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Lunchbox of the Future: A Whole-System, Whole-School Food Policy

  • Date: 28 September 2018
  • Author(s): Melanie Collins

Dr Melanie Collins, International Coordinator and Strategy Manager for the Global Food Security Programme and Chair of School Governors, explores the role schools have in tackling future food security challenges.

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Sun’s Out, Buns Out: Exploring the alfresco ritual of meat, fire, man’s work, and sustainability

  • Date: 24 August 2018
  • Author(s): Emma Roe

Dr Emma Roe discusses the relationship between men and meat, and how unravelling this can help contribute to a more sustainable food system.

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Communicating the complexity of our food system

  • Date: July 2018
  • Author(s): Maia Elliott

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.

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GFS Spotlight Award

  • Date: June 2018
  • Author(s): Maia Elliott

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.

Hidden Hunger: Biofortified wheat and zinc deficiency in Pakistan

  • Date: 5 March 2018
  • Author(s): Heather Ohly

Zinc deficiency affects around 17% of the world’s population, mostly in developing countries. In Pakistan, the most recent national nutrition survey indicated that over 40% of women are zinc deficient. Could using a new type of flour in cooking help tackle this deficiency?

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Most British adults report that the effects of climate change would encourage them to change their diet

  • Date: 20 February 2017
  • Author(s): Global Food Security

According to a recent public survey commissioned by the Global Food Security (GFS) programme, many British adults recognise that the food system is a key contributor to climate change and would change their diets as a result of climate change.

Public attitudes to climatic shocks and their interaction with the food system

Public attitudes to climatic shocks and their interaction with the food system

  • Document Information: PDF 517KB
  • Date: February 2017

This report details the findings of a public survey, looking to gauge public attitudes towards climate change, climatic shocks and how these issues link to the food system. Given evidence that adaptation from across the food system will be necessary to successfully mitigate climate change, this project aimed to explore public engagement with climate issues and potential routes for food system change.

(You can view PDF documents by downloading a PDF reader. We recommend using Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox web browsers.)

Engaging with agriculture on Open Farm Sunday

  • Date: 26 May 2016
  • Author(s): Annabel Shackleton

Delivering more sustainable food and farming has to start with reconnecting people with where their food comes from and how it is produced, says LEAF’s Annabel Shackleton.

Read more - Engaging with agriculture on Open Farm Sunday

Food Futures Panel publishes project evaluation reports

  • Date: 6 April 2016
  • Author(s): Global Food Security

The Global Food Security (GFS) programme’s Food Futures Panel has published 10 reports on its activity so far.

Read more - Food Futures Panel publishes project evaluation reports

Food Futures Panel: Sustainable intensification

Food Futures Panel: Sustainable intensification presentations

  • Document Information: PDF 521KB
  • Date: March 2016

The GFS programme commissioned a panel of 600 members of the public to take part in engagement activities, exploring different aspects of food security research. This document details the stimulus presentation given at the sustainable intensification workshop.

(You can view PDF documents by downloading a PDF reader. We recommend using Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox web browsers.)

Food Futures Panel: Trade-offs in future food systems - consumer perspectives

Food Futures Panel: Trade-offs in future food systems – consumer perspectives

  • Document Information: PDF 6MB
  • Date: March 2016

The GFS programme commissioned a panel of 600 members of the public to take part in engagement activities, exploring different aspects of food security research. This report details findings from the sustainable intensification dialogue, outlining panel discussions on the benefits and trade-offs of sustainable intensification as an approach to agriculture.

(You can view PDF documents by downloading a PDF reader. We recommend using Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox web browsers.)

Food Futures Panel: Overview report, a guide to the GFS Food futures panel outputs

Food Futures Panel: Overview report – A guide to the GFS Food Futures panel outputs

  • Document Information: PDF 1MB
  • Date: March 2016

The GFS programme commissioned a panel of 600 members of the public to take part in engagement activities, exploring different aspects of food security research. This report provides an overview of the entire public panel project.

(You can view PDF documents by downloading a PDF reader. We recommend using Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox web browsers.)

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