Montana State University Food Product Development Lab

Our mission is sustainable food product development, developing food products that are healthy for both humans and the earth. Current areas of focus include: Empowering local foods: we collaborate with MSU Culinary Services and Montana food enterprise to improve the quality and competitiveness of local food products served on campus. Discovering specialty crops: we work with MSU Pulse Breeding Program and Western Agricultural Research Center to investigate the nutrition, value-added, and sustainability-marketing potentials of pulses and new Montana fruits. Sustaining Indigenous foods: we partner with Bountifield International, Senegal smallholder women farmers, and the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes to innovate Indigenous food products that support the Native lands and Native communities