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Breeding Better Vegetables

FCP Recorded Webinar

Breeding Better Vegetables

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Member $24.00
Non-Member $54.00
DPG46 Food and Culinary Professionals (FCP) - Member $0.00
DPG46 Food and Culinary Professionals (FCP) - Retired $0.00
DPG46 Food and Culinary Professionals (FCP) - Student $0.00

When it comes to passionate discourse about flavor, few foods are discussed as much as vegetables. What does it take to breed for flavor while balancing farmer needs for sustainability? Join Stephanie Pedroni, New Technologies Coordinator- Vegetable Trait Discovery from Bayer Crop Science as she explains the science and innovation behind some of our consumer's favorite fruit and vegetable varieties. This webinar will also include background on different plant breeding techniques as well as on-farm practices that ensure food gets from seed to consumer.

Product Publish Details

Release Date: March 12, 2024

SKU: WEBFCPBBV0324

CPE Level: 2

CPEU: 1.00

Learning Objectives

  • Identify the nutrition and health benefits of vegetables, including the unique attributes of processed vegetables.
  • Discuss the many aspects of vegetable breeding for different applications.
  • Utilize information in designing educational programs, recipes and information for clients and consumers.

Performance Indicators

  • 11.1.1 Conducts feasibility studies to determine validity of and need for products or services.
  • 11.1.5 Incorporates market research, consumer insights and current evidence-based literature when developing new products and services.
  • 12.4.3 Makes recommendations to increase sustainable, resilient, and healthy food and water systems while reducing impact on people, animals and the environment.

Stephanie Pedroni, MS

Stephanie Pedroni, MS

Speaker

Stephanie Pedroni is a graduate of the University of California at Davis, where she earned her bachelor's degree in Animal Science and her master's degree in Genetics. Following graduation, she took a research position at the UC Davis Veterinary Genetics Lab where she focused on studying equine genetics. In 2009 she traded horses for plants and joined the Vegetable Seeds R&D division in what is now Bayer Crop Science (previously Monsanto). Over the past 13 years, Stephanie has introduced innovative solutions to deliver desirable genetics into Bayer's breeding pipelines and products and developed a passion for working in the agricultural industry. Stephanie currently lives in Vacaville, CA with her husband Erik, and their three boys Aiden (13), Ethan (11) and Jackson (9). When she isn't working you will likely find her training, hiking, showing, doing public events or just hanging out with her llamas Sno (2) and Karalahna (9 mo), and her alpaca Piper (4).

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