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2022 Food Systems Innovation Award Recipients - Luxin Wang and Selina Wang

Please congratulate Drs. Luxin Wang and Selina Wang for receiving a Food System Innovation (FSI) Award for 2022! You can see the full list of recipients in all categories here.

UC Davis Students Create and Sell Iron Brew winning Scottish Ale

Food Science and Technology

The team of four UC Davis students who won this year's Iron Brew competition are now selling their prizewinning ale, which they have named, "Mighty Gale Ale".

Extension Summary: Spring 2022

Viticulture and Enology

The UCD V and E Extension team hosted 10 events between February 10, 2022, through May 23, 2022. We brought UC Davis V&E On the Road Programs to Santa Barbara (February 22, 2022), Santa Cruz (March 24, 2022), and virtually to the Central Sierra (Foothills) on March 31, 2022.

FSPCA PCQI Course, August 9-11th, 2022 in Brewery, Winery, Pilot Plant

Food Science and Technology

FST's Dr. Erin DiCaprio and Associate Specialist Thais De Melo Ramos, Victor Yang from Cal Poly and Xinhui Li from University of Wisconsin will instruct the Food Safety Preventive Controls Alliance (FSPCA)'s Preventive Controls Qualified Individual Course for Human Food (PCQI), August 9-11 at the Robert Mondavi Institute's Brewery, Winery, and Pilot Plant facility's lab and classroom.

Coffee, honey and beer: Leadership California treated to tasty dimensions of UC Davis foods and beverage research

Food Science and Technology

How was your Friday morning? Full of tasty delights that feed your belly and your curiosity? Well, on Friday April 22nd, 55 women from Leadership California were treated to early coffees with a presentation from chemical engineer Tonya Kuhl, co-director of the UC Davis Coffee Center, followed by a honey tasting with Amina Harris, director of the UC Davis Honey and Pollination Center.

“The Science of Suds” at the Museum of Science and Curiosity

Food Science and Technology

The complexity of beer was the topic of the first “night at the museum” event at Sacramento’s newest science center, the SMUD Museum of Science and Curiosity, or MOSAC, on March 28, 2022.

Avocado Oil Short Course, August 4 - 9th, 2022

Food Science and Technology

FST's Dr. Selina Wang and three instructors from New Zealand, pictured at right, are pleased to present their first Avocado Oil Short Course for FST Cooperative Extension. The course includes six pre-recorded lectures and one live-Zoom question-and-answer session with the instructors (with a choice of three dates in August for the Q&A session).

Jelly Ice Interview shared on CBS Mornings to National Audience

Food Science and Technology

CBS Mornings did an interview with FST's Luxin Wang, BAE's Gang Sun and Jiahan Zou on their reusable, compostable "jelly ice" research development, which was shared nationally to their 2.26 million subscribers, all potential viewers of the video. Embedded below with direct link here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPkeKpb1JhA (YouTube, 4:24 min)

UC Davis Students’ Recipe for a Scottish Export Ale Wins Top Score at Iron Brew Competition

Food Science and Technology

A complex, but easy-drinking Scottish export ale, with a copper hue and hints of caramel, was crowned the top beer at this year’s Iron Brew competition.

Fermented Food Survey - EATLAC

Food Science and Technology

Are you a fermented food fanatic? A kimchi lover? A kombucha connoisseur? Olive obsessed? Passionate about pickles?

Participate in a short survey about fermented foods and be entered into a drawing for a $50 Amazon gift card.