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"Food Evolution" movie screening addresses food facts

GMOs have generated a lot of confusion and fear in the food world. In an effort to help people become more knowledgeable about the food they eat, the Ohio Soybean Council sponsored a showing of the movie Food Evolution. Forbes magazine says,…
AFNR food science
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AFNR food science

What is food science? We are bombarded by new foods every time we go into a grocery store or watch television. Where are all of these foods coming from? Food science is the answer. This AFNR unit introduces several…
Animal agriculture: engineer an egg catcher
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Animal agriculture: engineer an egg catcher

How do engineers solve problems in agriculture? It takes 30 million eggs a day to satisfy the US consumer! Ohio is #2 in the nation in egg production and ag engineers have helped to design facilities that keep chickens safe from predators and…
Are you sterile? Using sterile technique to tissue culture plants
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Are you sterile? Using sterile technique to tissue culture plants

How do sterilization techniques affect our ability to preserve and culture organisms? In vitro collecting (IVC) is the process of starting plant tissue cultures with minimal disturbance to the plants when viable seeds are not available. Become the field researcher and learn how to…
Be a food scientist
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Be a food scientist

What is your protein IQ? Create a cookbook to learn Standard Operating Procedures for food safety and environmental monitoring. Test for proteins, carbohydrates, and lipids and compare plant and animal protein.
Career spotlight: Food Scientist
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Career spotlight: Food Scientist

A food scientist does a lot of interesting things: develops new food products, from the initial idea to the finished product improves existing products troubleshoots product-related issues including flavor/sensory, quality, shelf-stability,…
Connecting Consumers to Agriculture podcast
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Connecting Consumers to Agriculture podcast

Food is something that people care a lot about: How does it taste? How healthy is it? How fresh is it? Where did it come from? Connecting Consumers to Agriculture is a podcast about how farmers can reach out to the public and provide this…
Easy, Fast, Efficient Technique for Rewriting Plant Genome
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Easy, Fast, Efficient Technique for Rewriting Plant Genome

“The speed and simplicity of CRISPR have momentous implications for agriculture: The process could lead to plants that can withstand what an increasingly overheated nature has in store. It could also result in a more nutritious yield, from less…
Feed and fuel your future: food science and food safety
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Feed and fuel your future: food science and food safety

GrowNextGen collaborated with the Ohio Department of Education and Ohio Corn & Wheat on a special program to help students find their future career. Feed and Fuel Your Future consisted of 4 weeks of virtual field trips, lessons, and career…
Food science careers
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Food science careers

What are some careers in food science? The food production sector in Ohio employs nearly 70,000 people and includes some of the biggest food producers in the nation. From developing flavors to checking food quality, there is a lot going…
Kaitlyn Hinds
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Kaitlyn Hinds

Education and Events Planner at Certified Angus Beef LLC
Knows about: breeders, cattle, dairy farms, food safety, beef.
Let’s eat! Exploring food science
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Let’s eat! Exploring food science

How is science in everything we eat? What is your favorite food? Chances are a soybean product is being used to process it or, if it’s a meat dish, was used to feed the animal. Other living things (microbes) help to make our food, too.…
September is National Food Safety Education Month
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September is National Food Safety Education Month

guest post by Abby Snyder, The Ohio State University Gastroenteritis, a stomach illness characterized by nausea, cramps, vomiting, and diarrhea, results from eating food contaminated with microbial pathogens. Keeping these pathogens out of food…
Soy fresh, soy clean: Using aseptic technique for food safety
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Soy fresh, soy clean: Using aseptic technique for food safety

How clean is your lab station? About 48 million people (1 in 6 Americans) get sick, 128,000 are hospitalized, and 3,000 die each year from foodborne diseases, according to recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and…
“What does GMO stand for?”
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“What does GMO stand for?”

People have opinions about GMOs, but do they KNOW what they’re talking about? Compare your knowledge with these people on the street! (embed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzEr23XJwFY)