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I’m a Scientist, Get me out of here! – Science Debate Kit: Food Security

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I’m a scientist, get me out of here. Science debate kit: Food Security

I’m a Scientist, Get me out of here! – Science Debate Kit: Food Security

  • Document Information: PDF 5MB
  • Date: March 2012

This educational resource outlines food security activities for use in schools. This debate kit encourages students to evaluate some of the issues surrounding global food security and consider the ethical implications of food production.

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From Field To Fork

From Field to Fork

  • Document Information: PDF 4MB
  • Date: March 2012

This educational resource was originally produced as part of a public exhibition, providing an overview of the food security challenge and how scientific research is being used to help address the issues.

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Field to Fork: Safe food

From Field to Fork: Safe food

  • Document Information: PDF 1MB
  • Date: March 2012

This educational resource outlines food security activities you can try out at home. Different methods of preserving food can prevent bacterial growth and keep food safe to eat for longer. Carry out your own experiment with food preservatives to find out which ones work the best.

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Field to Fork: Recycling food waste

From Field to Fork: Recycling food waste

  • Document Information: PDF 2MB
  • Date: March 2012

This educational resource outlines food security activities you can try out at home. There are a number of different uses for food waste that could prevent reusable material from going to landfill. Explore which types of waste can be put to good use by designing the perfect compost composition.

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Field to Fork: Producing food

From Field to Fork: Producing Food

  • Document Information: PDF 2MB
  • Date: March 2012

This educational resource outlines food security activities you can try out at home. Scientists are developing new crop varieties that have higher yields, helping farmers to produce more from the same area of land. Carry out an experiment to find out which is the best new wheat variety to grow with which fertiliser.

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Field to Fork: Healthy food

From Field to Fork: Healthy food

  • Document Information: PDF 1MB
  • Date: March 2012

This educational resource outlines food security activities you can try out at home. How can the structure of food make it healthier and tastier? Scientists are working to understand the mechanisms that control the viscosity and texture of emulsions, so that fat content of food can be reduced while maintaining the taste.

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Field to Fork: Getting hold of food?

From Field to Fork: Getting hold of food?

  • Document Information: PDF 2MB
  • Date: March 2012

This educational resource outlines food security activities you can try out at home. Not all the food we eat is produced in the UK, with a great deal of it being imported from countries across the world. Find out how far your food has travelled using the internet.

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Field to Fork: Food, farming and the environment

From Field to Fork: Food, Farming and the Environment

  • Document Information: PDF 1MB
  • Date: March 2012

This educational resource outlines food security activities you can try out at home. Crop disease can damage food production and leave people hungry. Explore your garden, a nearby park or school playing field to identify healthy and diseased plants.

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Latest blog post

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.

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

Latest news

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.

Read more - New funding for healthy people and healthy planet

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The Agricultural Universities Council has launched a short (10-20min) survey seeking views on the targeting of research resources and the role of universities. It is anonymous and is for anyone with an interest in agricultural research Please share/RT! rau.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/auc-r…

About 15 hours ago

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…

About 2 months ago

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

About 3 months ago

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 4 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…

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