Wolfing Down Food Science

Our world is complicated!  Yifat Rogers started Yaniv Consulting to help people and businesses cut through the tough problems and find practical solutions.  Yifat is a PhD food scientist and engineer who has worked in the food industry for 15+ years.  Her experience and desire to help people prompted her shift to consulting.  She has started her very own podcast called Success Your Own Way where guests discuss what success looks like for them with insights on how to achieve your own success.  Success Your Own Way podcast [https://open.spotify.com/show/0JFEuHIOBsuaCKbSCICWSP?si=80759a03221448c3] Yaniv Consulting [https://yanivconsulting.com/] Send us a text [https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1609819/open_sms] Got a questions for us? Email us at wolfingdownfoodscience@gmail.com Please take a minute to help others find our podcast by leaving a rating and comment on your podcasting app!

Kenya Hairston is a Senior Project Manager, Adjunct Professor, and Doctoral student.  Kenya holds a Master's degree from Franklin University as well as Bachelors Degrees from the University of Toledo and The Ohio State University (that's where Keith and Kenya crossed paths). She is currently a 2nd year doctoral student at Franklin University where she is pursuing her Ed.D in instructional design leadership. Kenya has worked at Abbott since 2015 and now calls Dallas, Texas home.  Send us a text [https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1609819/open_sms] Got a questions for us? Email us at wolfingdownfoodscience@gmail.com Please take a minute to help others find our podcast by leaving a rating and comment on your podcasting app!

This episode tells the inspiring story behind the creation of Cafe Kreyól [https://cafekreyol.com] and Joey Stazzone's entrepreneurial origin story. Anyone who has met Joey knows the energy and positivity he brings to the room.   Joey is the founder and President of Cafe Kreyól, an award-winning coffee distribution and coffee roasting company located in Manassas, Virginia.   Joey is a certified Q (Q = Quality) Grader, as well as a CQI (CQI = Coffee Quality Institute [https://www.coffeeinstitute.org/education/post-harvest-processing]) Post-Harvest Process and Quality Evaluation Educator.   We have had the privilege of working with Joey on several coffee projects and look forward to continuing our collaborations going forward. Send us a text [https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1609819/open_sms] Got a questions for us? Email us at wolfingdownfoodscience@gmail.com Please take a minute to help others find our podcast by leaving a rating and comment on your podcasting app!

Dr. Ryan Dowdy is the founder and CEO of READYBAR.  Previous to that, Ryan worked as Chief of Staff to the CTO at EVERY, an "all protein, no meat" company, as a Science and Technology Analysis Manager at the Good Food Institute, and at NASA as Food System Manager for the International Space Station.  He has appeared on Rhett & Link's Good Mythical Morning, has written for the Washington Post, and was featured on the NPR Program Shortwave.  I first met Ryan when he was a Food Science student at NC State. Ready to buy a READYBAR?  Visit the READYBAR website: https://getreadybar.com/ [https://getreadybar.com/] Send us a text [https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1609819/open_sms] Got a questions for us? Email us at wolfingdownfoodscience@gmail.com Please take a minute to help others find our podcast by leaving a rating and comment on your podcasting app!

Kait O’Shaughnessy and Cameron LaCross join us for this episode of WDFS.  Both work for Gallo as associate beverage makers. Cameron started in California in the area of wine making and moved back to her home state of SC when the opportunity came up.  Kait started her career in fruit juice beverages and joined Gallo 2 years ago.  Today we chat about the world of beverages and starting a career in food science. Send us a text [https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1609819/open_sms] Got a questions for us? Email us at wolfingdownfoodscience@gmail.com Please take a minute to help others find our podcast by leaving a rating and comment on your podcasting app!