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Food is Our Middle Name

Food is everywhere. Whether you are a foodie that spends the weekend exploring the latest trendy eatery or crafting a homecooked meal is how you unwind each day, food is important for all of us...because, you know, we all eat! But how do our favorite foods get to our plate? What is up with the food shortages we’ve recently experienced? And what about careers in food...is it all about farming? Here at the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, food is quite literally our middle name. And throughout this season, we’ll explore your food questions alongside scientists and experts that live, breathe and EAT various aspects of food research and education. Follow along this season, we can’t wait to share what we have cooking.

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Food is Our Middle Name

What’s the deal with...careers in food?

November 04, 2022 • UF/IFAS • Season 1 • Episode 2

This week we serve up a two-part episode. Part one, we sat down with Dean Turner and Cathy Carr, leaders in the UF/IFAS College of Agricultural and Life Sciences to discuss the incredible range of fascinating careers in the food industry. (Spoiler alert: It does not always involve a farm...or even being outside!)

Later, we chat with Hope Hersh - a UF/IFAS graduate student with a research project that is out of this world...and tastes GREAT!

Resources:
Interested in a UF/IFAS CALS major? Take the major quiz:
https://cals.ufl.edu/apps/majorquiz/cals_quiz.php

UF/IFAS College of Agricultural and Life Sciences:
https://cals.ufl.edu/prospective/

UF/IFAS ag facts booklet: https://branding.ifas.ufl.edu/downloads/uploads/Extension%20Brochures/IFAS/Florida-Ag-Fast-Facts-Booklet.pdf

More on Hope's space bread:
https://blogs.ifas.ufl.edu/cals/2021/12/02/space-bread-university-of-florida-student-creates-a-winning-recipe-for-deep-space-food-challenge/

To learn more about UF/IFAS and how food IS our middle name, visit: ifas.ufl.edu/food/

People on this episode

Tory Moore

Host