’s Web site, rachaelray.com under the “Pets” tab.