Category: ABE Global

Iowa State University Part of Innovative Consortium to Reduce Post-Harvest Loss and Food Waste

April 19, 2019 • Kate Tindall

Food loss and waste is a global problem that negatively impacts the bottom line of businesses and farmers, wastes limited resources and damages the environment. The Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (FFAR), The Rockefeller Foundation and Iowa State University today launched the Consortium for Innovation in Post-Harvest Loss and Food Waste Reduction at the 2019 Iowa International Outreach Symposium.

50 years powering student success

July 5, 2017 • Dana Wilson, MFA

It was August 1967 when Carl Bern first walked into a classroom at Iowa State University. He began his career in agricultural engineering as a teaching assistant, and has taught students at Iowa State every term since.

Iowa State students to study in Argentina

May 24, 2017 • Dana Wilson, MFA

Representatives from Iowa State University’s Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering recently met with officers of APOSGRAN at the Bolsa de Cereales in Rosario, Argentina, to discuss plans for a faculty-led study abroad course in Argentina in May 2018.

ABE receives guests from Kosovo

April 17, 2017 • Dana Wilson, MFA

Steve Mickelson professor and chair of the agricultural and biosystems engineering department, demonstrates three-dimensional printing Tuesday to a visiting team from the Republic of Kosovo. Visible (from left) are: Marjan Dema, rector of the University of Prishtina; Arsim Bajrami, Kosovo Minister of Education, Science and Technology; and Zenun Halili, political adviser to the minister. In … Continue reading ABE receives guests from Kosovo

Iowa Grain Quality Initiative begins life-saving research in Rwanda

March 22, 2017 • Dana Wilson, MFA

Iowa State University Extension and Outreach’s Iowa Grain Quality Initiative (IGQI) is embarking on a project in Rwanda assessing the impact of mycotoxins – toxic chemicals produced by fungi found in food crops. The program will sample and test animal feed grains in Rwanda and is slated to begin mid-March. Little research has been undertaken … Continue reading Iowa Grain Quality Initiative begins life-saving research in Rwanda

World Food Day: Protecting natural resources through nutrient planning around the world

October 17, 2016 • Dana Wilson, MFA

First established on Oct. 16, 1979, World Food Day recognizes the day in 1945 when 42 countries assembled in Quebec, Canada to create the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations to free humanity from hunger and malnutrition, effectively managing the global food system.

ISU professor Bern receives Sukup Global Food Security Award

October 3, 2016 • Dana Wilson, MFA

Dr. Carl J. Bern, professor of agricultural and biosystems engineering at Iowa State University, has received the inaugural Sukup Global Food Security award from the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE). The award recognizes distinguished contributions to global food security through work and mentoring in grain drying, handling and storage. Bern mentors students in … Continue reading ISU professor Bern receives Sukup Global Food Security Award

Ukrainians study grain logistics at Iowa State

July 7, 2016 • Dana Wilson, MFA

Iowa State University (ISU) in May welcomed seven Cochran fellows from Ukraine for training centered on improving post-harvest grain logistics and decreasing trade barriers between the U.S. and Ukraine. The director of the training program, Dirk Maier, is a professor and post-harvest engineer in the Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering at ISU. Maier, who is … Continue reading Ukrainians study grain logistics at Iowa State

Protecting the harvest and improving food security in Tanzania

May 2, 2016 • Dana Wilson, MFA

Rashid, who is a PhD candidate in Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, is one of the six graduate students that ISU has welcomed as part of the project. Rashid is from the Tanzanian island of Zanzibar and says that in his home country “we live like a community…one big family.” Moving across the world can feel … Continue reading Protecting the harvest and improving food security in Tanzania

AST alum’s quest for knowledge takes him to Germany

February 22, 2016 • Dana Wilson, MFA

Todd VerHeecke likes to learn about agriculture, so much so that last summer he went to Germany. Mr. VerHeecke farms about 150 acres near the farm of his father, Rich VerHeecke, about five miles west of Geneseo. He also is a member of the Henry County Farm Bureau. “My interest in agriculture started in high … Continue reading AST alum’s quest for knowledge takes him to Germany

Bernard Darfour: Increasing food security in Ghana through improving post-harvest storage

February 8, 2016 • Dana Wilson, MFA 1 Comment

Before Bernard Darfour came to Iowa State University (ISU) for his PhD in Industrial and Agricultural Technology, he was working toward a Master’s degree in Radiation Processing at the University of Ghana and researching gamma rays. Gamma rays are produced by the most energy-intensive phenomena in our universe like supernova explosions and black holes. Gamma … Continue reading Bernard Darfour: Increasing food security in Ghana through improving post-harvest storage