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Virginia Tech: 'Illuminate' Links Appalachia and Senegal Through Food Safety Education
February 09, 2026
BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Feb. 9 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news:

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"Illuminate" links Appalachia and Senegal through food safety education

Program prepares Virginia Tech and Tennessee State University students for careers in Extension and agricultural education.

By Marya Barlow and Olivia Moyer

On a warm afternoon in Senegal, a Virginia Tech student demonstrated how to test acidity and safely can mango puree, . . .

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