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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Take a bite out of climate change
We were delighted to spend a week from the 1st to the 7th July at the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition with our exhibit focusing on food an greenhouse gases. You can find out more on our news page. We'll also be taking the exhibit to the Bluedot festival 19th-21st July at Jodrell Bank. Keep updated on how we're getting on by following us on twitter @techfoodnetwork #takeabitecc The Future of Agri-Tech - Parliamentary Briefing We were delighted to jointly host this briefing with the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology. Several of our colleagues spoke and MPs and Peers were involved in discussions about the challenge of developing safe, sustainable food systems and the contribution interdisciplinary research and innovation can make from farm to fork. Find out more on our news page UKRI Delivery Plans UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) have published their 2019 delivery plans outlining how they will work with their partners to ensure that world-leading research and innovation continues to flourish in the UK. The 2019-20 Delivery Plans highlight the areas of focus and key activities of UKRI’s nine constituent councils and its cross-cutting themes. 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:
