It’s not always easy to find silver linings during the COVID-19 pandemic, but here’s one that food scientists at the University of California, Davis, have discovered: More people are exploring the ancient art of fermented foods.
“My mom made her first batch of sauerkraut this summer,” said Maria Marco, a microbiologist and food science professor with the UC Davis College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. “With so many of us sheltering-in-place, fermented foods are more popular than ever.”
Several of our Food Science and Technology faculty and graduate students will be participating at the upcoming Virtual 2020 Annual IAFP Meeting, to be held October 26-28, 2020. Check out the IAFP website for the complete program information.
In an interesting new publication from the Journal of the Institute of Brewing, “Bibliometric analysis and mapping of publications on brewing science from 1940 to 2018”, a bibliometric analysis and mapping was performed (using English language peer reviewed literature from the Scopus database and mapping using the VOSviewer clustering software) in order to review the historical trends in global brewing research, identify current opportunities and emerging trends, and uncover future key drivers.
Food Science and Technology faculty and affiliates including Nitin Nitin (also Bio & Ag Engineering), Jennifer Smilowitz, Chris Simmons, Luxin Wang, Ned Spang, David Mills, and Bruce German are all part of the newly funded NSF-NIFA AI Institute for Next Generation Food Systems, described in the UC Davis News story below.
Congratulations to Iron Brew Competition winners (and FST Brewing Science undergrads) Baoluo Gao, Charlie Thudium, Andres Rugama, and Eitan Newfield, who along with Anheuser-Busch Professor of Malting and Brewing Sciences Dr. Glen Fox, made the UC Davis main News page and are featured in Dateline UC Davis. The beer from the winning team is on sale now at supporting brewing partner Sudwerk, and in stores next week after August 3rd (details in article).
Christine and John Bruhn, Emerita and Emeritus Cooperative Extension Specialists, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on July 18, 2020.
A brief introduction to the Cluster ticketing system for support issues.
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