Food & Nutrition

The Nebraska Food for Health Center, a more than $40 million initiative to improve the lives of people around the world, was launched Sept. 16 at the University of Nebraska.

Angela Anandappa, has been named the founding director of the Alliance for Advanced Food Sanitation.

Nebraska 4-H was one of seven states across the nation that recently participated in the 4-H Food Smart Families program sponsored by the National 4-H Council and the ConAgra Foods Foundation.

A new workshop offered by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Food Processing Center will focus on the science of beer production.

Food manufacturing owners, production supervisors, quality assurance managers and other food safety professionals are encouraged to attend the Preventative Controls for Human Food Course June 14-16. The course will be at the Holiday Inn Downtown, 141 N. Ninth St. in Lincoln.

Raising Nebraska, the agricultural literacy exhibit open year-round at the Nebraska State Fairgrounds, is hosting a competitive food preparation event for youth ages 10-18.

Sally Rockey, executive director of the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research, said advances in agricultural research have played a significant role in improving life expectancy and quality of life and will be critical to feeding the world's growing population.