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Meet Professor Yasemin Kor

5 May 2023

Yasemin Kor is Beckwith Professor of Management Studies at the Cambridge Judge Business School. Professor Kor studies strategy formulation and renewal, top management teams, and corporate governance. Her industry-focused research has ranged across multiple businesses from medical devices, biotechnology, professional...

The Cambridge University project aiming to protect both Fens and farmers

5 May 2023

The Fens in Cambridgeshire, UK is home to half of all Grade 1 farmland in England. Its farming industry generates £3 billion and employs tens of thousands of people, producing a significant portion of England's vegetable and salad crops. This fertility is thanks to its peat-rich soil; a quarter of all lowland peat in...

Event Report: What's for dinner? The future of meat.

28 April 2023

This well-attended public webinar, was organized with University of Cambridge Decarbonisation Network as part of the Cambridge Festival in March 2023. The event was chaired by Professor Sarah Bridle , author of 'Food and Climate Change without the Hot Air ', with speakers from the University of Cambridge including...

Alternative Protein Research in Cambridge Workshop Information

Cambridge’s first workshop for academics on alternative proteins

28 April 2023

Industrialised animal agriculture is among the most significant contributors to environmental issues including greenhouse gas emissions, degradation of air and water quality and biodiversity loss. Alternative proteins (plant-based meat, cultivated meat, fermentation) offer an opportunity to mitigate the environmental...

Pigs on a farm in the study Picture: Harriet Bartlett

New animal welfare scoring system could enable better-informed food and farming choices

24 March 2023

Research published this week conducted by members of the Cambridge Global Food Security network marks an advance in measuring animal welfare and could contribute to making farming more sustainable. Dr Harriet Bartlett , the paper's lead author was a researcher at the University of Cambridge’s Department of Veterinary...

Celebrating International Women’s Day with Dr Nadia Radzman

8 March 2023

Dr Radzman is a Research Associate at the Sainsbury Laboratory University of Cambridge, whose work is focussed on improving the productivity of legumes, a sustainable source of protein.  We last interviewed her in 2020 , below she reflects on how her work has progressed since then, on a very important female role model and...

Are plant-based meat alternatives a nutritionally sound alternative to meat? A comment on recent findings.

10 February 2023

Dr Daniel Borch Ibsen , Research Associate, MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge, writes in response to recent findings. Plant-based meat alternatives are marketed as a direct replacement of meats, but a new study from Chalmers University, Sweden , puts this into question. The study examined the nutritional...

Assorted pulses in bowls Image: Yilmazfatih from Pixabay

Pulses are packed with goodness!

10 February 2023

To mark World Pulses Day on Friday 10th February, Dr Nadia Radzman , Research Associate at the Sainsbury Laboratory, University of Cambridge, explains why pulses deserve our attention. Each year on February 10, the United Nations commemorates what probably sounds to many like a strange occasion: World Pulses Day. But, as a...

Small-scale octopus fisheries offer source of sustainable food and income to communities facing food insecurity

27 January 2023

Research led by University of Cambridge scientists, including Dr David Willer (Department of Zoology), published in Nature Food, shows that tropical small-scale octopus fisheries offer a sustainable source of food and income to communities that face food insecurity, where the prevalence of undernourishment can exceed 40%...

Food For Thought Panel Event Report: Best Before: balancing food safety and food waste

9 December 2022

This panel event, organised by Cambridge Global Food Security and Cambridge Infectious Diseases IRC, looked at how consumers, industry and regulators can reduce food waste, with a particular focus on the role of labelling. Please find the event recording here. Speakers: Caroline Conroy, Sustainability Sector Specialist...

Meet Professor Yasemin Kor

The Cambridge University project aiming to protect both Fens and farmers

Event Report: What's for dinner? The future of meat.

Cambridge’s first workshop for academics on alternative proteins

New animal welfare scoring system could enable better-informed food and farming choices

Celebrating International Women’s Day with Dr Nadia Radzman

Are plant-based meat alternatives a nutritionally sound alternative to meat? A comment on recent findings.

Pulses are packed with goodness!

Small-scale octopus fisheries offer source of sustainable food and income to communities facing food insecurity

Food For Thought Panel Event Report: Best Before: balancing food safety and food waste

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