Food+Issues+and+Chemistry

What Chemistry Careers can address providing the Haitian community with the food they need?
NK Food and Flavor Chemist A food chemist focuses on the chemistry of foods as well as their deterioration and the principles underlying the improvement of foods for consumers. This job applies chemistry to developing and improving foods and beverages. The food chemist is involved in the [|processing and packaging] aspects of food and how these processes affect the taste, appearance, vitamin and mineral content of the food. This would be especially helpful to the Haitian people so that they would be able to store food for future emergency as well as when [|food] is not available due to poor crop production.

One chemistry occupation that would help lessen food scarcity is [|chemical engineering]. A chemical engineer has the knowledge of chemistry and science needed to improve food production. They could design ways to maximize the productivity of plants and ways to make them less costly. Also, chemical engineers find ways to make the food consumers eat more healthy and [|organic]. (TS)

JF Agricultural Chemists These kind of chemists are needed in Haiti to think of ways to generate quick food sources in abundance for the suffering Haitian survivors. One option that could be possible is soy, a very nutrition-filled plant that is easy to produce in large quantities. Soy beans can easily be shipped to Haiti and can be a major help in feeding the people. After the earthquake the agriculture industry of Haiti suffered a blow, but with the help of agricultural chemists Haiti will recover. This site shows how the [|agriculture] was effected by the earthquake. A small article about [|soy beans].

A food and flavor chemist can help Haiti with their food supply because they study how food deteriorates. They also study how to [|develop, process, package, preserve, and store food]. This is important because when there is an earthquake, Haitians can be more prepared because they would have food that is preserved and properly stored to eat later. In addition, food chemists can help Haiti begin making their own food, so they will have food and also make money off of selling the food. Food that is better processed will not bring as many diseases, and a chemist can help make the food more healthy with more vitamins in it. A food chemist improves food and beverages and analyze methods of heat processing, canning, freezing, and packaging food. Food chemists find [|ways to process and improve the quality of food]. This is important for Haiti because everyone there is starving, and food is essential for them to recover from the earthquake. (Aa. C)