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MEETING PREVIEW

Tabletop Exhibitors for
R&DA’s Fall 2018 Meeting
The Future of Fuel for Military Cooking
BCB Int’l

Military Subsistence Paul Ames +442920 433700
Email: pa@bcbin.com
CDS/Unistel
Spices
Kimberly Albert 585-341-4712
teady research progressively improves the
Science and Squality and nutritional content of the meals Email: kim.albert@unistelindustries.com
Technology that fuel service members, whether they are out Clif Bar
Energy Bars
Drives R&DA in the field, back in garrison or aboard ship. Luke Krebs 267-453-9834
Driving that research is the U.S. Army Natick
Fall Meeting Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Email: lkrebs@clifbar.com
Agenda Center, and attendees of this fall’s Research and Computrition
Development Associates (R&DA) for Military Food
Energy Bars
and Packaging Systems annual meeting get an Rosa Brackett 760-518-9368
exclusive glimpse into the work being done there to develop the future of rbrackett@computrition.com
military subsistence. Erie Foods
R&DA’s Fall 2018 meeting is Protein Snack Chips
Oct. 22 to 25, 2018, at the Hil- John Steinent 309-945-7217
ton Boston in Woburn, Mass., PHOTOS BY RON HOFFMAN Email: jsteinert@eriefoods.com
which is just about 11 miles from Fonterra Foodservice
downtown Boston and very near Dairy Products/Cooking Cream
to Natick. “So, Natick can come Kathy Dierickx 401-239-7334
in without a significant amount kathryn.dierickx@fonterra.com
of travel and they can send more Hoist Rehydration
people, project officers and so Hydration Beverages
forth, to participate in the meet- Ben Schmidt
ing and mix with our industry Email: ben@drinkhoist.com
folks,” said John McNulty, R&DA’s 513-207-8855
executive director. “We’re going Kerry Foodservice (two tables)
to have significant Natick par- Food and Drink Mixes
ticipation.” Mike Rush 508-530-8232
Educational programming michael.rush@kerry.com
throughout the meeting features CW5 Jim Donaldson, Army food advisor, Joint Cu- Knauss Foods
updates from Natick and on food linary Center of Excellence, gives an update on the Beef Snack
service in each military service Army food program at the R&DA fall 2017 meeting. Samantha Alderfer 215-450-5102
branch, as well as presentations samantha_alderfer@live.com
by the Defense Logistics Agency One2One US
Troop Support and notable key- Data Tracking and Reporting
note speakers. Jeff DeSantis
On Thursday, Oct. 25, 2018, Email: jdesantis@one2oneus.com
R&DA hosts the third Natick 843-995-5511
Science and Technology Day for Rip Van Wafels
industry. A group of about 60 Waffle Snacks
attendees take a bus ride over to Rip Pruisken 401-569-8362
the Natick campus for a full day Email: rip@ripvanwafels.com
of briefings, demonstrations and Sneakz Organic
hands-on involvement with the Vegetable Nutritional Milk and Meal
research going on there, with a Replacement Shake Mix
focus on food and combat feed- John Krueger 561-529-3086
ing. “That’s been very success- steve@sneakz.com
ful in the past, so we’re doing United Soybean Board
that again,” McNulty said. “So Soybean Oil
the meeting will have a real big Harry Streibich, chief, operational rations, DLA Steve Veile 573-635-3265
Troop Support, during a presentation last fall at
focus on Natick and S and T, and the R&DA meeting in San Antonio, Texas. Email: stevev@communiqueinc.com
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