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Eyeing up intake: an Insight on overconsumption and diet

  • Date: 22 August 2016
  • Author(s): Sian Williams

How can we help people make better dietary choices for their health and the planet? The Global Food Security programme’s Sian Williams introduces a new report.

Read more - Eyeing up intake: an Insight on overconsumption and diet

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What transforming food systems means for policy: from ideas to action

  • Date: 28 October 2019
  • Author(s): Kelly Parsons

The principle of joined-up food policy has been circulating for at least twenty years, but now is the time to put it into practice, says Dr Kelly Parsons (City University of London).

Read more - What transforming food systems means for policy: from ideas to action

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Winners of the 2019 Policy Lab on emerging food trends announced

  • Date: 4 December 2019

The winning team of this year’s Policy Lab on emerging food trends will be awarded £5000 to write a report on “Are we ready for a plant-based diet?”, for publication in 2020.

Read more - Winners of the 2019 Policy Lab on emerging food trends announced

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Congratulations to the winners of this year's policy lab!! Sajeev, Michael, Christopher and Rebecca won with their proposal on “Are we ready for a plant-based diet?” foodsecurity.ac.uk/news/winne… pic.twitter.com/TIxho77Uvu

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Our ground-breaking interdisciplinary research programme to transform the UK food system for healthy people and a healthy environment closes TODAY at 4pm. Very excited to see the applications! twitter.com/FoodSecurityUK…

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In case you missed it...we have £25M available for interdisciplinary research to transform the UK food system. Apply now! Deadline 26 November. bbsrc.ukri.org/funding/filter… @UKRI_News @BBSRC @NERCscience @ESRC @The_MRC

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A great way to communicate the food security challenge! Now it's your turn twitter - can you write a two-line verse on food security for inclusion in our rap? #FoodSecurity #FridayRap twitter.com/RiazGFS/status…

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Presentations from the GFS Transforming the UK food system launch workshops are now online! Hear perspectives from business and civil society and find out more background to the funding call: youtube.com/watch?v=S-Sozq…

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