"Devon’s food tells an evolving story of tradition, and a culinary and cultural relationship with landscape, communities and seasons" - Dr Paul Cleave @uniofexeterhass.bsky.social has written about #Devon's appetising food history for @uk.theconversation.com 🧈🍦 theconversation.com/rural-devon-...

ICYMI, the latest @exeterfood.bsky.social newsletter is out now packed with news, events, opportunities and resources for our network members and anyone interested in just, sustainable #FoodSystems. Get the latest: createsend.com/t/r-459A32C8... Sign up for more: forms.office.com/e/7FEYZtV025

A reminder that we are still accepting applications to this funded DPhil post! Deadline 2nd Dec, though we recommend getting in touch before then. Do please share!

Don't forget to register (either in person or online) for the CRPR University of Exeter Distinguished Lecture by Prof Michael Winter on 17th Dec - Eventbrite link bit.ly/4hGTquZ We are expecting large numbers, so early registration is strongly encouraged!

Interested in #AlternativeProteins? Come along and join us for a talk from @cleoverk.bsky.social on Thursday 13 November. Bookings: www.futureoffood.ox.ac.uk/event/altern... In person or online. All welcome. cc: @petescarbs.bsky.social @oxmartinschool.bsky.social

ICYMI, the latest @exeterfood.bsky.social newsletter is out now packed with news, events, opportunities and resources for our network members and anyone interested in just, sustainable #FoodSystems. Get the latest: createsend.com/t/r-459A32C8... Sign up for more: forms.office.com/e/7FEYZtV025

Insightful short report by Charles Masquelier at CRPR University of Exeter about the challenges as well as solutions from farmers/land managers on implementing nature recovery and engaging with environmental land management practices: bit.ly/4hxt4eB

Tag & share widely to Help shape the future of food research! 🌍🥗 Researchers in food, climate & health. EU, Spain, Poland, France & the Netherlands. We need your insights! Take our 15-min survey to inform @wellcometrust’s funding strategy: cityunilondon.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

📩 Our October newsletter highlights: Yeo Valley trip on #agroecology and health, new book on gender and labour in food history, #Cornwall seaweed stories, UK seafood dependence, diet-change apps and much more. Stay up to date! forms.office.com/e/7FEYZtV025 #FoodStudies #FoodSystems

📩 Our October newsletter highlights: Yeo Valley trip on #agroecology and health, new book on gender and labour in food history, #Cornwall seaweed stories, UK seafood dependence, diet-change apps and much more. Stay up to date! forms.office.com/e/7FEYZtV025 #FoodStudies #FoodSystems

A study by @exeter.ac.uk researchers reveals that the UK has moved from seafood near-self-sufficiency in 1900 to relying on imports for around 80% of its seafood demand by today. news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-e... #FoodStudies #FoodSystems @uniexecec.bsky.social @exetermarine.bsky.social

Defra have announced a one year extension to the Countryside Stewardship mid tier scheme - I've heard a few different reactions to this already (e.g. on Farming Today www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... ). See this NFU article on their related campaign: www.nfuonline.com/updates-and-...

Save the date! Tues 27 Jan 2026, 15:30–17:00. Dr Anna Taylor OBE, Exec Director of @foodfoundation.bsky.social, joins us to discuss ambitions for the new government food strategy and a Good Food Bill for better health, sustainability and resilience. Streatham campus and online. #FoodSystems #Policy

🥣 Brazil’s recipe to end hunger is shockingly simple – and it works. 👧🏽 Universal school meals 💸 Cash transfers + minimum wage 🌾 Buying from family farmers 🍲 Community kitchens 📜 The right to food in law 🌱 Support for agroecological farmers ipes-food.org/brazil-beats... #WorldFoodDay

Join us for distinguished lecture 17th Dec 10.15-12.15pm by @crpr-exeter.bsky.social's Professor Michael Winter: Whatever happened to the Political Economy of Agriculture? Lecture Theatre 1, Queens Building, Streatham Campus 10.15am - tea/coffee 10.45am - lecture Register: tinyurl.com/4zxjz3xs

Do you research food, food systems or a topic related to food? TABLE & @foodpolicycitysg.bsky.social in partnership with @wellcometrust.bsky.social, have launched a new survey to learn what you want from food research, what you need from funders, & key topics. Take the survey here: buff.ly/ROPrwTY

New at @exeter.ac.uk, the £1.5m Global Meteorological Simulator can mimic wind, rain and humidity to study climate impacts on plants. It’ll help researchers understand how weather affects crops, pests, pollinators and food security. #FoodSystems #ClimateResearch news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-h...

Explore a new online exhibition from the @exeter.ac.uk MA #FoodStudies module Gardening, Community, and Wellbeing. See projects from calligraphy to weaving that creatively respond to the role of gardens in food production, biodiversity, and health. 🌱 www.artsandcultureexeter.co.uk/online-exhib...

Researchers are asking Cornish communities to help trace the region’s forgotten history of seaweed eating. A new ‘seaweed eating archive’ aims to preserve Cornwall’s coastal food heritage. @hass-cornwall.bsky.social @uniofexeteresi.bsky.social

#PhDSky #AcademicSky #FoodStudies #SustainableSky

Seeking seaweed stories, recipes and memories in #Cornwall for the Seaweed Eating Archive, a project by @exeter.ac.uk PhD student Giulia Nicolini + The Seaweed Institute. Contribute online or at Kresen Kernow's pop-up until 30/10 #Seaweed #FoodHeritage www.artsandcultureexeter.co.uk/news/seaweed...

Interested in just, sustainable food systems? Sign up for the Exeter Food newsletter for news, events, opportunities and resources: forms.office.com/e/7FEYZtV025 Here’s the September issue: createsend.com/t/r-085D9467... #FoodStudies

Recently posted to our opportunities board: 💼 Job: Creative Project Coordinator 📔 Based at @exeter.ac.uk 🗓️ Apply by 2 Nov 2025 🌍 Remote & Exeter, UK ➡️ buff.ly/NHmCTtQ

Interested in just, sustainable food systems? Sign up for the Exeter Food newsletter for news, events, opportunities and resources: forms.office.com/e/7FEYZtV025 Here’s the September issue: createsend.com/t/r-085D9467... #FoodStudies

Hi 👋 #Devon peeps, you don't want to miss this 👇 Autumn Ceilidh plus apple pressing and a harvest meal! See you there! #druidsky #Exeter #pagansky #harvest #autumn #ceilidh @lightbearlane.org @bdcmuseum.bsky.social @exeterfood.bsky.social @exetercycling.bsky.social @uniofexeternews.bsky.social /I\

#FoodStudies students, get some #DissertationInspiration: devonandexeterinstitution.org/dissertation...

Explore a new online exhibition from the @exeter.ac.uk MA #FoodStudies module Gardening, Community, and Wellbeing. See projects from calligraphy to weaving that creatively respond to the role of gardens in food production, biodiversity, and health. 🌱 www.artsandcultureexeter.co.uk/online-exhib...

Seeking seaweed stories, recipes and memories in #Cornwall for the Seaweed Eating Archive, a project by @exeter.ac.uk PhD student Giulia Nicolini + The Seaweed Institute. Contribute online or at Kresen Kernow's pop-up until 30/10 #Seaweed #FoodHeritage www.artsandcultureexeter.co.uk/news/seaweed...

📃 Our team have digested another raft of the latest key reports and news on food systems and climate covering the latest on health inequalities, school meals, lobbying by food industry, a sustainability framework for farmers & much more 👉 tinyurl.com/4am62du3

This afternoon 👇🏻 #FoodStudies

🍽️ @uniofexeteresi.bsky.social are walking the walk with sustainable local food #LocalFood

Congratulations to Fatma Sabet, one of our @crpr-exeter.bsky.social researchers for being awarded UKRI Catalyst funding for her project on food equity and ecological diets bit.ly/4fYsvK9

🌱How can we unlock the power of local food? 👉Join the webinar to find out more: www.sustainweb.org/events/power... 📖Read more about what citizens want: ffcc.co.uk/so-what-do-w...

Explore the Food Studies MA at @exeter.ac.uk www.exeter.ac.uk/study/postgr... - a rich mix of interdisciplinary perspectives, optional modules to develop focussed expertise and the option of a placement to develop valuable experience and build professional networks #FoodStudies

Sustainability isn’t a buzz word for us. It’s our way of life. Our freshly revamped ESI café, proudly run by Falmouth Exeter Plus, shows this in action. Come and experience it for yourself. #sustainability #SustainableFood #FoodWaste #LocalFood #EcoFriendly @exeter.ac.uk @cornwall.exeter.ac.uk

Riverford and Sustain are calling on you again to help support British farmers from unfair dealing by supermarkets. 30 MPs are already in support of supply chain regulation, tell your MP to join the call >> www.sustainweb.org/news/strengt...

The University of Exeter Botanic Garden Team and @crpr-exeter.bsky.social are developing a practical #horticulture short course! Give your feedback on their course proposal at this survey (closes 26 Sept): forms.office.com/e/NvYj39t48c @exeter.ac.uk @uniofexeternews.bsky.social 🍀🌱🌿

Great to hear about this new FFCC initiative on farm partnerships aimed at building regenerative agric and the future of farming

A good long read about the state of farming in the food system today. Very sad to hear Peter lundgren selling. He's been a great advocate for nature friendly farming for years. @uk.theconversation.com

Local food in discussion on 4 October at The Courtenay Centre, Newton Abbot. Contributors include @exeter.ac.uk and Devon Food Partnership's @rebeccasandover.bsky.social, Dr Fatma Sabet, Dr Cealan Henry and Zhouxiu Jin #FoodStudies

👉WEBINAR: De-risking the farming transition – what can we do? Our Autumn webinars kick off with this important session: Farming businesses face many barriers when trying to change practices; one of them is risk. How can risk be reduced so they can move forward with confidence? tinyurl.com/5n9xevfj

New research shows recirculating #aquaculture systems (RAS) could offset carbon leakage from UK tree-planting targets by boosting local prawn production. Viable on 1.6% of farmland, RAS could replace 28% of imports; especially if powered by anaerobic digesters and backed with low-interest loans.

On 1-2 July, @crpr-exeter.bsky.social's Harry G West @exeterfood.bsky.social participated in a meeting in London organised by Neal's Yard Dairy to discuss the unique challenges facing British territorial cheeses (e.g. Red Leicester, Wensleydale) and ways of reviving the public's enthusiasm for them.

ESI affiliate Dr Fatma Sabet was shortlisted (along with Aoife Maher from CRPR) to participate in the @ukri.org Food Commercialisation Catalyst Sandpit in London (2nd–3rd July). They've formed dynamic teams to submit proposals for a commercialisation award in August, so watch this space!

Veronica White, a researcher and graduate of the University’s MRes Sustainable Futures programme who has cycled more than 2,000 miles for her PhD on visions for the future of farming is set to complete her journey across England’s diverse agricultural landscapes on Saturday. @exetergses.bsky.social

The third film in the Wild Westcountry Odyssey series, produced by @naturalengland.bsky.social and the #RENEW project @exeter.ac.uk, is now live. Professor John Wedgewood Clarke @uniofexeterhass.bsky.social celebrates the diverse wildlife of Challacombe, a farmed landscape in Dartmoor.

This 13 July, London: Blessed Hands is an interactive theatre and vegan cooking event exploring Sephardi Jewish identity, food, and gender. Join anthropologist and performer Dr. Michael Nahman for this unique experience. 🎟️(£) www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/blessed-ha... #FoodStudies

What does the future of alternative protein look like? Join us later today at 4pm BST for a webinar on the drivers, investments, trends & regulation of alternative proteins. More info and registration here: buff.ly/EIxSaxi This is part 1 of our 3-part series on alt proteins.

#FoodStudies #FoodJustice #SocialEnterprise I need your help for a thing please... Could you give me your best examples of incubator/accelerator models for food & hospitality businesses, esp. for business owners from marginalised communities? UK & beyond. Thanks! 🙏💐

A study led by Dr Eunice Oppon suggests that transitioning to milled basalt as a natural geo-fertiliser to support food production may help address several UN Sustainable Development Goals. link.springer.com/article/10.1... #SDG #SustainableDevelopmentGoals #LifeCycleAssessment #climatechange (1/2)