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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Sandpit Survey - Have your Say:
We would like your help with deciding the topic(s) and dates for the second STFC Food Network+ Sandpit event. Please complete this short (<5 min) survey indicating your interests: https://goo.gl/forms/qN65YxDeKYokM1Bq1 The deadline for completion of the survey is Friday 16th November. STFC Bridging for Innovators Roadshow for Agri/Food/Drink Sector STFC are holding this workshop to target people interested in this theme on the 14th November at Harper Adams. This event offers companies who need to overcome problems that restrict their productivity and competitiveness, an opportunity to discuss their issues with world leading experts and learn how to access some of the £8M in funding available to this programme. Find our more on our news page. Commercial UAV Conference We are pleased to announce that the SFN will have a stand and two of our scoping project award winners speaking at this conference on the 13th and 14th November .Dr Anthony Brown will be presenting “STFC & UAVs: From Astronomy to Agritech”; and Dr Oliver Windram will be presenting “Targeted Detection of Septoria in Wheat”. Find out more on our news page |
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:
