Welcome to the STFC Food Network +
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The Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) Food Network+ (SFN) brings together STFC researchers and facilities with research and industry in the agri-food sector. The SFN is building an interdisciplinary community working to provide a sustainable, secure supply of safe, nutritious, and affordable high-quality food using less land, with reduced inputs, and in the context of global climate change and declining natural resources. The SFN is highlighting and developing key opportunities for the STFC community to make a meaningful contribution to the food system - from sustainable intensification, through building resilience in supply chains to novel technologies to engage consumers and help change behaviour and improve nutrition.
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The objectives of the SFN are:
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SFN Annual Meeting 2019
Registration is now open for our 2019 Annual Meeting. This year we will be holding this on Thursday 5th and Friday 6th December at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Manchester. Our meeting will consist of two days filled with talks from expert speakers, interactive sessions and a chance to hear about the projects we’ve been involved in over our three year term. You can find out more and register on our Annual Meetings page New Blog Post - Getting the price right: how to keep food available in a changing world Visit our blog page to find out how SFN Scoping Project PI Aled Jones and colleagues have been exploring the conditions that create that ‘perfect storm’ where food prices escalate wildly, leading to riots and unrest SFN Extension We are delighted to be able to confirm that we have been awarded a 4 year extension to our Network so will be able to continue our work right through until the end of 2023! The extended network will be led by Dr Sonal Choudhary (Lecturer in Sustainable Management at Sheffield University Management School) who has been a committed member of the SFN team since taking on the role of Champion for Resilient Food Supply Chains and latterly becoming our Lead for Impact and Industry. |
What success means to us:
For us, a successful SFN would have instigated multiple new projects between STFC research and facilities and food research and industry, that would not have happened without the SFN. We would like the seed funding provided by the SFN to enable these projects to become self-sustaining beyond the SFN. We want the SFN to have built cross disciplinary communities who understand the skill sets and challenges facing each other, and which engage to solve agri-food problems.
Find out more:
In our Newcomer's Guide to the STFC Food Network+:
In our Newcomer's Guide to the STFC Food Network+:
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And by watching the video made at our launch meeting:
