IFT Employment and Salary Survey

The IFT Employment and Salary Survey has closed. Please be on the lookout for email communication from Bill McDowell, [email protected], with further details. All members of the science of food community are encouraged to participate.

For more information and to confirm the legitimacy of any email communications, please reach out to the research manager, Kevin Whorton.


Building the Food Science Talent Pipeline

Support for IFT's Feeding Tomorrow Fund helps attract, retain, and celebrate the food scientists of the future.

EP 24: IFT Appert Award Winner Fereidoon Shahidi on Food Waste; FDA on the Food Traceability Rule

This episode of Omnivore features all-new conversations on timely topics with leading food scientists and experts taken from the pages of the November 2023 issue of Food Technology magazine.

Experts Say Credibility, Clarity Are Best Antidotes to Poisoned-style Documentaries

Industry insiders say that food companies who can up their game with credible and clear science-based communications will provide the best antidote to one-sided messaging.

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