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

Professor Matt Lobley from the @crpr-exeter.bsky.social spoke to Radio 4 Farming Today about the importance of small family farms and the severe challenges they are now facing www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

"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...