Amy Bowen

Lincoln

Amy Bowen is the Director of Consumer, Sensory and Market Insights at the Vineland Research and Innovation Centre. Her research is focused on understandings the drivers that impact consumer preference and choice for horticultural products to create value-added results. She leads a group of industry experts with extensive knowledge of horticultural products, value chains and consumer markets to support research and innovation by providing multidisciplinary solutions from concept design and testing to finished product evaluations for fresh, processed or packaged horticultural commodities and technologies. Amy has a PhD in Biological Sciences with a specialization in Plant Science, Oenology, and Viticulture from Brock University. She is the Past-Chair of the American Society of Enology and Viticulture – Eastern Section, and sits on the Scientific Advisory Panel of the Canadian Institute of Food Science and Technology and the Innovation Working Group of the Canadian Produce Marketing Association.