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5 January 2021

University of Sheffield’s Institute for Sustainable Food leads £6m research project to transform the UK food system

Research will focus on improvements to sustainability and resilience within horticulture, hydroponics and hybrid farms.
Silhouette of a farmer carrying animal feed through a field. A dog follows the farmer and a cow is in the foreground. Photo by Mihail Macri on Unsplash.
16 February 2021

Impact of Covid on farmers' mental health explored in new study

Farmers' mental health and resilience, and the effect of the Covid-19 pandemic, will be the focus of a major new research project.
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12 November 2020

Engaging farmers and landowners is key to delivering on the UK’s biodiversity targets, say experts

Dr Ruth Little warned a Parliamentary committee that the planned Environmental Land Management (ELM) scheme needs to engage farmers and landowners to best maintain the UK's biodiversity.
An Indian man sits at a roadside stall selling oranges in Himachal Pradesh, India. Image by Ibadat Singh.
Image by Ibadat Singh

Why Indian farmers are so angry about the Modi government’s agricultural reforms

While new Indian agricultural reforms are ostensibly aimed at empowering farmers, there are fears they will have the opposite effect. Professor Bhavani Shankar explains why in The Conversation.

2 February 2021 | Published by the The Conversation UK
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How a Sheffield community benefit society is working with the Institute for Sustainable Food to boost the region’s sustainable food offering

Institute for Sustainable Food and Regather - a local case study

7 January 2021 | Published by the University of Sheffield
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New report: Monitoring responses to risk of rising food insecurity during the COVID-19 crisis across the UK

New report released today from a UK-wide research project designed to map and monitor responses to concerns about food access during the COVID-19 outbreak.

16 December 2020

Can your Christmas dinner help save the planet?

New research published in Nature Food finds ways of cooking Christmas dinner that can reduce greenhouse gas emissions

11 December 2020
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Soil health knowledge hub launches with a call to join the network

A new knowledge hub to promote the understanding of the importance of soil health launches in collaboration with the Institute for Sustainable Food.

4 December 2020