September 27, 2013
The citizen food safety project
A walk through the farmers market, grocery store or restaurant will provide a glance into a not-so-new but increasingly prevalent subculture: cataloging food porn through smartphone cameras.
Stories by Ben Chapman
Dr. Ben Chapman is an assistant professor and food safety specialist with North Carolina Cooperative Extension at North Carolina State University. With an aim of having less people sick with foodborne illness, his group designs, implements and evaluates food safety strategies, messages and media. Ben dabbles in blogging at the aptly-named barfblog, co-host a biweekly podcast called Food Safety Talk and tries to further engage folks online through Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and, maybe not surprisingly, Pinterest.