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The Grassroots Movement Of Food Allergens In The United States And The Governments Role From 1990-2016, Maria R. Garbo Jan 2022

The Grassroots Movement Of Food Allergens In The United States And The Governments Role From 1990-2016, Maria R. Garbo

The Exposition

This poster aims to explain the beginning of food allergens in the United States and how the governments interactions influence the history of food allergies. Using government documents and data it unravels what exactly the government did to help or lack there of in a very serious matter. Food allergens were a grassroots movement in the United States and just began to raise awareness within the last few decades.


Europe Vs. United States: Consumer Resistance To Gm Crops From 1990-2010, Lauren R. Stashak Jan 2022

Europe Vs. United States: Consumer Resistance To Gm Crops From 1990-2010, Lauren R. Stashak

The Exposition

No abstract provided.


Preservation, Production, & Rationing Of Food In The United States Home Front During World War Ii (1939-1945), Kaleigh Kropidlowski Jan 2022

Preservation, Production, & Rationing Of Food In The United States Home Front During World War Ii (1939-1945), Kaleigh Kropidlowski

The Exposition

No abstract provided.


Dollar Menu Morality: Fast Food In Twentieth And Twenty First Century America, Kassius J. Broadus Jan 2022

Dollar Menu Morality: Fast Food In Twentieth And Twenty First Century America, Kassius J. Broadus

The Exposition

This is a poster for the final research paper required in HIS300W, taught by Dr. Bridget Chesterton, Fall 2021.


Food For Vitamin C, Aden Yakub Jan 2022

Food For Vitamin C, Aden Yakub

The Exposition

No abstract provided.


How Cereal Helped Shape The American Diet In The 20th Century, Maxwell T. Shoemaker Jan 2022

How Cereal Helped Shape The American Diet In The 20th Century, Maxwell T. Shoemaker

The Exposition

No abstract provided.


Women And Jell-O™ Advertising In 20th Century America, Victoria L. Schultz Jan 2022

Women And Jell-O™ Advertising In 20th Century America, Victoria L. Schultz

The Exposition

Women have been the exclusive and consistent factor influencing the advertising process for the American food brand, Jell-O, since its inception at the dawn of the 20th Century and ever since.


Irish Potato Famine: 1845-51, George Brown Iii Jan 2022

Irish Potato Famine: 1845-51, George Brown Iii

The Exposition

No abstract provided.


Dr. Harvey W. Wiley's Fight For Food Safety In The Late 19th Century And Early 20th Century, Katherine E. Dixon Jan 2022

Dr. Harvey W. Wiley's Fight For Food Safety In The Late 19th Century And Early 20th Century, Katherine E. Dixon

The Exposition

In the late 19th Century, a researcher by the name of Dr. Harvey Washington Wiley. He had discovered that food manufacturers were adulterating and misbranding many of their food products. Dr. Wiley had realized that these chemicals being added to these food products were dangerous for human consumption and were not being put on the labels. Dr. Wiley realized this was a huge problem for Americans and dedicated his career to fight for regulations against this. He started an experimental group called the Poison Squad which helped to bring media attention to this issue.


The Irish Potato Famine And Its Effects On The Irish Peasants In The Mid-19th Century, Thomas Olszewski Jan 2022

The Irish Potato Famine And Its Effects On The Irish Peasants In The Mid-19th Century, Thomas Olszewski

The Exposition

The subject of this research project is the Great Irish Potato Famine that took place between 1845 and 1852. Ultimately, the goal of this project was to describe the effects of the famine on the Irish peasants while also looking at the relationship between the Irish and British. As a result of an overreliance on the potato, the Irish peasants were faced with one of the worst famines in human history.


The Evolution Of The America Perception Of Lobster From The 17th To The 21st Century, Michael T. Fisher Jan 2022

The Evolution Of The America Perception Of Lobster From The 17th To The 21st Century, Michael T. Fisher

The Exposition

Lobster early in American history was a low class food commonly served to servants and slaves. Technological advancements, and scarcity during World War II are what facilitated preservation of fresh lobster drove the cultural shift behind the elevated status of the American Lobster.