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Rations to the Warfighter: Innovation and Vulnerabilities

Rations to the Warfighter: Innovation and Vulnerabilities

Update: 2025-10-01
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Join guest host Dr. Liz Specht for a conversation with Nicole Favreau Farhadi, Senior Research Biochemist at the Army Combat Capabilities Development Command’s (DEVCOM) Soldier Center, Combat Feeding Division (CFD). This episode, the final installment of our five-part biomanufacturing series, explores food research within the Department of Defense and the intersection of food biomanufacturing innovation with warfighter readiness. The discussion highlights the Defense Department’s responsibilities in combat feeding, logistical vulnerabilities in military food systems, the integration of new biotechnologies for food processing, and the optimization of combat rations for nutrient density, weight, and shelf life.

Learn More:

DEVCOM: https://sc.devcom.army.mil/who-we-are/

Joint Culinary Center of Excellence (JCCoE): https://quartermaster.army.mil/jccoe/jccoe_main.html

Close Combat Assault Ration (CCAR): https://www.dla.mil/Troop-Support/Subsistence/Operational-rations/Close-Combat-Assault-Ration/

Unitized Group Ration (UGR): https://www.dla.mil/Troop-Support/Subsistence/Operational-rations/UGR-HS/

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Rations to the Warfighter: Innovation and Vulnerabilities

Rations to the Warfighter: Innovation and Vulnerabilities

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