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.
April 19, 2024 | Tender insights
March 22, 2024 | Social Science for the Win
March 01, 2024 | Fear of food?
February 16, 2024 | Better together: wings and football
February 02, 2024 | Keep the Science Real
January 19, 2024 | 2024 Word of the day: protein
December 22, 2023 | A Christmas for chickens
December 01, 2023 | It's not always about the meat
November 17, 2023 | It's turkey time
November 03, 2023 | Time in meat
October 20, 2023 | Chicken sausage is now 'cool'
October 06, 2023 | USDA studies reveal we can all improve food safety behavior
September 22, 2023 | Mechanically separated poultry (MSP) is sustainable meat
September 01, 2023 | Follow the science, not the money
August 04, 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 02, 2023 | Public service leaders: Talent should equal compensation
May 19, 2023 | Two heads are better than one, right?
May 05, 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 03, 2023 | Anthropology as my second career
February 17, 2023 | How close to the cliff do you want to be?
February 03, 2023 | Practicality isn’t that complicated
January 20, 2023 | Traceability should include final point of consumption
January 06, 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 02, 2022 | Just because it sounds good
August 19, 2022 | Meditation myths
August 05, 2022 | Back to school? Never left
July 08, 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 01, 2022 | Any one else frustrated?
March 18, 2022 | Bless their hearts
March 04, 2022 | Random thoughts
February 18, 2022 | Holistic approach to food safety
February 04, 2022 | … and the worm discussion is back
January 21, 2022 | Rotisserie redo
January 07, 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 01, 2021 | Preach it and teach it!
September 17, 2021 | This chaps my cuticle!
September 03, 2021 | A 4WD makes all the difference
August 20, 2021 | A blog about something other than current drama
August 06, 2021 | Don’t worry about the things you can’t control
July 23, 2021 | Leadership lessons and reminders
July 09, 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 02, 2021 | Random stranger
March 19, 2021 | The voices of many are greater than the voice of one
March 05, 2021 | Casey and the chicken sandwich tour
February 19, 2021 | Read the story, not the headline!
February 05, 2021 | Mindfulness: be the change
January 22, 2021 | It's not about the chicken wings
January 08, 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 04, 2020 | Grab some cake and let’s celebrate!
August 21, 2020 | Science for the win
August 07, 2020 | Size matters when it comes to Campylobacter
July 24, 2020 | Finding your peeps
July 10, 2020 | Practice makes perfect
June 26, 2020 | Smokin’ hot poultry
May 29, 2020 | Tender loving care
May 15, 2020 | Processing: the road less traveled
May 01, 2020 | There is a new day dawning
April 17, 2020 | Take note: your nose is literally in the front of your face
April 03, 2020 | Pot pies are a comfort during crisis
March 20, 2020 | The birds are OK, and the shelves will be stocked
March 06, 2020 | The blue jacket says it all
February 21, 2020 | Uberization, last-mile delivery and poultry meat choices
February 07, 2020 | Change: As inevitable as the weather
January 24, 2020 | 'Be prepared' and turn that frown upside down
January 10, 2020 | We have been there, let’s move forward
December 27, 2019 | Turkey and traditions
December 13, 2019 | Cooking skills essential to maintaining, growing poultry sales
November 29, 2019 | Today I am thankful for USDA
November 15, 2019 | Big Data Part 2: Collect data with intent
November 01, 2019 | Big Data Part 1: Recordkeeping that can help you avoid a recall
October 18, 2019 | Virtual reality, robotics revolution are changing poultry landscape
October 04, 2019 | On the road with Wing Woman and Pork Chop
September 20, 2019 | The Magnificent 7, I mean 6, or maybe there are only 5…
September 06, 2019 | Answering the poultry question I’ve been asked for years
August 23, 2019 | Some interesting data on women in leadership roles in science and ag
August 09, 2019 | Zombie Chicken – myth busted
July 26, 2019 | Anyone else have the “dinner at 6pm” rule growing up?
July 12, 2019 | Chickens, chickens, chickens everywhere
June 28, 2019 | We are selling meat not water
June 14, 2019 | Happy belated World Food Safety Day
June 12, 2019 | Spaghetti meat – chicken that looks like pasta?
May 31, 2019 | Jamie Oliver files bankruptcy; what can we learn?
May 03, 2019 | Using soft skills doesn’t make you a softie; it makes you a leader
April 19, 2019 | A view from an upside down chicken
April 05, 2019 | The pecking order in a straight run barn
March 22, 2019 | Why do we trust an Uber driver more than a farmer or a food processor?
March 08, 2019 | Lets talk about those “factory farms”
February 22, 2019 | Revitalizing a dying breed — the poultry scientist.
February 08, 2019 | Keeping it simple
January 25, 2019 | It’s just chicken
January 11, 2019 | A friend who is gone too soon
December 28, 2018 | With time to think over the holidays, this is what I'm thinking about
December 14, 2018 | Take a sanitation selfie
November 30, 2018 | Simple Minds had a point with their song: “Don’t You (Forget About Me)”
