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Christine Alvarado

Dr. Christine Alvarado is a Senior Food Scientist for Prosur. She has 20+ years of experience in academia, industry and government, with expertise in poultry meat quality and food safety.

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Christine Alvarado Blogs
Boar's Head: Applying the Knowledge at Hand
The Attack on Salt
Back to school (work) resource guides
No time to fear
Reasons to remember
Shelf-life is never the life of the party
Work-Life Balance or Harmony?
Moist(ure): the word that makes everyone in our industry uncomfortable
Change is in the air
Tender insights
Social Science for the Win
Fear of food?
Better together: wings and football
Keep the Science Real
2024 Word of the day: protein
2024 word of the day: protein
A Christmas for chickens
It's not always about the meat
It's turkey time
Time in meat
Chicken sausage is now 'cool'
USDA studies reveal we can all improve food safety behavior
Mechanically separated poultry (MSP) is sustainable meat
Follow the science, not the money
Road maps
To watch or not to watch? That is the question
Self-evident truths
Go forth and sparkle in public service
Three years, a lifetime experience
Public service leaders: Talent should equal compensation
Two heads are better than one, right?
Don't 'turtle up'
Innovation: From rotten eggs to yummy
Our industry needs a George Strait
Robots are coming
Anthropology as my second career
How close to the cliff do you want to be?
Practicality isn’t that complicated
Traceability should include final point of consumption
Profitability is complex
Reflections on my word
Time, talent and energy
Votes matter
Public meeting alert: Time to speak up
Keep scrolling
My nonscientific social experiment
What does that mean? The missing link between scientists and non-scientists
Just because it sounds good
Meditation myths
Back to school? Never left
The FFA creed
Managing guilt
PSA: Square pegs will never fit into round holes
Are you going to throw that away?
There’s a place for uniformity
Court room drama
Corporate culture: adapting to climate
Live the 'who' not the 'what'
Any one else frustrated?
Bless their hearts
Random thoughts
Holistic approach to food safety
… and the worm discussion is back
Rotisserie redo
2022's mission critical word
The Christmas classic we didn't know we needed
Curiosity did not kill that cat
Ripple effect
Tis the season to take advice from a turkey
A further processing recipe for success
When you are reluctant to change, think about autumn
Preach it and teach it!
This chaps my cuticle!
A 4WD makes all the difference
A blog about something other than current drama
Don’t worry about the things you can’t control
Leadership lessons and reminders
There’s a madness to the method
What’s with the new attraction to meat and poultry?
It really takes a village
Developing our food safety story
Ruffled feathers
Mr. StarchMan
Internship empowerment
Random stranger
The voices of many are greater than the voice of one
Casey and the chicken sandwich tour
Read the story, not the headline!
Mindfulness: be the change
It's not about the chicken wings
My 2021 word
All I want for Christmas is…
My lessons from puppy training
Black Friday deals
Move over Christmas, It’s turkey time
…and now for the rest of the story
Lagging behind the rest of the world
Sometimes we need vulnerability
Grab some cake and let’s celebrate!
Science for the win