As part of the @foodgeog.bsky.social away day this year we carried out a Collective Inquiry into 'What can #CreativeMethods bring to #FoodGeographies #Research? Our zine output has now been published, see here: heyzine.com/flip-book/c8... #CRMethods #CreativeResearch #Food #Arts

🎉 New academic financial year, new opportunities! Use your 2025/26 budget to join us at the International Creative Research Methods Conference on September 8th and 9th in Manchester. Secure your ticket now 👉 creativeresearchmethods.com #ICRMC2025 #CreativeResearch

"food issues are not always about food. The issues are very interlinked." Useful reflections here on how it is impossible to separate injustices in #FoodSystems from broader systemic barriers & challenges - including barriers preventing more BIPOC people being in academia & publishing #FoodJustice

At a meeting of the Sustainable Agri-Food System Research Group @bristoluni.bsky.social Guy Poppy highlights the environment impacts of food, but emphasises not to demonise farmers. Instead lets find a shared vision, reallocate subsidies more effectively & use joined up #foodsystems approaches

Great new research from Damien Maye. Unpacking how and why the #FoodSystems concept has been used. And how that's changed over time. ijsaf.org/index.php/ij... #FoodSystem #FoodGeographies #FoodPolicy

A great reminder of what transformative governance can be and what's missing. Good inspiration to start day 2 of the @transformationscommunity.org #TCX

Inspired today at the @britsoci.bsky.social #NewMaterialism conference Amazing artworks by Julian Burton (Delta 7): a diffractive montage portraying detrimental quirks in our health system What are the affects of 'labelling' people as having mental ill health? & who gets to label? #CRMethods

Inspired by Redcatch #CommunityGarden in #Bristol Building #community through wellbeing events, feeding 2000+ w/ weekly community meals & providing services for NEET, SEN & people w/dementia - all on 1/2 an acre Thanks @rgsibg.bsky.social & @foodgeog.bsky.social for support #FoodSystems

Inspiring session exploring the food stories of everyone in the room. Connecting food to our diverse heritage, experiences & memories. I connected to mint which grew in my mums garden. What does food mean to you? #FoodJusticeFortnight #FoodJustice #FoodSystems

A #FoodJustice win in the UK this week. After many years of campaign efforts the government has extended the free school meals programme to 500,000 more families #FoodSystems #FoodSystem #FoodSecurity

Anyone interested in #FoodSystems & around #Bristol - Food Justice fortnight is starting! So many events and inspiration. Exciting! #FoodJustice #FoodSystem #Sustainable #Diet

For anyone involved in #SupplyChains or #ConsumerRelations - here is an opportunity to participate in planning future #FoodSystem scenarios Sign up here: leedsubs.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... More about the project here: h3.ac.uk #FoodSystems #supplychain #AcademicSky

🚨 The draft #UNFSS2025 Independent Stakeholder Report is open for consultation until 6 June! Non-state actors: share your insights, challenges & solutions on #FoodSystems. Help shape the global agenda and make sure your voice is heard. Join now 👉 www.sparkblue.org/group/535/ab...

Urban growing & #foraging can support uptake of healthy eating & social connection & mental health benefits. But needs support from #UrbanPlanning to thrive theconversation.com/how-growing-... & there are many things planners can do: www.sustainweb.org/planning/for... #FoodSystems #FoodPolicy

A great DIY guide for food organising! It covers how to design/host experiences inc. 👉immersive #art 👉driving #FoodSovereignty advocacy 👉 #foraging & cooking classes 👉create inclusive publicity 👉design for social connection 👉promote entrepreneurship #FoodSystems #Foodsystem #CreativeMethods

A touching account about long-term economic outcomes enabled by consistent financial support when people need it > It allows breathing space to develop & reach potential Something currently threatened by #PIP & #UniversalCredit cuts #Dignity #Welfare #LivedExperience @ukparliament.parliament.uk

This makes so much sense... Especially given the potential of transforming catering in schools and prisons e.g. www.foodbehindbars.co.uk sustainablefoodtrust.org/news-views/t... @susfoodtrust.bsky.social schoolfood4change.eu

Great #FoodDemocracy work ongoing in the UK. Citizens who engaged made it clear they want change, including more accountability, fairness, and healthy sustainable food for all! #FoodSystems #Foodsystem #FoodSecurity #Citizens #Democracy #PublicEngagement

Interested in #FoodJustice & #CreativeMethods? If you are based in #Bristol or nearby this event looks useful for meeting future research collaborators! #FoodSystems #AcademicSky

Fascinating blog applying #Posthumanism thinking to the medical humanities My fav so far thepolyphony.org/2023/12/14/s... Proposes engaging speculative #ethics, rather than abstract biomedical ethics, to make visible the messy, situated, relational networks of care within & beyond the health system

In #Posthumanism research we aim to de-centre humans But are there risks of erasing human voices & how to balance these w/ opportunities of re-conceptualising our relations with the world See a special issue on this topic edited by Karin Murris: journals.sagepub.com/toc/ciea/23/3 #NewMaterialism

Interested in #Food & #CreativeMethods? @foodgeog.bsky.social are holding a 1.5 day workshop to explore how creativity is being used across food geographies June 19th & 20th in Bristol, only £6 to attend! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/rgs-ibg-fo... #AcademicSky #FoodGeo #FoodSystems

For anyone interested in #NewMaterialism & in the US this looks like a great training opportunity

Funded PhD opp #foodsystems #foodpolicy

I've created a #NewMaterialism & #PostHumanism starter pack go.bsky.app/DpiujN6 Please do share & message me if you want to be added! #NewMaterialist #Posthumanist #PostQual #AcademicSky #AcademiaSky #Research #philosophy [Correct link this time haha!]

Our #CRMethods workshop at @britsoci.bsky.social conference w/ @socnewmat.bsky.social @lucyc124.bsky.social & Julian Burton Participants experimented w/ using textile, drawing, modelling, & collage to 'get in the affective flow' of #NewMaterialism inquiry & w/ affective responses to visual material

Inspired by Dr Roxana Barbulescu @britsoci.bsky.social conference Impactful visual narratives about migrant workers critical contributions to UK #Farming. But many are on zero hours contracts & have no access to healthcare despite paying tax & NI. See more feedingthenation.leeds.ac.uk #Foodsystem

Great report!👇 The 3rd sector shouldn't be a dumping ground! I like that the recommendations address the *separate* causes of #foodpoverty & #foodwaste I also think ‘polluter pays’ money could support food redistribution costs; where food is *sufficient quality* & *unavoidable* waste #FoodSystems

This would be such a loss. A 31 year #ForestGarden. So much work & such a resource for research, education & #biodiversity. Now the landowner wants the land back... Please sign & share the petition to support: www.change.org/p/stop-the-d... #agroforestry #argoecology

Great day thinking how to increase #farmer led #agroecology research w/ @landworkersuk.bsky.social Challenges >farmers lack capacity >need for knowledge sharing amongst growers >need to disrupt the focus on high-tech solutions Can we rethink priorities & funding distribution methods? #FoodSystem

Which actors within a food system have the ability to influence change processes? 🍽️ @ox.ac.uk doctoral student Genia Hill is looking for food system experts for a survey about how food systems transformations can be more ‘just’ processes. Participate in her survey: geniamhill.wordpress.com/delphi/

Enjoyed this podcast 👇on ultra-processed food How to ⬆️ health & autonomy/resilience, reconcile labour required & not stigmatise? They suggest communal kitchens to share labour, recognising choice/joy as 'goods' to aim for & addressing structural forces shaping how we live & eat #UPF #FoodSystems

Why does the #FoodSystem resist change? Elta Smith suggests: > Evidence required to justify investment in systemic change can't be easily gathered w/ conventional methods > Evidence standards are a source of system inertia & need to be rethought see: buff.ly/izxvRN0 #FoodPolicy #FoodSystems

New research on fruit & veg interventions finds: 🥔1/2 of interventions had positive impacts on diet 🥕most work focuses on >5's ; more is needed with other populations 🥦Not enough interventions include follow-up studies to understand long term effects & sustainability #FoodSystems #FoodSecurity

📢 Call for Proposals: Environmental & Human Health Risks in #FoodSystems Funding for postdoctoral/doctoral projects at #ETHZürich! Focus areas: 🔸 Reducing agri-food risks 🔸 Enhancing sustainability 🔸 Innovative solutions 🔸 Boosting resilience 📅 Deadline: 24 March 2025 Read more: bit.ly/3F4zD9r

A succinct case for why we need #Creative & #Participatory methods to truly achieve #coproduction 👉 And a call for more academic literature on these methods? 👈 Anyone have some they could share with @dannyagnello-gh.bsky.social ? #CRMethods

🥩New report on cultured meat 👇 Discussion w/ 80 farmers finds concerns shared w/consumers - e.g. it being unnatural. But farmers also saw opportunities to sell crops/animal by-products as ingredients; or produce cultured meat www.rau.ac.uk/research/res... #FoodSystems #FoodSecurity

New on Bluesky - give @exeterfood.bsky.social a follow if you're interested in sustainable, socially just, healthy food and food systems #FoodSystems #FoodStudies

#FoodSystems & #Data geeks! Two food data hackathons & visualisation events using data from: www.food.gov.uk/our-work/foo... h3.ac.uk 13th March in Sheffield (UK) 20th March in London (UK) @citystgeorges.bsky.social w/ @sartorialfoodie.bsky.social Sign up here: www.city.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

A toolkit for anyone thinking about engaging in activism around #FoodSystems / #FoodJustice / #FoodSecurity 👇 **knowledge/advice on how to advocate across local/national government, and businesses **brush up your media skills, inc interview skills **resources for inspiration

A useful toolkit to support talking whole systems approaches to changing our #foodsystem! Includes this food system #sustainability compass & leverage points Info from the creators: www.eci.ox.ac.uk/news/place-b... Download it: www.sustainablefoodplaces.org/news/jan25-b... #Climate #FoodSecurity

A beautiful story of the entanglement between landscapes, #FoodSystems, & heritage. It also highlights the power of multigenerational thinking. Something often missing from the planning & thinking I come across. pca.st/6x15thec #FoodSecurity #Activism

💥New: Can we build institutional support for co-produced research? ✍️ @itsbethperry.bsky.social Catherine Durose & Liz Richardson (@coprofutures.bsky.social) #AcademicSky #CoProduction #ResearchImpact #ResearchMethods

A neat, brief outline of the hidden costs of food! But how can we widen our valuation to consider the whole #FoodSystem & ensure #FoodSecurity for everyone? In a UK context I think it means increasing the income people can spend on food. For example, by reducing housing costs!

Today I'm thinking & learning about drawing in sociology & #health #research How it can allow us to get in conversation with our body. To describe pain, share emotional experience. #CreativeMethods #CRMethods

Fascinating idea to catalyse #research #collaboration. Do you have a puzzle you want to investigate, a 'what-if' or 'I wonder' question? See opportunity below - deadline March 4th! #AcademicSky #Coproduction

Sharing a 2nd #poem for #WorldPulsesDay, with a different sentiment. A meditation on the work of those who separate lentils from stones by hand, by Zahrad (Zareh Yaldizciyan) Accessed from: kellyrfineman.livejournal.com/894086.html #FoodGrowing #Diet #FoodSky #Foodies

A #poem about lentils by Peter Pereira for #WorldPulsesDay - a utopian vision of a homestead afternoon. Accessed on the #Poetry foundation website www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48335/... #LocalFood #FoodGrowing #veggiegrowing

An interesting opportunity to present at @rgsibg.bsky.social conference for those interested in #FoodSystems & #CreativeMethods - particularly embodied practice A provocation for unusual contributions Would you do a performance, collective reading, or multisensory experience?👇 #AcademicSky