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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...

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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...

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COP27: will it lead to positive change in the food system?

25 November 2022

For the first time, “safeguarding food security and ending hunger” was included in the final deal reached at the UN’s Cop27 climate summit in Egypt. Will this lead to the radical and rapid change to food systems that is needed if global heating is to be capped at 1.5 degrees? While food and agriculture and their links to...

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Event Report: Why can't we keep our children healthy?

25 November 2022

Gender inequality, the double burden of malnutrition, and global food systems were all discussed at this enlightening online panel event which took place on Thursday, 10th November, 2022. The event was organised in conjunction with Cambridge Reproduction and was chaired by Professor Alice Reid. Members of the panel were...

Climate-proofing agriculture: lessons from Pakistan by Professor Shailaja Fennell

18 November 2022

Shailaja Fennell, Professor in Regional Transformation and Economic Security at the University of Cambridge writes about proposed changes to agriculture in Pakistan, following the devastating floods of 2022. Read her full article in The Conversation here. The UN estimates that the floods which besieged Pakistan in the...

Event Report: The government's healthy eating strategy: Can we afford to scrap it?

21 October 2022

This very well attended online panel event, organised with Cambridge Public Health, took place on Monday 11 th October, and focused on how and whether public policy should shape our diet. Professor Carol Brayne, chairing, started the event by reminding the audience that the subject has resonance beyond food; all public...

Food for the Planet Festival 22nd November Cambridge UK

21 October 2022

Cambridge Sustainable Food are running a packed programme of events this Saturday at the Cambridge Museum of Technology. There'll be lots going on throughout the day exploring the festival’s theme - Climate Action on a plate! More information here: FREE: Food For the Planet Festival @ The Museum of Technology — Cambridge...

Why democratising plant bio-technologies in Africa matters

21 September 2022

On 23 September Dr Carol Ibe of the JR Biotek Foundation started the Michaelmas term of our ECR Coffee Break Seminars discussing: Democratizing plant science research to accelerate food and nutrition security in sub-Saharan Africa. Dr Ibe and the group discussed the vast opportunities, challenges and prospects in Africa's...

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

COP27: will it lead to positive change in the food system?

Event Report: Why can't we keep our children healthy?

Climate-proofing agriculture: lessons from Pakistan by Professor Shailaja Fennell

Event Report: The government's healthy eating strategy: Can we afford to scrap it?

Food for the Planet Festival 22nd November Cambridge UK

Why democratising plant bio-technologies in Africa matters

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