Perrin Ireland has been a doodler her entire life, a learner who visualizes concepts in order to understand them. She currently serves as Senior Science Communications Specialist at the Natural Resources Defense Council, where she helps tell the story of how science plays a part in NRDC's work.
Forty Percent of Food in the US Never Gets Eaten
My second round of inquiry into The Dating Game report by NRDC, which explains how the food dating system drives food waste in America, was with two authors of the report itself- Emily Broad Lieb, who directs the Harvard Law School Food Law and Policy Clinic, an expert on the legal system that contributes to [...]
Dr. Ted Labuza on Slime, Bombs, and Rot
It’s not that I thought food science was boring before I interviewed Ted Labuza, Morse Alumni Distinguished Teaching Professor of Food Science and Engineering at University of Minnesota, but let’s just say that before our phone conversation last week, I had no idea how fascinating, nor dangerous and important, some of the food issues he’s [...]