Food & Nutrition

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.

Sally Rockey, executive director of the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research, will speak at the next Heuermann Lecture April 26.

Daniel Sumner, Frank H. Buck, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Agricultural Economics at University of California, Davis, will present this year’s Filley Garey lecture “Animal Agriculture Facing Pressure from Regulations and Private Standards” on April 22.

Childhood obesity has become a major health problem for youth in the United States. This is especially true among low-income families that often lack the time and budget to commit to proper nutrition. Nebraska 4-H Youth Development is addressing this issue through a program called WeCook: Fun with Food and Fitness.

he Nebraska Hall of Agricultural Achievement will honor Doris and Ivan Rush, Doug Gibson and Frank Johannsen at a banquet at 6 p.m. April 8 in the Great Plains Room of the Nebraska East Union.