UMass is a collaborating partner to establish a Northeast Regional Center for Food Safety, Training, Education, Extension, Outreach, and Technical Assistance.
UMass recently was awarded a USDA NIFA grant titled, "Improving Produce Safety through Graduate Education to Integrate Research and Industrial Practice".
UMass Food Science students helped to teach 4H Summer of Science campers about the science of food using the UMass Pilot Plant in Chenoweth Laboratory.
The Umass News has recently posted a video featuring the UMass students helping to develop a new ice cream flavor for the Hadley based dairy processor, Maple Valley. To view the video, go to: The Food Science video http://www.umass.edu/newsoffice/article/video.
Science Quest is hosted by the University of Massachusetts Amherst and the Center for Hierarchical Manufacturing for high school students in grades 10-12 from across the Northeast and beyond to visit campus to engage in exciting hands-on science activities, demonstrations, and guided lab tour.
