The Babcock-Hart Award has been awarded since 1948 by the

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. It is given for significant contributions in food technology that resulted in

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through some aspects of

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. It was first named the Stephan M. Babcock Award after the agricultural

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Stephen M. Babcock of the

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for his "

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" of 1907–1911, but renamed the Babcock-Hart Award following the death of Babcock's colleague Edwin B. Hart in 1953. Award winners receive a plaque from the

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- North America, headquartered in

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and a

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3000

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Winners

References

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