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A new institute to tackle food security challenges
Iain Gordon reflects on a unique opportunity for Scottish science and enterprise as well as the challenges that lie ahead. On 1 April 2011 Scotland became home to a brand new scientific research...
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Debating rural affairs
Has environmental protection taken the edge off UK farming’s competitiveness? Mark Tinsley makes the case. Who should run the countryside? This was the banner of an event was hosted by Relu (the Rural...
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The Green Food Project
The UK Government has published recommendations that will shape policy and decisions well into the future. The Minister of State for Agriculture and Food tells us more. How might we produce more food...
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A meeting of the big ‘MACS’
Top researchers gather to tuck into global food matters. Tim Benton relishes the chance. I have recently returned from a Meeting of the Agricultural Chief Scientists (the ‘MACS’) of the G20, held in...
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Measuring the impact of food security research
The Rural Economy and Land Use Programme (Relu) has been running since 2004. Laura Meagher reports on its value and progress. Rural areas in the UK, and elsewhere, are experiencing considerable change...
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Fertilizers: quality over quantity
Indicators for the Sustainable Development Goals must be chosen with care, says Jørgen Ole Haslestad of the International Fertilizer Industry Association. When considering the sustainable development...
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Cars, cows and carbon
Cutting an American family’s meat consumption by half is equivalent to getting rid of a car. Why isn’t the pressure on, asks Tim Benton. The most recent figures for carbon dioxide levels in the...
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Labels or legislation: how do you shift eating habits?
What are the policies and actions needed to change consumption patterns? Tara Garnett of the Food Climate Research Network digests a recent report. It is a truth universally acknowledged that human...
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Engaging with our food future
We need plan for tomorrow today. The Food Standards Agency’s Guy Poppy reports on the upcoming #OurFoodFuture event to do just that. When was the last time you ate a chocolate bar and wondered where...
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Choosing food: consumption and the carbon footprint
How can we nudge people to eat more healthily and sustainably? University of Cambridge’s Arianna Psichas reports from the Global Food Security programme’s Policy Lab on sustainable nutrition. As the...
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Advancing insects as animal feed
Insect farms could recover the true value of wasted organic nutrients, improve local food security and assist in environmental protection, says Keiran Olivares Whitaker of Entocycle. Agriculture is...
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Engaging with agriculture on Open Farm Sunday
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. With 81.5% of the UK...
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“We are the champions, my friends”
The Global Food Security programme’s Champion, Professor Tim Benton, reflects on leaving the role after five years in the post. After five years, my term as the Champion for the UK’s Global Food...
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My vegan challenge: how hard is it to change your diet?
The Global Food Security programme’s Sian Williams decided to cut all meat and animal products from her diet to see how difficult it would be to eat more sustainably. Never one to shy away from an...
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