2020 Food Entrepreneur Conference

The eigth annual Food Entrepreneur Conference is currently postponed due to the coronavirus COVID-19.

Food System Institute Research

The food system encompasses every aspect of the complicated, interrelated system to feed a population, including growing, harvesting, processing, packaging, transporting, marketing, consumption and disposal of food and food-related items.

Food Defense & Safety

Criminals or terrorists could score a big victory by tampering with the U.S. food supply. This AUFSI working group is zeroing in on research and education to address the potential threat and so far includes members from the Auburn University College Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine as well as Arizona State University.

Welcome to the Auburn University Food System Institute (AUFSI)

We help promote interdisciplinary research, outreach, teaching, and training opportunities relating to food systems among our faculty, industry professionals, decision-makers in government, and of course consumers just like you!

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WHAT ARE "FOOD SYSTEMS"?

What are “Food Systems”? As a land-grant institution, Auburn University has a long history of doing practical research and communicating the results of that research to the public. Auburn’s strengths have long included disciplines that are part of a “food…

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ONLINE TRAINING COURSES

Because Auburn is a land-grant university, our mission includes research and teaching involving “practical agriculture.” For that reason, Auburn has a large number of programs with an impressive array of facilities to support the programs.

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FACULTY RESOURCES

AUFSI services include everything from help writing the project narrative, budgeting, finding the necessary specialists for your project team, and can guide you from beginning to end of the grant submission process. Click to learn more about our Faculty Resources.

Total grant dollars AUFSI helped generate (2011-2018)

Grant amount applied for in 2018

Largest successful grant submitted by AUFSI (FDA)

External Grant Proposal Submission 90% 90%
Internal (AU) & Intl. Grant Proposal Submissions 10% 10%
Increase in Food Entrepreneur Conference Attendance 100% 100%

// Features

Pig virus sends shock waves through global food chain

Animal Health, Bobs Blog, China, Featured, Food Security

'Like Ebola' in its devastation: What started with a few dozen dead pigs in northeastern China is sending shock waves through the global food chain. Last August, a Chinese farm was found to harbor African swine fever, the first ever occurrence of the...

Fresh may not be best

Bobs Blog, Border Security, Featured, Pet Food, Public Health, Restaurant Security, Terrorism, Venezuela

Agencies caution against 'fresh' pet food: The FDA and CDC have recommended not feeding dogs and cats a raw diet, meaning meat that is not cooked to a proper temperature. However, it's a trend that's growing. It's referred to as fresh dog and cat food and it's lining...

Popular chocolate chip cookies recalled

Bobs Blog, Featured, Food Industry Technology, Food Retail, Food Safety, Food Technology, One Health, Public Health, Restaurant Security

Some packages of Chips Ahoy! Chewy chocolate chip cookies have been recalled nationwide due to possible contamination with an "unexpected solidified ingredient." The company did not specify what the ingredient was, but said it received reports of “potential adverse...

// News

Football foes have more in common than you might think

by Jacqueline Kochak

Arkansas, Alabama among top three poultry producers By Jacque Kochak A few years ago, an urban legend circulated on the Internet, claiming that KFC’s chickens are really genetically manipulated organisms without feathers to be plucked or feet and beaks to be removed. Of course the story has been debunked, but the tale is a testament […]

(PCQI) for Animal Food Current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) Writing Workshop

by William Cahalin

Thanksgiving Fun Food Facts

by William Cahalin

If Tension Between the U.S. and North Korea Escalates, How Will Food Logistics Be Impacted?

by Jacqueline Kochak

Tensions between the U.S. and North Korea seem to be escalating as fast as the rhetoric, and the two are not disconnected. So what might be the effect on food logistics if hostilities intensify? Change will be the constant. In all scenarios, shipping likely will be negatively affected, either on a short-term or longer-term basis. […]