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IFAS is a multidisciplinary teaching, research and policy analysis institute at Michigan State University that focuses on the social, economical, political and ethical dimensions of the creation, enforcement and review of food and agricultural standards. Below is a list of projects in which IFAS investigators have participated, including the Making the Grade project, which created IFAS in 1999. We also will be adding more projects that are in development or pending.
Featured Research
USDA CSREES Nano Project
Public Perceptions of Agrifood Nanotechnologies: Using Extension to Assess and Link Stakeholder Knowledge with Public Policies
Third Party Certification
This project addresses the scientific and ethical dimensions of Third Party Certification (3PC) of standardized agricultural processes and products in a scientifically dynamic and socially contested global agrifood system.
Agrifood Nanotechnology
What will nanotechnology mean for agriculture? And what can agriculture teach nanotechnology?