Department Mission:

The mission of the Department of Cereal and Food Sciences is:

1. to provide nationally and internationally recognized academic programs for undergraduate and
    graduate students;

2. to pursue relevant and cutting-edge research on the conversion of state- and regionally-
    produced raw agricultural commodities into food and value-added products;

3. to use discipline-specific, pedagogical, and managerial expertise in service to students,
    colleagues, food industries/commodity groups, and professional societies that will provide
    competent professionals, and make North Dakota a reliable supplier of safe, high-quality
    products.