Christine
For the Birds By 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.

September 6, 2024 | Boar's Head: Applying the Knowledge at Hand
August 30, 2024 | The Attack on Salt
August 16, 2024 | Back to school (work) resource guides
August 2, 2024 | No time to fear
July 19, 2024 | Reasons to remember
June 21, 2024 | Shelf-life is never the life of the party
June 7, 2024 | Work-Life Balance or Harmony?
May 17, 2024 | Moist(ure): the word that makes everyone in our industry uncomfortable
May 3, 2024 | Change is in the air
April 19, 2024 | Tender insights
March 22, 2024 | Social Science for the Win
March 1, 2024 | Fear of food?
February 16, 2024 | Better together: wings and football
February 2, 2024 | Keep the Science Real
January 19, 2024 | 2024 Word of the day: protein
January 5, 2024 | 2024 word of the day: protein
December 22, 2023 | A Christmas for chickens
December 1, 2023 | It's not always about the meat
November 17, 2023 | It's turkey time
November 3, 2023 | Time in meat
October 20, 2023 | Chicken sausage is now 'cool'
October 6, 2023 | USDA studies reveal we can all improve food safety behavior
September 22, 2023 | Mechanically separated poultry (MSP) is sustainable meat
September 1, 2023 | Follow the science, not the money
August 18, 2023 | Road maps
August 4, 2023 | To watch or not to watch? That is the question
July 21, 2023 | Self-evident truths
June 30, 2023 | Go forth and sparkle in public service
June 16, 2023 | Three years, a lifetime experience
June 2, 2023 | Public service leaders: Talent should equal compensation
May 19, 2023 | Two heads are better than one, right?
May 5, 2023 | Don't 'turtle up'
April 14, 2023 | Innovation: From rotten eggs to yummy
March 31, 2023 | Our industry needs a George Strait
March 17, 2023 | Robots are coming
March 3, 2023 | Anthropology as my second career
February 17, 2023 | How close to the cliff do you want to be?
February 3, 2023 | Practicality isn’t that complicated
January 20, 2023 | Traceability should include final point of consumption
January 6, 2023 | Profitability is complex
December 23, 2022 | Reflections on my word
November 25, 2022 | Time, talent and energy
November 11, 2022 | Votes matter
October 28, 2022 | Public meeting alert: Time to speak up
October 14, 2022 | Keep scrolling
September 30, 2022 | My nonscientific social experiment
September 16, 2022 | What does that mean? The missing link between scientists and non-scientists
September 2, 2022 | Just because it sounds good
August 19, 2022 | Meditation myths
August 5, 2022 | Back to school? Never left
July 22, 2022 | The FFA creed
July 8, 2022 | Managing guilt
June 24, 2022 | PSA: Square pegs will never fit into round holes
June 10, 2022 | Are you going to throw that away?
May 27, 2022 | There’s a place for uniformity
May 13, 2022 | Court room drama
April 29, 2022 | Corporate culture: adapting to climate
April 15, 2022 | Live the 'who' not the 'what'
April 1, 2022 | Any one else frustrated?
March 18, 2022 | Bless their hearts
March 4, 2022 | Random thoughts
February 18, 2022 | Holistic approach to food safety
February 4, 2022 | … and the worm discussion is back
January 21, 2022 | Rotisserie redo
January 7, 2022 | 2022's mission critical word
December 24, 2021 | The Christmas classic we didn't know we needed
December 10, 2021 | Curiosity did not kill that cat
November 26, 2021 | Ripple effect
November 12, 2021 | Tis the season to take advice from a turkey
October 29, 2021 | A further processing recipe for success
October 15, 2021 | When you are reluctant to change, think about autumn
October 1, 2021 | Preach it and teach it!
September 17, 2021 | This chaps my cuticle!
September 3, 2021 | A 4WD makes all the difference
August 20, 2021 | A blog about something other than current drama
August 6, 2021 | Don’t worry about the things you can’t control
July 23, 2021 | Leadership lessons and reminders
July 9, 2021 | There’s a madness to the method
June 25, 2021 | What’s with the new attraction to meat and poultry?
June 11, 2021 | It really takes a village
May 28, 2021 | Developing our food safety story
May 14, 2021 | Ruffled feathers
April 30, 2021 | Mr. StarchMan
April 16, 2021 | Internship empowerment
April 2, 2021 | Random stranger
March 19, 2021 | The voices of many are greater than the voice of one
March 5, 2021 | Casey and the chicken sandwich tour
February 19, 2021 | Read the story, not the headline!
February 5, 2021 | Mindfulness: be the change
January 22, 2021 | It's not about the chicken wings
January 8, 2021 | My 2021 word
December 25, 2020 | All I want for Christmas is…
December 11, 2020 | My lessons from puppy training
November 27, 2020 | Black Friday deals
November 13, 2020 | Move over Christmas, It’s turkey time
October 30, 2020 | …and now for the rest of the story
October 16, 2020 | Lagging behind the rest of the world
September 18, 2020 | Sometimes we need vulnerability
September 4, 2020 | Grab some cake and let’s celebrate!
August 21, 2020 | Science for the win