For nearly 50 years I have worked exclusively in the agricultural and food industries. My work has been in government as a research analyst; in industry as a hands-on technologist in product development, with a research association in charge of meat products research, and later as vice president, Technical Services, of a multinational food company; in academia as an associate professor teaching and directing research in added value poultry products; and in private practice as a food consultant. During the course of this work, I visited growers, food and ingredient manufacturers, and government research establishments in countries in North and South America, Asia, and Europe. I have lectured or conducted training courses in Canada, the United States of America, England, Ecuador, The Netherlands, China and Germany.