A Future of Sustainable Food: @exeter.ac.uk First Thursdays pop-up 2 July, 6-6:40pm at Freemasons Hall, Gandy Street. @rebeccasandover.bsky.social leads a conversation with Jenny Archard, Harriet Bell, Martyn Bragg and Carolyn Dare on building better food systems locally. #Exeter #FoodStudies

Sharing highlights from the Gather Food & Drink Summit 2026, 10th June ​organised by @exeterfood.bsky.social, @crpr-exeter.bsky.social and Food Drink Devon with >200 businesses, policymakers, researchers & organisations exploring how to support a more resilient, sustainable & inclusive food system.

Roots & Routes: Food, Memory, Migration, Heritage. A weekend exploring the journeys that shape what we eat, remember and pass on. 19 and 20 June 2026 in Exeter, hosted by the Devon Ukrainian Association and partners. 🧵👇

Roots & Routes: Food, Memory, Migration, Heritage. A weekend exploring the journeys that shape what we eat, remember and pass on. 19 and 20 June 2026 in Exeter, hosted by the Devon Ukrainian Association and partners. 🧵👇

Is Big Food in trouble? Five existential threats. It's impossible not to notice all the reports of declining food sales.  I've been talking about four existential threats to the food industry: Robert F. Kennedy Jr ("The food industry is poisoning America") Ultra-processed foods (dietary guidelines…

Remember to join us tomorrow for our talk with @profpaulbehrens.bsky.social, who will discuss the fragility of vital systems and their vulnerability to shocks from the climate crisis. You can sign up to attend online or in-person using this very short form forms.office.com/e/Tp8EaV3VK8 #GSIExeter

✨How can food and drink businesses build resilience in a rapidly changing world? 🧡 Gather 2026 brings together producers and industry leaders for a day of practical discussion. Join keynote speaker FFCC's Tony Greenham. Tickets here gathersouthwest.org @exeterfood.bsky.social sky.social

This Tuesday 19 May 16:00–17:30, an Exeter Food Network Seminar: Anna Taylor, Executive Director at @foodfoundation.bsky.social - Ambitions for the National Food Strategy. Seminar: Anna Taylor - Ambitions for the National Food Strategy. Details 👉🏻 www.exeter.ac.uk/events/resea... #FoodStudies

The UK food system is vulnerable to shocks,but what does preparing for them look like at community level?In Bristol, a pioneering partnership - uni's, food charities & community orgs has been developing a disaster risk plan for food security.Join us to find out more 14/05 @12pm👉 tinyurl.com/55sy3rf3

Learn how to communicate your research with non-academic audience. Join our training session on Tuesday 9 June 10 - 2pm. Open to @cornwall.exeter.ac.uk academics, postdocs and PhD students. Seats are limited. Register here: lost-in-translation-workshop.eventbrite.co.uk

This Tuesday 5th of May, the third Exeter Food Network Mezze Seminar, a mixed menu of taster talks. Prehabilitation in childhood cancer, mental health among commercial fishermen in England, food and gut microbiomes in Northern Bhutan and how digital feudalism hurts farmers. Join us! #FoodStudies

"Food Beyond Terroir" (Berghahn, 2025), edited by Anna Colquhoun and Katharina Graf, explores how taste and place intersect with politics, ecology, and society. Includes a chapter by @exeterfood.bsky.social lead Prof. Harry G West. #FoodStudies

Gather is back. Join the second annual South West food and drink summit bringing together the region's food and drink community for a day of insight, innovation, and collaboration. 📆 10/06/2026 📍 The Forum, @exeter.ac.uk 🕘 9:15-16:30 (+ networking until 18:30) gathersouthwest.org/gather-2026

The Oxford Food Symposium returns 10–12 July, St Catherine's College, Oxford. The 2026 theme: Food Poverty — how poverty shapes what people eat, across time, place and culture. Open to all; book early, places are limited. 🔗 oxfordsymposium.org.uk/next-symposium/#book-tickets #FoodStudies

Great to hear Steven Emery of @crpr-exeter.bsky.social talking on BBC Farming Today www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... about land use and the competing pressures on our land ahead of the publishing of the government's final version of the Land Use Framework for England (coming soon).

Gather is back! 🍽️ 🍷 The South West's Food & Drink Summit returns on 10 June at @exeter.ac.uk Streatham Campus, bringing together producers, entrepreneurs and industry professionals for a day of insights, innovation and connection. Tickets coming soon.

Amid the gloom of February & the general *gestures* state of the world, take 8 mins out of your day to enjoy the joy that was Apple Day 25. #Community #Food 🍎🍏 www.youtube.com/watch?v=FE6a...

@naturefood.bsky.social February issue: Global patterns of commodity-driven deforestation, winter wheat yields under snow drought, functionally rich crop rotations, China’s use of plastic mulch, urban food environment research… and more! www.nature.com/natfood/volu...

We had an enjoyable day at rootstock.ag earlier this month along with the @crpr-exeter.bsky.social team. Recordings of the sessions are now available: www.youtube.com/@rootstock_d...

Growing something special on campus at @exeter.ac.uk 🌱 Our Kitchen Garden, a partnership between Campus Services Catering and Grounds teams, is reducing food miles and trialling sustainable growing methods including hydroponics.

New systematic review of 35 studies finds no clear link between proximity to natural habitat and pollination services on tropical smallholder farms — suggesting landscape complexity may buffer potential declines. 🐝 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41340175/ #FoodStudies

New research from @ruththurstan.bsky.social and colleagues maps the staggering loss of blue mussel bed habitat in Scotland — over half of 124 recorded beds were destroyed by the early 1900s, with landings collapsing from ~14,000 tonnes/year to zero by 2004 👉 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Next week - paid, but likely of interest to those interested in #FoodSystems, #Climate and #Agroecology: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/climate-an... #SystemsThinking #FoodStudies

Save the date: Tuesday 19th May 2026 16:00- 17:30 at the @exeter.ac.uk Streatham campus or online. An @exeterfood.bsky.social seminar with Anna Taylor, Exec Director of @foodfoundation.bsky.social - Ambitions for the National Food Strategy. Get updates: forms.office.com/e/7FEYZtV025 #FoodStudies

Young women in #Scotland say cost and health drive their food choices. So why isn't meat consumption going down? New research from Exeter Food member Cristina Stewart finds that familiarity and perceived safety keep meat firmly on the plate — even among health-conscious eaters. #FoodStudies

Climate change isn't just threatening our food supply — it's threatening the safety and nutritional quality of what we eat. New @springernature.com paper by Exeter Food member Kerry Ann Brown argues UK food safety governance needs a serious rethink. link.springer.com/article/10.1... #FoodStudies

Learn about food systems! @exeter.ac.uk has scholarships available (bit.ly/4r9cKod) for the MA in Food Studies linked with the @exeterfood.bsky.social network and run from @crpr-exeter.bsky.social. See Harry West's intro to the course here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqEL...

If pollinators designed gardens... residents in Constantine, #Cornwall are planting living artworks to test Pollinator Pathmaker, an award-winning project for pollinators. Using an algorithmic tool, gardens are reimagined from the view of bees and butterflies www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NTz... #ecology

MA Food Studies opportunity - 5 scholarships 2026/27: @crpr-exeter.bsky.social & @exeter.ac.uk are offering a fee reduction of £5000 to 5 full time students. Programme led by @crpr-exeter.bsky.social Co-Director and @exeterfood.bsky.social lead Prof. Harry West www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...

Gather, the food and drink summit for the South West, is back on Wednesday 10 June 2026 - save the date! fooddrinkdevon.co.uk/gather-event #Devon #Cornwall #Somerset #Dorset #FoodAndDrink #SmallBusiness #FoodIndustry #LocalFood

A great food transformation recommended by @profpaulbehrens.bsky.social of @oxmartinschool.bsky.social in his recent @nebriefing.bsky.social, with four pillars: dietary change, reducing food waste, improving production and increasing adaptation www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvjJ... #FoodSecurity

The Agriculture, Food and Human Values Society 2026 Conference takes place 7–10 June '26 at @uvmvermont.bsky.social. AFHVS brings together scholars, practitioners and students exploring the ethical, social and ecological dimensions of food and agriculture. Learn more at afhvs.org. #FoodStudies

#LocalFood is powerful. It feeds us in a crisis, strengthens local economies and builds thriving communities. The new Local Food Plan, shaped by 500+ local food actors, sets out four key shifts and 31 actions to help local #FoodSystems scale sustainably:

Our newsletter for December is out now: createsend.com/t/r-2E90A4FA... This month's highlights: protein transition workshop, Environmental Intelligence collaboration, sustainability and food studies research, publications and webinars, upcoming events, funding calls, and resources. #FoodStudies

From Trees to Chocolate Bars 🍫 A day-and-a-half masterclass on cacao, culture, innovation and sustainability at The American University of Rome, 13–14 May 2026. Explore the global chocolate value chain, from genetics to markets. Apply by 12 Feb 2026:

Wednesday Dec 17 from 10:45am at @exeter.ac.uk Streatham Campus and online, a @crpr-exeter.bsky.social lecture from Prof Michael Winter: Whatever happened to the Political Economy of #Agriculture? A personal and affectionate reflection on trends and fashions in British rural studies since the 1980s.

A new @exeter.ac.uk project, Past Harvests, will use 600 years of data to explore how historic farming systems coped with change. The team will assess sustainability from 1250 to 1850, offering insights to inform future land-use decisions. More info: sites.exeter.ac.uk/pastharvests/ #FoodStudies

Food expert @profpaulbehrens.bsky.social of @ox.ac.uk with a vital message for MPs & the public. "If we don't lead this change on the front foot, we'll be forced into it anyway as food shocks intensify." Full talk: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... #NationalEmergencyBriefing #NEB2025 #FoodShortages

Congratulations to Caroline Bennett, an @exeterfood.bsky.social associate, named in The Independent’s Climate 100 List 2025. Founder of Sole of Discretion, she champions small-scale sustainable fisheries and the #DivedNotDredged campaign for hand-dived scallops. www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...

Latest CRPR University of Exeter newsletter here! - with recent research activities, publications, funding successes & opportunities, events etc on: challenges facing family farmers; seaweed eating; food beyond terroir; nature recovery & farming; Dartmoor, & more... hass.cmail19.com/t/r-e-tktdud...

🚨Here's an outstanding opportunity to study #FoodSystems through a rich and diverse programme at @exeter.ac.uk. The Glanely Food and Farming Scholarship offers a fee reduction worth £5000 to up to five full-time students enrolling on our MA Food Studies programme in 2026/2027. #FoodStudies

🚨Here's an outstanding opportunity to study #FoodSystems through a rich and diverse programme at @exeter.ac.uk. The Glanely Food and Farming Scholarship offers a fee reduction worth £5000 to up to five full-time students enrolling on our MA Food Studies programme in 2026/2027. #FoodStudies

Congratulations to Maeve Leith, a @crpr-exeter.bsky.social PhD student on her prestigious NFU Mutual Charitable Trust Centenary Award. Maeve will explore the voices of farmers, conservationists and other stakeholders in land use decision making in Dartmoor: www.nfumutual.co.uk/news-and-sto...

Can we feed the nation and restore nature? James Rebanks @herdyshepherd.bsky.social reflects on flawed subsidies, the state of UK farming, the consequences of cheap food, and the balance between food security and environmental stewardship: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... #FoodStudies

Check out this BBC Food Programme episode on the UK's reliance on horticulture production in Senegal, & the climate-related pressure in other UK supply countries (e.g. Italy, Spain) to buy up land in Senegal to do the same @crpr-exeter.bsky.social #climateadaptation www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

New from Dr Paul Cleave in @uk.theconversation.com: a look at Devon’s rural food heritage, from dumplings and teddy cakes to the cream tea. He explores how seasonal dishes once shaped community life, and the craft behind historic cooking, including making clotted cream. #FoodStudies #Devon

Call for papers: The Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery 2026 (10–12 July '26, Oxford and online) invites proposals on the theme Poverty Foods. All disciplines welcome. Up to 1,000 words, due 31 December 2025. Details: www.oxfordsymposium.org.uk/next-symposi... #FoodStudies

For PhD researchers interested in food sustainability - paid consultancy placement opportunities with Better Food Traders as part of the Food Shines project www.aru.ac.uk/global-susta...

Catch @crpr-exeter.bsky.social co-director Matt Lobley on this morning's Farming Today www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... (from 8 mins in) on the multiple challenges & uncertain futures family farmers are experiencing and how the important role they play in rural communities may be at risk