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 Scoping Call 2019
Our 2019 Scoping Call is now open to all projects that bring together STFC capabilities and food research and industry. You can find out more including how to apply on our news page , The deadline for applications is 4pm on the 2nd April 2019. Using space know-how to 'sniff' out salad quality SFN Scoping Project PI Hilary Rogers is working with colleagues to develop new technology which will be able to ‘smell’ when fruit or vegetables are going off – potentially saving tonnes of waste. Find out more in this update post from the STFC media team. New Blog Post - Turning up the heat: an interdisciplinary solution to improve pregnancy success in cattle Visit out blog page to find out how SFN Scoping Project PI Niamh Forde and colleagues are working on this novel project combining drone technology, space science and reproductive biology to detect when cows are ready to be inseminated. |
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:
