Stephen Whitfield
@SWhitfield85
Professor in Food, Agriculture and Climate, Sustainability Research Institute, University of Leeds
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📢We are hiring. 📢
We are looking for someone to join the GlobalFood@Leeds team to support us with impact monitoring and reporting.
jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx?r…
This #FoodWasteActionWeek , it has been really interesting to read and hear about the range of research on food surplus and waste happening across University of Leeds. Check out GlobalFood@Leeds for more on this.
Dr Jyoti Mishra shares insights from their research on circular food systems this #FoodWasteActionWeek
Watch full 4 minute video: youtu.be/EtZkFLD_Y4U
Fantastic opportunity to work out whether this #regenerative #agriculture thing is going to save the world or not! Come work with me, Dr Ruth Wade Dr. Jenny Hodbod GlobalFood@Leeds AFN Network+ SRI Leeds. It'll be pretty damn cool jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?r…
Meet Carrie Bradshaw and hear her talk about the legislative opportunities for reducing food waste at our webinar on Wed 20th March.
Free and open to all. 12.00-12.40pm.
Register: ticketsource.co.uk/globalfoodleed…
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Dr Carrie Bradshaw is a legal academic with a background in environmental law, particularly waste & climate change.
'I’m keen for my research to inform the design of legal tools to reduce food waste across the food supply chain.'
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Our first El Nino brief is now live on our FoSTA Health project project website. Building from our analysis of drivers of drought in Malawi rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jo… we analyse this year's rainfall season to date & the impacts being faced in southern Malawi.
For me, this week has been University of Leeds life at its best. I've loved seeing and discussing interdisciplinary food systems research, education, facilities and partnerships with cross-faculty and international colleagues. It's what GlobalFood@Leeds is all about.
Stephen Whitfield kicks off the @GlobaFoodLeeds cross-faculty research forum, including FoSTA Health project speakers and audience!
Prof Stephen Whitfield: “The Food Systems Research Week is part of our ongoing efforts within GFEI to build interdisciplinary partnerships for global challenge-led research.”
Read the full story: leeds.ac.uk/main-index/new…
In case you didn't know, the University of Leeds research farm is pretty amazing. Just had a fantastic day with our FoSTA Health project visitors, learning about the CIELivestock and regenerative agriculture research that's happening there.
Another busy week for me and GlobalFood@Leeds welcoming a large group for an International Food Systems Week at University and Earth and Environment at Leeds. Lots of exciting discussion and a visit to the The University of Leeds Research Farm planned.
Welcome to our visitors for International Food Systems Research Week!
We are hosting international visitors for a week of partnership building and networking and to showcase University of Leeds' research on food systems as broadly as possible.
Great to be University of Leeds with the FoSTA Health project team-looking forward to food system mapping and discussion on transformation pathways Kulima Integrated Development Solutions CzechGlobe official Earth and Environment at Leeds
It has been a busy day at the #lowcarbonagriculture show at the University Of Leeds stand. Our researcher have been talking all day with people about our farm and projects. Energy Leeds GlobalFood@Leeds
We are exhibiting at the #LowCarbonAgriculture Show today and tomorrow!
Drop by to learn about our innovative solutions to decarbonise the farming and energy sectors including our Net Zero Agriculture Living Lab at the University of Leeds Research Farm.
👉Hall 2, stand 344.
You will find us in Hall 2, stand 344 at the #LowCarbonAgriculture Show tomorrow and Thurs.
We will have several researchers at our stand over the 2 days, spanning the breadth of agri-energy expertise.
Here is an intro to who you will meet at our stand 👇
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A really exciting and broad range of GlobalFood@Leeds activity over the next month. 👀 Watch this space 👀.
I'm particularly looking forward to welcoming FoSTA Health project colleagues to Leeds for the Food Systems Research Week!
This is one output from a UN Food Systems Summit meeting hosted by GlobalFood@Leeds. Steve's vision for tackling #GlobalChallenges brought together a network of researchers to share perspectives on the risks and benefits of reuse. I am privileged to have been a part of this.