DIFFERENTIATE yourself with access to expertise, training, and educational resources for career growth
Develop your leadership, professional, and technical skills with:
- In-depth courses such as IFT’s Product Development Bootcamp and other online courses (member discounts apply)
- Live and virtual online events (included in IFT Premier Membership)
- IFT Member Connect, our online platform to ask questions and get answers (exclusively for IFT members)
- For an added bonus: Complement your membership with IFT’s Concierge Service
CULTIVATE your professional network with connections gained as a member of our global scientific community
Foster enduring professional relationships through participation in:
- 25 discipline-specific IFT Divisions (member exclusive access)
- 46 regional and international IFT Sections (where applicable)
- 4 member-led, identity-based Member Resource Groups (member exclusive access)
- Direct connections with your fellow IFT members using the “Find a Member” feature on IFT Member Connect (member exclusive access)
- IFT FIRST: Annual Event and Expo (best pricing for IFT members)
ELEVATE your understanding of the research, technology, innovations, and trends impacting the future of food
Find the latest and most relevant information and insights in:
- IFT's award-winning Food Technology magazine (a $209 value, included in IFT Premier Membership)
- Peer-reviewed novel research and reviews in IFT's Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety (unlimited access for IFT members) and Journal of Food Science (member discounts available)
- IFT’s informative and thought-provoking Omnivore and Sci Dish podcasts (open access)
- Curated content collections and special reports, like our IFT Compensation & Career Path Report (a $179 value, included in IFT Premier Membership)
IFT ADVOCATES for you and your profession
Amplify your voice as a science of food community member with IFT’s:
- Legislative and policy advocacy efforts, including written comments on critically important topics
- Global Food Traceability Center, which addresses traceability opportunities across the supply chain
- Active contribution of expert perspectives in international, national, and trade media
"If you’re in food science, you join IFT. It’s a must. That is how you meet people, that is how you find new collaborators, that is how you advance your research and your career."
"I joined IFT as a graduate student to develop my professional opportunities. Sure enough, I met my future boss through IFT, and that is how I landed my first job."
"IFT has helped me significantly advance my career by connecting me to a network of experts in the field. This network has given me access to various opportunities I may never have had otherwise."
Who Belongs to IFT
Nearly 11,000 individuals from more than 90 countries are part of the IFT membership community. Our members span every career stage from student to retiree and nearly every role across the global food system. People join IFT for a variety of reasons as unique as they are, but they share the same goal: to harness the power of this community to help them as they work to develop food that is safe, nutritious, tastes great, and feeds our growing global population.
