This minute-long podcast from WSU Extension offers handy, easy-to-apply tips to avoid food-borne illness. This series delves into issues ranging from holiday food safety to packing school lunches, how to store canned food, and more.
February is Black history month. This week our podcast honors the pioneering work of Julie Stewart and Sara Thompson. Historians are just beginning to recover the narratives of black women who made positive differences to our space program. Both women, employed at Stouffer’s made significant contributions to the Apollo 11 program.
Do you know someone serving in the US Armed Forces? Ask them about the RTE foods. This abbreviation stands for Ready to Eat.
Have you noticed QR codes on food products? QR stands for “quick response” initially developed as an alternative to barcodes. Recently at Cornell University, researchers found consumers will use QR codes with their phone to determine how long milk is drinkable, thereby reducing food waste. According to experts, milk is responsible for 65% of dairy product food waste, $6.4B annually.
This month, our focus is food science and technology innovations necessary to feed the growing world population while reducing the food system’s impact on our planet. One new trend is using food safety technologies to reduce chemical and water usage during food processing.
This month, we celebrate a favorite small appliance – National Microwave Oven Day. Percy Spencer, an engineer at Raytheon built the first microwave Radarange in 1947. It was six feet tall and cost $5,000. Today, using a microwave oven is fast, energy efficient, and cost effective.
December has lots of holidays and observances including National Cookie Day. Our
episodes this month focus on special observances, food safety, and reducing food waste.
Waste not, want not is our motto. “If you never waste anything, you will have it when
you need it.”
Decreasing shopping trips and the number of stores you visit minimizes the risk of becoming
infected and infecting others. Minimizing your exposure while shopping is a big deal right
now.
Sold by online subscription services, grocery stores and warehouse stores such as Costco, meal
kits are rapidly gaining popularity. Many experts expect sales to top five billion dollars ($5B)
annually.