Public engagement

GFS - Exploring public views

Global Food Security programme – Exploring public views

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Date: August 2012

This report details findings of a set of public workshops that engaged participants to consider aspirations and concerns around the research needed to help address the challenges facing food security. Specifically, the study aimed to characterise and identify issues that could warrant a deeper dialogue with a larger group of the public.

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GFS Programme - A survey of public attitudes

Global Food Security programme – A survey of public attitudes

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Date: August 2012

This report details the findings of a public survey, looking to benchmark public attitudes, opinions and understandings of global food security. This survey was the first stage in a programme of public dialogue, feeding public views, aspirations and concerns around global food security into the work of the GFS programme.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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?

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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

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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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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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ECR Policy Lab on the determinants of food choice for healthy and sustainable diets

Date: 5 January 2018

The Global Food Security (GFS) programme invites expressions of interest from post-doctoral researchers to take part in a Policy Lab on the determinants of food choice (e.g. biological, social, environmental, physical and economic) and the combination of interventions across these that will lead to healthier and more sustainable diets.

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The risk of the Gulf Stream collapsing through weakening of Amoc and how this might impact the food system was featured in our tipping points report foodsecurity.ac.uk/publicatio…. Good to see two new @nature papers on this topic theguardian.com/environment/2…

At the#GFSpolicylab @l_cornelsen illuminates the economic drivers of food choice pic.twitter.com/tM6AZ8n24A

The GFS Policy Lab on food choice kicks off today! Post-docs from different disciplines making lifelong contacts, thinking about the whole food system, getting experience of a competitive funding process, and writing for a policy audience. Interdisciplinary working with impact! pic.twitter.com/zrsTfWlCPp

Hidden Hunger: Our latest blog @heatherohly from @UCLan tells us about hidden hunger in #Pakistan , and how they're tackling it ow.ly/5sQB30iL3XP pic.twitter.com/wgkwDxMJbk

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