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Author: Andy Morling

Food crime matters

  • Date: 4 July 2016
  • Author(s): Andy Morling

Criminal activity is costing global food and drink industries billions, but what is being done about it? Andy Morling of the FSA’s National Food Crime Unit reports.

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Stress to success: the behaviour of resilient vegetables under climate change  

  • Date: 9 November 2021
  • Author(s): Olivia Cousins

2021 is a year of converging events; the UK is hosting the COP26 climate change conference, the UN COP15 conference focusing on biodiversity has just passed, and the international year of fruit and vegetables is in full swing. To celebrate these events, Dr Olivia Cousins shares the importance of maintaining and using the biological diversity of vegetable crops so that they can endure the stresses of our changing climate.

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New funding for healthy people and healthy planet

  • Date: 22 April 2022

The Transforming UK Food Systems Strategic Priorities Fund (SPF) programme has awarded 11 new research projects with £14 million in funding, focusing on putting healthy people and a healthy environment at its core.

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New £14M funding awarded to 11 exciting research projects as part of the Transforming UK Food Systems SPF Programme, focussing on healthy people and a healthy planet🌎Read more here!👇 foodsecurity.ac.uk/news/new-f…

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Our Science Advisory Group identified some key cross-disciplinary research priorities to build healthy, resilient and sustainable food systems by 2030. Check them out and share your thoughts and priorities: foodsecurity.ac.uk/news/prior…🌍🍴 pic.twitter.com/7aB9wf9v65

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NEW GFS POLICY REPORT: Can true cost accounting remove siloed thinking about #foodloss & #foodwaste? foodsecurity.ac.uk/news/new-p… Authored by UKRI early career researchers @AoifeLCaffrey @beeingmirands @BerndBonfert @_mehr00sh @SiobhanMaderson @Amy_Molotoks @Justinepearce14 thread1/3 pic.twitter.com/wNCGLgC7kk

About 3 months ago

🎺Apply Now🎺 Work with academia/gov/industry/3rd sector to transform the food system for health🍎& the environment 🌍 New role- Knowledge Exchange Fellow as part of the @UKRI_News Transforming UK #Foodsystems Programme Deadline 31/03 jobs.reading.ac.uk/displayjob… #SPFfoodsystems twitter.com/mandala_food/s…

About 3 months ago

For #FoodWasteActionWeek watch a sneak peak of the NEW GFS REPORT released NEXT WEEK! 👀Written by a team of early career researchers it explores how true cost accounting is a useful tool to reduce #foodloss and #foodwaste 🎉 youtube.com/watch?v=zTndmu…

About 3 months ago

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