Speak Up for Food Security 2020: Apply now!
Applications now open for GFS’ annual research storytelling competition that challenges early career researchers to not only inform food system change, but to inspire it.
Author: Maia Elliott
Once Upon a Global Food System
Maia Elliott (Global Food Security) discusses why narrative is a powerful tool for communicating and navigating the complexities of our food system in a time of misinformation, and outlines the rationale behind the Speak Up for Food Security project.
Speaking Up For Food Security: Results of first ever GFS science communication competition
Following an intensive masterclass in science communication, Claire Kanja and Lauren McGale have been named the winner and runner-up of the Global Food Security programme’s first ever ‘Speak Up for Food Security’ science communication competition.
Food system resilience in the spotlight in new policy brief
A new policy brief from the ‘Resilience of the UK Food System in a Global Context’ (GFS-FSR) programme addresses the insecurity of the UK food system and examines pathways to making the food system more resilient to shocks and stresses.
Paris-compliant healthy food systems: Policy Brief for United Nations Climate Change Conference
The Global Food Security programme has published a policy brief ahead of the 24th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP24), held in Katowice, Poland.
Policy brief: Food systems approaches to a sustainable future
This policy brief conveys five key messages for this year’s Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate change (COP24), based on the outputs of GFS’ Paris-compliant healthy food systems workshop.
GFS project advises Co-op on its approach to food systems resilience
IKnowFood, one of the projects in the Global Food Security’s Resilience of the UK Food System in a Global Context programme has helped to shape the Co-op’s new Future of Food ambition.
Second Paris-compliant healthy food system Taskforce workshop
On 15 October a Taskforce of academics, industry and policymakers attended a GFS workshop in London to discuss and develop four different 2050 food system scenarios that meet the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals.
Communicating the complexity of our food system
This project will aim to characterise the obstacles that hinder the effective communication of complex systems, identify strategies to overcome these and equip systems-thinkers with the tools to articulate the complexity of our food system to a broad range of stakeholders.
Transformative innovation across supply chains to improve decision-making
This project will explore how 21st century data technologies could improve transparency, safety, authenticity and traceability within the food system.
Future scenarios for a Paris-compliant healthy food system
At the first meeting the Taskforce identified a list of critical uncertainties for our future food system.
GFS Spotlight Award
The aim of the GFS Spotlight Award was to deliver a range of interactive workshops spanning the food system to year 4 to year 6 students in eight different schools, culminating in an interschool competition. The workshops covered different aspects of the global food security challenge, including food waste reduction, insect pollinators, diet choices and climate change.
