UKRI Food Research and Innovation. Research for sustainable, healthy and resilient food systems.
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Joined November 2013
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My latest piece in @Nature with @GuyPoppy1 on the need to transform the UK food system for health and sustainability. Our new £47.5M interdisciplinary research programme will develop evidence and cross-stakeholder action to help make this a reality nature.com/articles/s43016-0…
New UK-based role - Head of UKRI Food Research and Innovation - deadline for applications tomorrow! fa-evzn-saasfaukgovprod1.fa.… #FoodSecurity
The Defra Minister highlighting the crucial role of interdisciplinary research codesigned with stakeholders in the UKRI Transforming UK Food Systems programme, and also announcing new @UKRI_News @DefraGovUK funding for food system resilience ukri.org/news/uk-supply-chai… #TUKFS25
Great to see our @UKRI_News project @FixOurFoodteam in the news today. Free school meals trial feeds 20,000 more children
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp8e… Part of the Transforming UK Food Systems programme ukfoodsystems.ukri.org/
Closing soon - apply now!
New job opportunity working on UKRI food strategy. Apply now! careersportal.co.uk/UKRI-car… #foodsecurity #foodsystems
New job opportunity working on UKRI food strategy. Apply now! careersportal.co.uk/UKRI-car… #foodsecurity #foodsystems
Interested in helping to develop UKRI strategy on food? Then come and work for us! We are recruiting for a Senior Programme Manager (maternity cover). Apply now! careersportal.co.uk/UKRI-car…
We have two other @UKRI_News Transforming UK Food Systems projects ukfoodsystems.ukri.org looking to make white bread healthier, one through fibre-enhanced white flour, the other through pulses - see Raising the Pulse here: research.reading.ac.uk/raisi…
Here’s a plan to make sliced white loaves to be as nutritious as wholemeal. The researchers are adding small amounts of other grains to the flour mix with the aim of keeping the fluffy white taste and texture of white bread the same. bbc.com/news/articles/c87z06…
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Interested in helping to transform the UK food system? Then come and work for us! We are recruiting for a Senior Programme Manager to support UKRI's Transforming the UK Food System programme. Apply now! careersportal.co.uk/UKRI-car…
Interested in helping to transform the UK food system? Then come and work for us! We are recruiting for a Senior Programme Manager to support UKRI's Transforming the UK Food System programme. Apply now! careersportal.co.uk/UKRI-car…
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As part of the @MetOffice_Sci Academic Partnership, with @UKRI_News @DefraGovUK and @foodgov we are conducting a survey on Climate Adaptation in the UK Food System - please share and take part - it should take less than 10 minutes to complete. Thanks!
forms.office.com/e/FTJxhT0rk…
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📢Would you like to understand more about the concepts of #transformation and what it means for your work? Join us for an interactive #workshop on 7th September, 11:30-13:00, based on our newly published report by Ioan Fazey and John Colvin
eventbrite.co.uk/e/transform…
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Apply for funding for breakthrough interdisciplinary research ideas in #FoodSystems. The new UKRI interdisciplinary responsive mode pilot is now OPEN! £32.5M available for grants between £200K - £1.2M ukri.org/opportunity/ukri-cr…
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Unique opportunity for #FoodSystem thinkers to join the UKRI Interdisciplinary Assessment College ukri.org/about-us/work-for-u…. This will assess proposals to the new interdisciplinary responsive mode. Apply now!
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New Funding Opportunity! Modelling supply chains (including food) as complex systems to increase resilience. £5M available to take a systems approach and consider cascading risks as part of a network plus ukri.org/opportunity/modelli… #FoodSystems #Resilience #SupplyChain #Risks
Come and help us transform the UK food system! A unique opportunity to manage a large interdisciplinary research programme and help improve the #health of people and the #environment. Closing date is this Sunday 23rd April. Apply now! #foodsystems careersportal.co.uk/UKRI-car…
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NOW RECRUITING for a Senior Programme Manager to manage the £47.5M Transforming UK Food Systems Programme, working with @GuyPoppy1 and @RiazGFS. Permanent position based @UKRI_News, salary £39,748 per annum. Apply here careersportal.co.uk/UKRI-car…
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Register for our workshop on 15 & 20 September with key speakers Prof. Gideon Henderson (Defra Chief Scientist @DefraChiefScien ), and Judith Batchelar OBE (Food Matters International @JudithBatchelar ).
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#climatechange #food #foodsecurity
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New funding call from @ESRC focussing on food systems research to encourage and enable take up of healthier diets. More:orlo.uk/nffWr
A great opportunity to build on the work GFS has supported through the Transforming Food Systems SPF programme:
foodsecurity.ac.uk/research/…
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New funding call: Apply to lead an ambitious programme of research trials in the food system to support healthier & more sustainable diets for all. An applicant webinar will be held on 18 July. More: orlo.uk/nffWr
@DefraGovUK @foodgov @educationgovuk @luhcl @DHSCgovuk
ALT A spread of fruit and vegetables, including grapes, papaya, strawberries, apples, dried apricots, tomatoes, carrots, brussel sprouts and artichokes.