National Center for Home Food Preservation
Fellow: Ben Chapman, University of Georgia Roadmap NCHFP Fellow Report:
The purpose of this project is to establish a consortium of institutions and organizations to synergistically advance the science of consumer and retail/food service food safety and share expertise, training, and developed materials across the Land-grant system. The plan is to establish lead institutions where sector/field-specific expertise can be housed and to create a model for membership where institutions can collaborate and share expertise efficiently. They plan to engage relevant agencies and industries to pool resources and seek external resources to support extension and research needs. They are utilizing artificial intelligence to leverage human resources to respond to consumer, industry, and professional demand. Safety Consortium led a virtual Food Safety Consortium Meeting on November 30 and December 1, 2021. Allisen Penn, UGA Associate Dean for Extension and Outreach, Ben Chapman, NCSU Department Head for Agriculture and Human Sciences, and Kimberly Baker, Clemson College of Agriculture, Forestry, and Life Sciences Food Systems and Safety Program Team Director gave leadership to the planning, implementation, and evaluation of this meeting. The meeting was facilitated by Dr. Rochelle Sapp, UGA Extension Leadership Development Specialist, and Dr. Kristi Farner, UGA Extension Program and Staff Development Specialist. The meeting involved participants from UGA, NCSU, Virginia Tech, Clemson, Fort Valley State University, University of Tennessee, UF/IFAS, University of Kentucky, OSU (OK), University of Arkansas, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, Maryland, LSU, NIFA, USDA, and the Extension Foundation The meeting set the stage for determining priorities for the NCHFP and the Southern Region Food Safety Consortium.
The public-facing page of the NCHFP website was updated for more visual appeal.
Dr. Carla Schwan, Assistant Professor and Director of the National Center for Home Food Preservation, started at UGA on January 4, 2022, and will take leadership for the day-to-day operation for the NCFHP and some of the leadership for UGA in the Food Safety Consortium.
Dr. Schwan will give leadership to hiring and supervising the NTAE AI Fellow. National Center for Home Food Preservation Website: https://nchfp.uga.edu/
● As a result of the Food Safety Consortium Meeting, November 30– December 1, 2021, draft goals and objectives were set for the consortium and its functionality within the
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