Past Events

Dr Helen Anne Curry draws examples from her recent book, Endangered Maize, to discuss the history of efforts to conserve crop diversity from the turn of the twentieth centu

A discussion of the scientific, social and cultural aspects of culinary taste with experts from the academic sector and the food industry.

Global Food Security is excited to collaborate with Gloknos on this hybrid event at the Cambridge Festival 2022.

Get hands-on with Plant Sciences. See what mycorrhizae, fungi that attach to plant roots, look like through microscopes, and play our mycorrhizae and plant pairing game.

Join the Open Innovation Forum to share best practice and explore hot topics and opportunities along the Food, Drink & FMCG value streams.

Welcome to the Coffee Break Seminars. This is a relaxed online learning and discussion platform for our food security community. Talks take place every Friday during term time at 2 pm, GMT.

A guessing game and an exclusive peek inside laboratories and research facilities at the University of Cambridge.  

Welcome to the Coffee Break Seminars. This is a relaxed online learning and discussion platform for our food security community. Talks take place every Friday during term time at 2 pm, GMT.

An on-line event featuring mini-video tours of several experiments and research facilities that are not open to the public. You’ll have privileged access to curious corners and unusual aspects of laboratory apparatus and gain insights into what our expert scientists at the Department of Plant Sciences are up to.

The 2022 Darwin College lecture series starts on Friday 21 January 2022.

This year’s theme is ‘Food’.