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
We will be holding our Annual Meeting this year on Thursday 5th and Friday 6th December as 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. Please save the date and stay tuned for registration details New Blog Post - Forecasting Agricultural Crop Yields at National scales Visit out blog page to find out how SFN Scoping Project PI and STFC Data Science Champion Seb Oliver and colleagues have been exploring the use of big data to help us adapt to rapidly-changing weather patterns in order to produce enough to feed the growing population. New Resilient Food Supply Chains Champion With sincere thanks to Sonal Choudhary for doing an amazing job with this role to date, as she has taken on new responsibilities as our Lead for Industry and Impact, we have decided to take on a new Champion to cover this area and we are delighted to announce that Diogo M. Souza Monteiro has agreed to take on this position. Find out more about Diogo on our Champions 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:
