By Karin Cho (in conjunction with other SMF writers) Christmas is just around the corner, and for the last blog post of the year, some of the authors have shared a fun food science fact they learned, along...
By Abbey Thiel One of my most rewarding college classes wasn’t a class at all. It was an independent study where I collaborated with a local food pantry on just about any project where my knowledge of food science...
By Karin Cho Part Three: Recruitment/Visit Weekend Welcome back to part three of the series “Pursuing a Graduate Degree in Food Science for the Non-Food Science Students”. In part one, I described different strategies for how non-food science students...
By Abbey Thiel People are usually surprised to find out I’m a food scientist. Mostly because they didn’t know being a food scientist was ever an option. Since food science is a largely unheard-of field, even after introductions...
By Karin Cho Welcome back to the second part of “Pursuing a Graduate Degree in Food Science for Non-Food Science Students”. For part one, please go to this post (https://sciencemeetsfood.org/graduate-degree-in-food-science/). In part two, I’ll be sharing my experience with...
By Karin Cho Part One: Learning about Food Science Careers In my high school, a lot of emphasis was placed on getting into college, and not as much on what you wanted to do after college graduation. The common...
BY: PAT POLOWSKY It’s often easiest to think of the food industry as being made of two parts: food producers and food sellers. Although this is a simple mental split to make, it doesn’t even begin to capture the...
By Bryan Quoc Le | 150 Food Science Questions Answered In the past five years, the wonderful world of food has changed drastically. A new wave of food creation is coming, with the impending revolution of cellular agriculture, synthetic...
BY: MACKENZIE HANNUM “What is food science?” Don’t get me wrong, I love food science. I love it enough in fact to be getting a PhD in it, however over the years I have begun to grow slightly cynical...
By: Danielle Robertson You’re a food scientist, and proud of it! You know that some people have misconceptions about the food industry, and you’re not afraid to pipe up and set the record straight. Then you see the eye-rolls, notice...