Food & Nutrition

For the fourth consecutive year, Nebraska Extension’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program-Education (SNAP-Ed) has awarded funding to 10 communities across the state through its Growing Together Nebraska program.

Merging science with policy to ensure food safety will be the topic of an April 15 seminar at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. United States Department of Agriculture Deputy Under Secretary for Food Safety, Mindy Brashears, will speak at 10 a.m. in Room 277 of the Food Innovation Center.

High school students from across Nebraska shared their ideas on the quality, quantity and availability of food around the globe at the World Food Prize Nebraska Youth Institute on March 4 on the University of Nebraska–Lincoln's East Campus.

Jayson Lusk, head of the Department of Agricultural Economics at Purdue University, will present this year’s Filley-Garey lecture, “Consumer Trends and Impacts on Agricultural Productivity and the Future Food System,” on April 5.

As Nebraskans begin returning to their homes in the aftermath of widespread historic flooding, Nebraska Extension has mobilized a number of resources to aid in the road to recovery.

The CASNR community contributed over 1,100 items to the Huskers Helping Huskers Pantry+ during its food drive March 4-6.

The Alliance for Advanced Sanitation announced today, that The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Office of Food Safety at the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) is now represented in its activities.

Due to renovations in the Nebraska East Union, the East Campus Corner Deli will close after lunch Sept. 28.