CASNR News

Going Global: OSU student shares food safety abroad

While the United States is recognized across the planet as an agricultural powerhouse, it is sometimes easy to forget other countries struggle to have the same products and emphasis on food safety as what can be found in this country. Jaymee Zabienski, an Oklahoma State University biosystems and agricultural engineering graduate student from Tulsa, Oklahoma, served two weeks this summer as the needed volunteer on a Farmer-to-Farmer mission trip to Jamaica for the U.S. Agency for International Development. This project was designed to help budding agricultural-based Jamaican companies create a facility meeting the standards of Good Manufacturing Practices and Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points, while also expanding the economic opportunity of their rural community.

FAPC to hold product development contest for college students; winner receives $500 grand prize

The Oklahoma State University Robert M. Kerr Food and Agricultural Products Center is challenging college students to share their creative and innovative ideas for new food and beverage products for a chance to compete in a product innovation competition in November.

Coe discovers passion through research, campus organizations

Seraiah Coe, a 2019 Women for OSU scholarship recipient and a junior double majoring in biological science and natural resource ecology and management with a minor in zoology, recently was recognized for her philanthropic passion 1 is 2 Many.

Ramsey honored with Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Advising and Mentoring

Jon Ramsey, associate professor in the department of agricultural education, communications and leadership at Oklahoma State University, was recognized with the Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Advising and Mentoring at this spring’s College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources Scholarships and Awards Banquet. The award recognizes and promotes exceptional undergraduate advising and mentoring.