Karen Blakeslee

Blakeslee, Karen

Extension Associate
221 Call Hall
Manhattan, KS 66506
785-532-1673
785-532-3295 fax
kblakesl@ksu.edu
Area(s) of Specialization

Food Science for Extension Agents.
Coordinator of the Rapid Response Center.
Co-Director of the Kansas Value Added Foods Lab.

Publications

Rapid Response Center

Kansas Value Added Food Lab

Bio Brief

Karen Blakeslee is coordinator of the Rapid Response Center (RRC), an Extension Agent resource for Food Science, as well as the co-director of the Kansas Value Added Foods Lab (KVAL). The RRC was formed in 1995 as a resource for Kansas State University Research & Extension Agents. Resource topics included Food Science, Human Nutrition, Food Service and other consumer topics.

Since that time, the Center has grown to be of valuable assistance to Kansas State University Extension Specialists in those areas, primarily in food science. The KVAL is resource for small food producers to evaluate the safety of their food products, Nutrition Facts labeling, production guidance and more.

Karen's background includes working in ice cream manufacturing and in cereal and pasta manufacturing for almost 12 years. Karen is a native of Great Bend, Kansas and graduated from K-State with her bachelors and masters degrees.