Video: Conflict’s Corrosive Impact on Food Security
Watch the 2018 guest lecture at Stanford University’s Freeman Spogli Institute titled “Food Insecurity—A 21st Century Threat to Global Security and Stability,” in which FIRST keynoter Ertharin Cousin offered an analysis of one of the most pervasive and intractable causes of global hunger.
June 2021
Volume 75, No. 5
Read the June Food Technology feature "Can Science Deliver Zero Hunger?" to learn more.
Register to attend FIRST to see Ertharin Cousin's keynote—"Zero Hunger: Will We Get There?"— on Monday, July 19.
Food Technology Articles
Production Capacity Expands for Food to Fight Malnutrition
Production capacity for ready-to-use therapeutic food Plumpy’Nut at Edesia expands thanks to a Bezos family donation.
USDA Introduces Summer Benefits for Children Pear Preferences and Cultivated Meat Research
Innovations, research, and insights in food science, product development, and consumer trends.
Getting a (Drying) Bead on Crop Preservation
Drying Beads offer an effective solution to drying crops in moist environments and can be a valuable resource in developing countries.
Putting a Tropical Spin on Almond Milk
Elie Fink founded Talmond in Ghana to produce plant-based milk from tropical almonds.
Bridge Builder
Donna Rosa’s expertise spans nutrition, food science, and business administration to help microentrepreneurs unleash the potential of their work and feed their communities.
Recent Brain Food
The Promise of Underutilized and Biofortified Crops
A new IFT white paper explores two approaches with big potential for combating global malnutrition.
October Content Spotlight: Food and Nutrition Security
Stay up to date on the latest food and nutrition security topics and trends with IFT's featured resources, from blogs to peer-reviewed articles to solutions-based white papers.
Tackling Hunger and Nutrition on a Global Scale
IFT's Food and Nutrition Security Steering Committee is offering solutions to the challenges of hunger and food waste--and building community along the way.
IFT Engages with the United Nations and UN Food System Summit
Select IFT member experts collaborated with the Private Sector Mechanism in supporting programming behind the UN Food System Summit.
New Program Highlights Untapped Potential of Using Food Science for Relief and Development Initiatives
The new field of Food Science for Relief and Development (FSRD) offers a fresh, high-impact approach to tackling problems of global food security, poverty, and malnutrition.