News

SePTEMBER 2024 
AUGUST 2024 
  • Dr. Yang presented ‘LCA and cost analysis of non-thermal food technologies’ at CoFE. 
  • Dr. Yang co-instructed the LCA/TEA pre-conference workshop at the 16th Conference of Food Engineering (CoFE) in Seattle. 
  • Two new graduate students: Millena Cruz (Ph.D) and Seung Hyun Yoo (M.S.) joined the Food Sustainability Group. Welcome!
  • Dr. Yang presented ‘Advancing sustainability in dairy industry’ at the 2024 Southeast Dairy Foods Research Center (SDFRC) annual meeting.  
JULY 2024 
  • The Food Sustainability Group received funding support from the USDA NIFA to perform the life-cycle sustainability assessment of alternative proteins. 
  • Robert presented his findings on food loss and waste at IFT FIRST 2024 and received great feedback!
  • We attended IFT FIRST 2024 in Chicago and had a great time!                                         
JUNE 2024 
MAY 2024 
  • Congratulations to Ajinkya for winning the ‘People’s Choice’ poster award at the SAFTS! 
  • The Sustainable Agri-Food Technology Summit (SAFTS) has brought a passionate group of participants to advancing sustainability in agri-food systems. The workshop featured a series of insightful presentations and discussions on diverse topics around emerging agri-food techs.                                                                 
  • The Food Sustainability Group was funded by the Center of Advanced Processing and Packaging Studies (CAPPS) to perform a comparative sustainability analysis of food waste valorization pathways. 
april 2024
  • Ajinkya was awarded the 2024 FBNS Graduate Scholarship – Robert H. Hartman Graduate Endowment. Congratulations, Ajinkya! 
  • Robert and Ajinkya presented the LCA/TEA projects to the IPAC members and received great feedback. Way to go!     
  • Dr. Yang presented ‘Sustainability assessment of food systems’ at the Industry Partners Advisory Council (IPAC) meeting.  
  • Register by April 30th for the Sustainable Agri-Food Technology Summit (SAFTS) and secure your spot! We are also calling on students and postdocs at NC State to showcase your great work! More details can be found: go.ncsu.edu/safts
February 2024
  • Registration is open for the Sustainable Agri-Food Technology Summit (SAFTS)! We aim to bring together scientists, industry experts, advocates, and policymakers to explore diverse perspectives on sustainability, share real-world innovations, and identify collaborative opportunities for the future!

January 2024
  • Ajinkya Atkare joined the Food Sustainability Group as an MS student. Welcome aboard, Ajinkya!  
DECEMBER 2023
  • The Food Sustainability Group received funding support to explore the environmental impacts of animal-sourced food via nutrition-based LCA (nLCA). 
OCTOBER 2023
  • Call for papers: Advance in Bioprocessing Design for Platform Chemicals and Biofuels Innovations in Frontiers in Industrial Microbiology. We welcome research topics in bioprocessing design, biomass valorization, and novel process modeling. Submission deadline: March 31st, 2024.  
  • The Food Sustainability Group presented the poster entitled ‘Life-cycle assessment (LCA) and cost analysis among non-thermal food technologies‘ at the 2023 IFT-EFFoST International Nonthermal Processing Workshop in Minneapolis. 
  • Dr. Yang presented ‘LCA and TEA in food processing’ at the University of Idaho (virtual seminar). 
SEPTEMBER 2023
AUGUST 2023
  • Robert Wine joined the Food Sustainability Group as an MS student. Welcome aboard, Robert!  
July 2023
  • The Food Sustainability Group attended IFT FIRST 2023 in Chicago. 
  • Dr. Yang presented ‘Comparing in planta accumulation with microbial routes to set targets for a cost-competitive bioeconomy’ on 2023 ASABE Circular Bioeconomy System (CBS) day.  
June 2023
  • The Food Sustainability Group attended the 30th International Symposium on Sustainable Systems and Technology – ISSST 2023. 
May 2023
April 2023
  • Dr. Yang was invited as the panelist on the NC Biotech Animal Health & Nutrition Sustainability Panel. 
March 2023
  • Dr. Yang gave a guest lecture on ‘Technoeconomic analysis (TEA) and life-cycle assessment (LCA) of bioprocessing’ at the Queens University of Charlotte, North Carolina. 
February 2023