Educating the Next Generation

Food science has had a substantial impact on the quality of life most of us enjoy, but our global food system still faces enormous challenges. To meet IFT’s vision of a safe and abundant food supply for healthier people everywhere, we must find and educate successive generations of capable professionals dedicated to the science of food. This challenge is complex and requires the concerted efforts of everybody in academia, industry, and government.

Recently, I had the opportunity to work with the …