Past Events

Covid-19 has shown the fragilities of our food systems, challenging business to adapt and showing the importance of local communities. How can we build and maintain a resilient food system?

The GROW Agri-Tech Business Plan Competition was created for those with a good idea or business concept and want to take it to market. GROW has the support of expert members of one of the world’s leading agri-tech innovation ecosystems, which will help maximise your chance of success.

Food defines us as individuals, communities, and nations: we are what we eat and, equally, what we don’t eat. When, where, why, how and with whom we eat are crucial to our identity. Feast & Fast presents novel approaches to understanding the history and culture of food and eating.

Are you a Cambridge PhD student or post-doc interested in global food systems? Do you want to meet others with similar interests across the University, and get some new ideas and new perspectives on your research, or just share experiences after a busy year?

Find out how your food choices impact the environment: Cambridge Global Food Security and EIT Food are combining forces to present a fun-filled time at the Grand Arcade in Cambridge!

Sustainable food packaging: Towards a zero-waste society based on a circular bio-economy of food packaging.

Food defines us as individuals, communities, and nations: we are what we eat and, equally, what we don’t eat. When, where, why, how and with whom we eat are crucial to our identity. Feast & Fast presents novel approaches to understanding the history and culture of food and eating.

EIT Food’s first EU conference, gathering together policy-makers and food innovation experts to brainstorm on the future of food.

The next PublicHealth@Cambridge Network Showcase will be jointly hosted by University of Cambridge Conservation Research Initiative. This is a vibrant one day showcase on planetary health research across Cambridge, and will have Sir David King delivering the keynote speech on the topic of Planetary Health: “Safeguarding both human health and the natural systems that underpin it”.

Come and try our new 3D virtual reality videos to see how your food is grown, and explore kitchen innovations that might change the way we eat in the future.