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Writen by UNSW Chemical Engineering academics and students - "Integrating humanitarian food science and technology: food security and sustainable development" - worth a read in the latest edition of food australia journal 👏 See link in comments below ⬇️ Frances Warnock Jay Sellahewa Jayashree Arcot Alice Lee To Fan Junias Tjanaria Katherine Peikun Qi UNSW Chemical Engineering #unsw #unswengineering #UNSWChemEng #AIFST #foodaustralia

Looking forward to presenting and discussing my perspectives on agroecology during the Open Food Conference workshop "Unlocking the potential of agroecology: from practice and movements to consistent policy developments in Belgium and the EU"!

Two of the important points raised in the latest Food, Farming and Countryside Commission symposium report: 1. Regenerate local food infrastructure 2.Reduce food inequalities among households and families by increasing access to freshly cooked food in and out of the home and helping reduce waste. Read the full report here.

📚 New working paper: From Food Security to Food Resilience While food security has surged up the UK political agenda, it’s becoming clear in a volatile, climate-affected world, the UK’s food supply will only be secure if we make it more resilient. In March 2024, the third symposium convened by FFCC’s Farming Leadership group brought together farmers, policymakers, academics and politicians to explore the barriers and opportunities involved in developing resilience. This working paper summarises the discussions that took place and the themes that emerged. Read 👇 https://lnkd.in/eJErFs3v

⏳12 days left before the release of our 25th issue with a dossier dedicated to the role of humanitarian actors in food crises. In the meantime, check out a preview of one of the articles featured in this issue! ---------- “𝗔𝗴𝗿𝗼𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗳𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻” is an article written by Caroline Broudic, a specialist on agriculture and food issues. In this article, the author is going back over the increasingly disparaged presuppositions of the Green Revolution, which still largely underpin the concept of food security. “𝐴𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑦 𝑖𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑎 𝑠𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔-𝑢𝑝 𝑓𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑎 𝑑𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑝𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑓𝑜𝑜𝑑. 𝐼𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝑏𝑎𝑠𝑖𝑐 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑒𝑠 𝑠𝑜 𝑎𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑝 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑝𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝑠𝑢𝑏𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑟𝑒𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑒 𝑖𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑎 𝑓𝑒𝑤 𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑝𝑡𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑒𝑠.” 👉Check it out on March 25 when the full issue goes live on our website! If you wish to subscribe or purchase a hard copy of the printed edition, please visit our website to place an order: https://lnkd.in/dg3mF-UN ✨Remember that any subscription or purchase of the printed edition is a great way to support our work. Thank you! 

If the government concentrated on taxing food miles, locally produced food would be the countries first choice when they did their shopping. The extra revenue generated from that could be ploughed back into environment/green schemes to encourage us to support wildlife etc. The same goes for timber (if backed by a government scheme), if tree's were planted in a way that meant when they were due to be harvested it would make up a full lorry load, then that's an efficient way to produce timber. And we don't need to take huge area's of productive farmland out of use. This way small scale farmers could get the benefits from planting a few tree's every year, knowing that they have an easy and organised way to get a fair price for their timber. A country is just a bigger version of a household. The more we do ourselves, the better off we are. People that buy everything in obviously spend more, and the household is poorer for it.

"Faith-Based Organizations and European Food Policy" is the result of research that began in July 2023 and sought to examine the involvement of faith based organisations across the European Union and their involvement in sustainable agriculture and food systems. Read here: https://lnkd.in/dJRb4GbP

Are you a farmer in Portugal? We want to hear from you! 🌱 Let us know more details about your farm, what would you like to highlight and which changes would you like to see in your sector. This survey is part of EIT Food GROW program, which aims to empower farmers and producers by allowing them to voice their needs and current challenges. Find here the link:🔗 https://lnkd.in/dsxEPQsM

The Council of Canadian Academies / Conseil des académies canadiennes (CCA) was asked by the National Research Council Canada / Conseil national de recherches Canada to look at scientific and technological advancements in "atypical" food production. The intent was to see how these advancements will contribute to Canada's food security over the next two decades. As per the CCA, "The expert panel, chaired by Dr. Lenore Newman, explores a range of promising food production methods—from controlled environment agriculture (CEA) facilities to cellular agriculture processes such as cultured meat and precision fermentation — as well as the conditions that improve their chances of success." See the report here: https://lnkd.in/gqGUPMck

ESR – Science and Research's Olga Pantos outlines deep background to Microplastics - Microplastics in our oceans may be small, but they’re mighty – and not in a good way. To find out the scope of impact of microplastic pollution in New Zealand, Scion has partnered on the Aotearoa Impacts and Mitigation of Microplastics project, or AIM2 - led by ESR Scion has led the international methodology on the detection of microplastics and their characteristics, through the use of an automated infrared microscope - a new field of research and our Scion analytics team wanted to do things differently – namely automating the analysis process. A follow-on project is also in the pipeline, to look at what can be done to address the issues identified by AIM2, and how to reduce the amount of microplastics entering our environments. Interested to see more: 👇 https://lnkd.in/gdS7Yjbv #plastics #microplastics #sustainability #foodsafety #material #materialscience #analytics #marine #ocean #circularbioeconomy #bioeconomy #circulareconomy