Sustainable Food Systems

Sustainable Food Systems Division

Exploring a food system that provides healthy food to people and creates sustainable environmental, economic and social systems that surround food.

 

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Jonathan Kershaw Sustainable Food Systems Division
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1050+

Members
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2021

Year Founded
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40+

Countries Represented by Members

Division Accomplishments/Recognition

  • The Outstanding Volunteer award honors a current Division member who provided exemplary volunteer work to the Division in the current year. The 2023-2024 recipient is Prativa Gaire.
  • The Outstanding Service award honors current Division members who have demonstrated a history of service to the Division or field. The 2023-2024 recipient is Lara Ramdin.

Division Oral Competition Finalists

  • First: Julia Rivera, Kansas State University: Intermediate Wheatgrass (Thinopyrum Intermedium) as a Novel and Sustainable Primary Ingredient in Extruded Precooked Pasta
  • Second: Jesse Baker, San Diego State University: Unlocking Seafood Flavors From Macroalgae: A Sustainable, Vegan Approach

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Supplier Event

Maryland Section IFT Suppliers Night

Owings Mills, Maryland

Course

Revealing Emerging Food Trends: Insights for the Global FB Industry - Virtual Workshop

Online

Expo

Great Lakes Section IFT Supplier Night and Expo

Battle Creek, Michigan

Supplier Event

Great Lakes Section IFT 2025 Suppliers Day

Battle Creek, Michigan

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