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Evaluation And Impact Of Food Safety Messages In New Media For Trending Recipes: Savory Jam On Youtube, Alison L. Brodt Jul 2020

Evaluation And Impact Of Food Safety Messages In New Media For Trending Recipes: Savory Jam On Youtube, Alison L. Brodt

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Home canning has been used as a method of food preservation for hundreds of years. The United States has a regulatory agency known as the National Center for Home Food Preservation (NCHFP), which gives guidelines on canning safely to decrease the risk of foodborne illness. The NCHFP provides tips for fruit jams and jellies; however, savory jam is rising in popularity. Savory jam includes jams with a savory main ingredient, such as tomatoes, bacon, onion, or chili peppers. There are currently no guidelines for safe preparation of savory jams. Research is needed to see if recipes for savory jam are …


Eating Insects: A Community Action Toolkit, Lily X. Chumrau, Charlotte Langner, Freya Sargent, Ellen Sears, Mary Mccormick Jan 2019

Eating Insects: A Community Action Toolkit, Lily X. Chumrau, Charlotte Langner, Freya Sargent, Ellen Sears, Mary Mccormick

Undergraduate Theses, Professional Papers, and Capstone Artifacts

The world’s human population has risen exponentially over the last 100 years and is expected to reach nine billion by 2050. Ensuring food security and resource sustainability is of global concern. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization endorses insect farming as an alternative to cattle, pork, sheep, and poultry industries because of their higher food conversion rate. Insect farming requires less arable land, less water, and produces less greenhouse gases than traditional livestock. The practice of eating insects, known as entomophagy, is not a new idea as two billion people around the world include insects in their diets. Unfortunately, …