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SUMMARY:REDICLAIM project (Understanding the impact of legislation on "reduction of disease risk" claims on food and drinks) webinar
DESCRIPTION:In 2006\, the European Regulation on nutrition and health claims on foods (Nutrition and Health Claims Regulation (NHCR): European Commission No. 1924/2006) established\, for the first time\, a common framework for the regulation of such claims across the European Union (EU). \nThe opportunities for product innovation arising from this new legislation combined with protection of consumer interest in respect of controlling misleading advertising\, while at the same time promoting public health\, are noteworthy. But such opportunities needed to be evaluated against the burden on industry to undertake significant research activity into these claims and to present a scientific substantiation to satisfy the procedure for approval. \nThe EU-funded REDICLAIM project considered these issues in relation to ‘reduction of disease risk’ claims. As the project comes to an end\, this webinar will present the project findings and give you the opportunity to ask questions of our expert speakers. \nThe session will include: \n\nAn introduction to the REDICLAIM project\nEnsuring successful health claim applications\nHealth claims as promoters of new innovative food products?\nThe NHCR and issues with the regulatory framework\nModelling to predict the health and economic impact of ‘reduction in disease risk claims’\n\nHow to Join our webinar: \n\nPlease register for the REDICLAIM Webinar on Thursday the 6th of April 2017 at 2pm GMT/3pm CET      at:http://www.focusbiz.co.uk/live/rediclaim/06thapril2017/\nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.\n\n  \nHow to Join our mailing list: \nPlease sign up here to receive email updates about the publication of the REDICLAIM project recommendations and further papers\, reports and presentations: http://eepurl.com/cGHCc1 \n  \nPlease feel free to forward this invitation to anyone who you feel might be interested in the webinar.
URL:https://foodresearch.org.uk/event/rediclaim-project-understanding-the-impact-of-legislation-on-reduction-of-disease-risk-claims-on-food-and-drinks-webinar/
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SUMMARY:Spring Conference 2017: Nutrition and Exercise for Health and Performance
DESCRIPTION:The main purpose of this conference is to review the latest scientific evidence that demonstrates the interaction between nutrition and exercise in terms of maintaining and/or improving metabolic health and well-being\, preventing disease and optimising performance. \n  \nRegistration now open \nRSVP here.  \nFurther details including the programme\, registration and learning outcomes can be found here. \nDiscounted Early bird rate expires on: 28 February
URL:https://foodresearch.org.uk/event/spring-conference-2017-nutrition-and-exercise-for-health-and-performance/
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SUMMARY:Scientific Publishing Success: from Research to Acceptance
DESCRIPTION:This one-day workshop offers an overview about the different components of a research paper\, along with practical advice on how to structure each section and how to draft your paper. In addition\, it will also focus on how to enhance your understanding of how the peer review system works\, and what editors are looking for in a well-written paper. This workshop is for future scientists (MSc\, PhD students and early career researchers) wishing to acquire practical experience in paper writing for peer-reviewed Journals. Additional training will be given on database searching and search tips\, this will be delivered as an option for those wishing to make the most of the day. \n  \nRegistration now open \nRSVP here. Further details including programme and how to register for a place can be found here. \nDiscounted Early bird rate expires on: 21 February
URL:https://foodresearch.org.uk/event/scientific-publishing-success-from-research-to-acceptance/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170307T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170307T163000
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SUMMARY:Free Range Dairy Conference
DESCRIPTION:STAFFORD BEACON CONFERENCE CENTRE\, STAFFORDSHIRE TECHNOLOGY PARK\, STAFFORD\, ST18 0GB \nGrazing and a clear commitment to keeping cows in fields is at the heart of Pasture Promise free range milk. If we’re to provide nutritious milk for a growing population and meet the demands for greener\, cleaner food and farming approaches then we need to clarify the means of production on the label. \nFree Range Dairy Network has brought together leading experts in their field to examine ways in which we can work together. Build real value in milk and support traditional\, family dairy farms to produce enough milk to meet our demands. Book your place here to learn how we’re working to win recognition and reward for British dairy farmers and giving consumers a more informed choice when buying milk. \nFor further details contact carol@freerangedairy.org. \nHope you can join us… \nNeil & Carol\nDirectors\nFree Range Dairy Network CIC
URL:https://foodresearch.org.uk/event/free-range-dairy-conference/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20161206T100000
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SUMMARY:Winter Conference: Diet\, Nutrition and Mental Health and Wellbeing
DESCRIPTION:The conference offers the latest scientific research to discuss the link between diet\, nutrition and mental health/wellbeing.  The purpose of this conference is to review where the evidence is strong\, where there are unmet needs for research and to draw together the community working in this area.  The conference programme will consist of plenary sessions aiming to set the scale of the problem in context\, plus a series of four interlinked symposia examining the evidence linking nutrition to psychological outcomes. The mechanistic basis will be included in the scope of the discussion.  Sessions will be devoted to public health and clinical interventions. \nAdditional speaker and award opportunity: Cuthbertson Award has been awarded annually since 1990 as a tribute to Sir David Cuthbertson.  It is awarded to scientists or clinicians at an early stage of their career for excellence in clinical nutrition and/or metabolism research providing an evidence base for clinical practice.  The winner of the Cuthbertson Medal will be invited to present on Wednesday 7 December at the Winter Conference.  Submission deadline: midnight on 6 October. \nFurther information including workshop programme\, outline of workshop and how to register \nDiscounted Early bird rate expires on: 9 November
URL:https://foodresearch.org.uk/event/winter-conference-diet-nutrition-and-mental-health-and-wellbeing/
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SUMMARY:Growing Health - Gardening for Wellbeing
DESCRIPTION:A conference on gardening and food growing for mental health and dementia\, plus workshops on evaluating community growing projects. \n6th December 2016\, 10am – 4.30pm \nSustain\, Development House\, 56-64 Leonard Street\, London\, EC2A 4LT (near Old Street Station) \n£35 early bird before 6th Nov \n£45 full price \nA conference for community growing projects\, healthcare professionals and commissioners \nSpeakers from MIND\, Growing Support\, General Practice\, Lewisham Clinical Commissioning Group and mental health gardening projects including the latest research on community gardening and dementia.\nPlus workshops on ‘Which tool to use?’ to help projects evaluate gardening activities that deliver health and wellbeing benefits.\nFull programme to follow.\nBook here – https://growinghealth.eventbrite.co.uk/\nLimited early bird tickets available \nPlease note that I only work one day a week on this project which is a Tuesday so you might not get an immediate reply \n\nMaria Devereaux \nSustain: The alliance for better food and farming\nDevelopment House\, 56 – 64 Leonard Street\, London EC2A 4LT \n020 7065 0902\nEmail: maria@sustainweb.org\nWeb: www.growinghealth.info
URL:https://foodresearch.org.uk/event/growing-health-gardening-for-wellbeing/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20161125T093000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20161125T163000
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SUMMARY:Roots to Work: Learn to grow food\, income and enterprise
DESCRIPTION:This day of workshops\, speakers and networking opportunities is for people interested in kick-starting or developing a food-growing enterprise or career. Whether you’re running a school garden and want to learn more about selling to parents and the community\, or you’ve just finished a horticulture training course and are ready to find paid work\, there is something for you to dig in with at Roots to Work. \n  \nRegister for Event
URL:https://foodresearch.org.uk/event/roots-to-work-learn-to-grow-food-income-and-enterprise/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20161114T124500
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SUMMARY:Priorities for Healthy Food Policy: Launch of Expert Consensus
DESCRIPTION:This event will launch the results of a national Expert Consultation involving 73 experts from 41 organisations in the development of the Food Environment Policy Index. This Index evaluates how well England is doing in the development of healthy food policies and identifies priorities for action. The event will allow experts to discuss the results and their implications with parliamentarians. \nTo register for the event please follow the link: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/priorities-for-healthy-food-policy-launch-of-expert-consensus-tickets-28265519931\nThe development of the Food Environment Policy Index has been coordinated by:
URL:https://foodresearch.org.uk/event/priorities-for-healthy-food-policy-launch-of-expert-consensus/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20161025
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SUMMARY:Introduction to Food Policy workshop
DESCRIPTION:This workshop offers an overview of the policy cycle\, and the factors that organisations have to consider when deciding the details of a policy.  It explores what a policy is and what prompts a policy to be developed and reviewed.  The interactive workshop will enable attendees to understand the process\, and put the knowledge into context to suit their needs. \nMore information and registration
URL:https://foodresearch.org.uk/event/introduction-to-food-policy-workshop/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20161018T180000
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SUMMARY:IFSTAL Year 2 Launch - London Event
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the Year 2 Launch Event for the Innovative Food Systems Teaching and Learning (IFSTAL) programme. IFSTAL is a collaborative\, interdisciplinary\, cross-university food systems training programme for postgraduate students\, linking with the workplace to improve future human\, animal and environmental health. \nProfessor Martin Caraher and Dr Barbara Haesler will be charing the event\, introducing the audiences to the objectives of the programme and how you can get involved. You will have a chance to meet our partners in the other participating IFSTAL institutions at Oxford Univerisity\, Warwick University and Reading University during a live-streamed video call. Afterwards we will have our own local discussion with the audience led by a panel of experts including Professor Jane Dixon from Australian National University\, Professor Peter Mollinga from SOAS and LCIRAH and Professor Bhavani Shankar from LCIRAH. To close the event there will be a reception giving you the opportunity to meet other colleagues studying and working on food-related topics. \nThere will be simultaneous events happening across the country in IFSTAL’s partner institutions: Oxford University\, Reading University and Warwick University. In London\, this event will be hosted by City University London  and LCIRAH (LSHTM\, RVC\, SOAS). If you would like to attend the lecture at any of the other IFSTAL locations please visit our website for more information. \nBook your place via EventBrite
URL:https://foodresearch.org.uk/event/ifstal-year-2-launch-london-event/
LOCATION:City\, University of London\, Northampton Square\, London\, EC1V 0HB\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:C3 Breakfast Seminar: Prof. J Dixon: Chronic disease & working-time regimes
DESCRIPTION:Register via EventBrite \nOn Wednesday 12 October\, Professor Jane Dixon will present one of C3 Collaborating for Health’s international breakfast seminars in London\, reporting on the preliminary findings from an Australian project that has been examining the interplay of working-time arrangements and the ways of living that prevent chronic disease. The ‘Work\, Time and Health’ project concerns two significant trends: first\, the explosion of chronic diseases internationally and\, secondly\, the transition to changing working-time regimes through the deregulation of working-hour regimes\, including flexible work arrangements. \nTime for health is shaped by different overlapping facets of working time – flexibility\, predictability\, quantity\, sociability of hours\, intensity and so on. While there is a growing body of research regarding the health implications of shift work and long hours of work\, other forms of labour-market engagement are less studied. Further\, there has been little attention paid to work-time flexibility and whether it assists workers to practise lifestyle behaviours. Jane and her colleagues conducted two studies that both found that the vast majority of workers prioritised work over other aspects of life. Participants were using their work-time arrangements to anchor all other routines\, including the routines of food intake\, physical activity and sleep. Jane’s presentation will outline specific findings from both studies\, and it will offer a sociological perspective on the mechanisms that connect working time to health practices. \nJane is senior fellow at the National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health\, Australian National University and a visiting research fellow at the International Institute for Global Health\, United Nations University. Through 2016 into 2017\, Jane is Leverhulme Trust Visiting Professor based at the Centre for Food Policy\, City\, University of London. Her research takes place at the intersection of cultural sociology and public health\, and focuses on transformations within national food systems with special interests in consumer power\, commodity chains\, food retail and the nutritionalisation of the food system. \nWe hope you will be able to join us from 8:30am until 10:00am on Wednesday 12 October at CAN Mezzanine\, 7–14 Great Dover Street\, London SE1 4YR. Breakfast will be available from 8:00am.
URL:https://foodresearch.org.uk/event/c3-breakfast-seminar-prof-j-dixon-chronic-disease-working-time-regimes/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160913T090000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160913T170000
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SUMMARY:Feeding Affordances and Decent Helpings
DESCRIPTION:This event is for those who work with/in communities to help meet the dietary and/or food access needs of residents\, local authorities\, academics and other interested parties.  In this workshop we will consider the challenges and opportunities that underpin the question of how third sector organisations\, local authorities\, and others can effectively come together to reduce food insecurity and improve public health in communities. \nBook your place via EventBrite\n\nWorkshop context \nThe paradox of our food system is that those places where people are the most food insecure are also those with higher rates of illness linked to dietary practices. But how can the food futures of local communities\, and the inequalities linked to them\, be addressed against a backdrop of global food chains\, powerful economic and political interests and complex interaction of social\, cultural and personal influences? Local authorities are expected to play an increasing leadership role in addressing these challenges against a backdrop of continued budget reductions\, as well as the possibility of locally devolved funding. \nIn this context\, Local authorities and organisations concerned with supporting those who are food insecure need new ways of working together to enable the long term sustainability and security of a community’s food system. The solutions are not easily achievable\, but only through a coalition informed by effective civic leadership and the knowldege\, skill and energy of third sector organisations will effective strategies be developed reflecting the culture and values of communities themselves. \nProgramme: \n9:00-10:00  Registration\, Coffee and Networking \n9:45-10:00  Welcome\, Megan Blake\, Director of the MA in Food Security and Food Justice\, Sr Lecturer in Human Geography\, University of Sheffield \n10:0-11:30 Confirmed Speakers \nIngun Borg\, Principle Research Officer\, Department of Work and Pensions\, will offer an explanation of Universal Credits and outline its implications for the ways families manage their time in order to meet care and work demands. \nJemma Hynes\, Director of Food Programmes at FoodSync\, will tell you about Feeding Stockport and the food development work of FoodSync in using whole systems approaches to tackle some of our biggest challenges. \nPamela Graham\, Postdoctoral Researcher in Psychology at Northumbria University\, will be discussing her research on children’s hunger\, brealfast clubs and non-term time feeding programmes. \nKatie Badger\, Masters Researcher at the University of Sheffield and Summer Intern with Doncaster Council Public Health\, will present her work on the ways people use and interact with food banks. \nRobert Reid\, Ddirector of the Hilltop Centre\, will talk about the activities they do to support food security in Edlington and some of the challenges that they face. \n11:30-12:00 Questions for the speakers \n12:00-12:30 Participant introductions and explanation of the afternoon workshop activities \n12:30-1:30  Lunch \n1:30-3:30  Workshop: collaborative SWOT analysis on the question of how to work together to enable healthy and secure food for communities. \n3:30-3:45 Coffee \n3:45-4:00 Table Summaries \n4:00-4:30 Table discussions on Ideas to take forward into practice for Local Authorities\, Community Organisations\, and for further research. \n4:30-5:00 Feedback on final discussion and summary of the day \nAttendees are invited to a wine and cheese reception from 5:00-6:00 pm to round out the day.
URL:https://foodresearch.org.uk/event/feeding-affordances-and-decent-helpings/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160707T153000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160707T170000
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SUMMARY:What does the right to food mean in practice? Experiences from India\, Brazil and Scotland
DESCRIPTION:Book via EventBrite \nThe Food Foundation invites you to join a seminar to consider experiences of implementing the right to adequate food and nutrition.  Along with most other countries in the world\, the UK is a signatory to the International Covenant on Economic\, Social and Cultural Rights.  Article 11 requires that states recognise the right of everyone to an adequate standard of living including adequate food and the fundamental right of everyone to be free from hunger.  Some countries of the world including Brazil and India have captured this obligation into their national legislative frameworks.  In the UK there is considerable debate as to whether enough is being done by public authorities to protect our most disadvantaged households from food insecurity.  Most recently the Food Foundation shone a light on new UN statistics which estimate that 8.4 million people could be living in households affected by food insecurity in the UK.   This event will draw on international experience to discuss to what extent a stronger legal framework around the right to food could help to protect households from food insecurity in the UK. \nWelcome:  Deputy Chief of Mission\, Minister Ana Maria de Souza Bierrenbach \nChair:  Anna Taylor\, Executive Director Food Foundation \nSpeakers: \nBiraj Patnaik\, Principal Adviser  on the Right to Food to the Commissioners of the Supreme Court in India\nBiraj will discuss how India has enshrined the right to food into law\, what this means in practice for its citizens and the lessons which have been learned. \nElli Kontorravdis\, Policy & Campaigns Officer\, Nourish Scotland\nElli will present Nourish Scotland’s recent report to the UN Committee on Econmic\, Social and Cultural Rights on the right to food as part of the UN’s 6th period review of the UK. \nProfessor Sergio Schneider\, Professor of Sociology of Rural Development and Food Studies Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul – UFRGS/Brazil\nSergio will discuss how Brazil has enshrined the right to food into law\, what this means in practice for its citizens and the lessons which have been learned. \n  \nPanel comments: (TBC)\n \nPlenary discussion
URL:https://foodresearch.org.uk/event/what-does-the-right-to-food-mean-in-practice-experiences-from-india-brazil-and-scotland/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160707
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160708
DTSTAMP:20260415T042859
CREATED:20160408T103039Z
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SUMMARY:Critical Foodscapes: what does the future hold for urban gardening?
DESCRIPTION:-A One Day Conference on July 7th 2016 at the University of Warwick\, UK– \nConfirmed Keynote: Dr Chiara Tornaghi (Centre for Agroecology\, Water and Resilience\, Coventry University\, UK) \nUrban gardening has long promised radical alternatives to industrialised food production and the organisation of modern urban spaces. Yet despite recent increases in popularity and a conspicuous proliferation of its forms\, urban gardening appears to have had minimal material influence on how we eat or how we live. \nIt is now time to ask what the future holds for urban gardening. What evidence is emerging of urban gardening’s social and environmental impacts? Can such forms really mitigate some of the major crises of our times – from mental illness and unemployment to the unsustainability of our food systems – or do they remain a fringe concern? And what changes – at the level of policy or grassroots mobilisation (or otherwise) – are required to maximise the impact and reach of future iterations of urban gardening? \nThis conference seeks to put critical – but constructive – pressure on some of the assumptions which underlie current theory and practice of urban gardening; as such\, the conference organisers welcome papers encompassing a broad range of approaches and perspectives (whether research-\, practitioner- or participant-orientated) considering the past\, present and future of urban gardening. The conference will take the UK as its main focus but will accommodate international perspectives where possible. Papers might address\, though not be limited to\, the following topics:\n· Community gardens\n· Community supported agriculture\n· Urban and peri-urban food production\n· The cultural representation of urban gardens\n· Urban gardening and…\n– local/national food policy\n– grassroots activism\n– food production\n– mental health\n– town planning\n– education\n– environmental sustainability\n– economic sustainability\n– emergency food aid \nPlease send 300 word abstracts and 100 word biographies to Dr C Maughan (IAS Early Career Fellow\, University of Warwick) by Monday 11th April 2016: christopher.maughan[@]warwick.ac.uk.\nFollowing the conference\, speakers and delegates are encouraged to submit papers to a proposed special issue with the journal\, Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems\, subject to the peer-review process. \nFor more information\, updates and to register see the conference website.
URL:https://foodresearch.org.uk/event/critical-foodscapes-what-does-the-future-hold-for-urban-gardening/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160616T090000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160616T173000
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SUMMARY:Call for Abstracts: Brighton and Sussex Universities Food Network Annual Symposium 2016
DESCRIPTION:The annual symposium has become the highlight of BSUFN’s year\, showcasing the diversity of food-related research at Brighton and Sussex Universities alongside non-academic and community-based initiatives in East Sussex and beyond. \nIn recent years\, food and related topics have received an increasing profile in the media\, in policy debates\, and in research and theoretical discourse. Food has become a pressing issue of our time and interacts with other pertinent topics such as politics\, economics\, sustainability\, environment and climate change\, health\, society and culture\, and the food-water-energy nexus. \nThe 2016 annual symposium will reflect this current agenda. Within the broad theme of ‘Contemporary Food Issues’ the format for contributions to the symposium is open. BSUFN invites the submission of abstracts for presentations\, posters\, panel sessions\, discussions or interactive sessions according to the format you consider to be most appropriate for your topic. \nSubmissions are invited from researchers\, undergraduate and postgraduate students\, non-academic organisations\, community groups\, practitioners\, policy-makers\, and other interested parties or individuals. Submissions from any disciplinary background are welcomed. \nPlease submit an abstract of no more than 350 words in length. Along with a brief description of the research and subject area\, abstracts should provide contact details of the corresponding individual\, others who are collaborating with the symposium presentation\, and the format of the presentation or other contribution. Abstracts should be submitted via e-mail to food.network@sussex.ac.uk by 17:00 on Friday the 29th of April 2016. Applicants will be informed of the outcome of their submission no later than Friday the 6th of May 2016. \nIf you would like to become a member of the Brighton and Sussex Universities Food Network\, you can register your interest using the online form at www.bsufn.com/join-us/ or by expressing your interest via e-mail to food.network@sussex.ac.uk \nThe BSUFN Symposium will be from 9:00 until 17:30 on the 16th of June 2016 and will be held at the University of Brighton Falmer campus. Lunch and refreshments will be provided. \nRegistration to attend the BSUFN Symposium is free of charge. You can register to attend by going to http://bsufn-contemporary-food-issues-symposium.eventbrite.co.uk \nDetails for the symposium will be made available online as they are updated. Please check the website for updates at www.bsufn.com/events/symposium-2016/ \nThe Brighton and Sussex Universities Food Network Annual Symposium 2016 is kindly supported by: SPRU (Science Policy Research Unit) and the School of Global Studies\, University of Sussex\, and COSTALS (Centre of Sport\, Tourism and Leisure Studies)\, University of Brighton.
URL:https://foodresearch.org.uk/event/call-for-abstracts-brighton-and-sussex-universities-food-network-annual-symposium-2016/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160514T120000
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SUMMARY:The Hand That Feeds: A musical about food crime
DESCRIPTION:Free outdoor performance on Saturday 14th May at midday and again at 2:30pm outside St Martin in the Bullring\, Birmingham city centre.\n \n \nA Narrativium production from The New Optimists\, a science-based forum of regional artists and others\, working in partnership with local artists\, business people and community members\, as well as scientists.
URL:https://foodresearch.org.uk/event/the-hand-that-feeds-a-musical-about-food-crime/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160419T153000
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CREATED:20160322T195447Z
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SUMMARY:EU Referendum: a spotlight on food & farming
DESCRIPTION:The EU influences every aspect of the UK’s food and farming systems; subsiding farming to the tune of billions and regulating everything from worker and consumer protection to rural development\, biodiversity and river water quality. \nThe result of the impending referendum will have profound implications for the future of our food and farming sectors. As we prepare to go to the polls\, join us as we bring together industry experts and those working in the sustainable food sector to get clued up about the implications of staying in or leaving the EU. \nHear from Nourish Scotland’s Pete Ritchie\, agricultural economist Steve Webster\, Lancashire Wildlife Trust’s Anne Selby and City University Research Fellow in Food Policy Charlie Clutterbuck and discuss the issues with others working for a more sustainable food system in our city and beyond. The event will be chaired by Dan Crossley of the Food Ethics Council. \nWe’ll be exploring the social\, economic\, cultural\, environmental and ethical implications of the ‘stay’ or ‘leave’ outcomes\, covering issues including: \n-the environment and our countryside\n-animal welfare\n-TTIP and trade\n-food safety\n-consumer protection\n-rural economies \nFood and farming has barely featured in referendum debates so far. Let’s put it back on the agenda! We hope you will be able to join us for this event and contribute to what promises to be a fascinating and informative discussion. It will also be a great opportunity to network with others working in\, and with an interest in\, food and farming. \nOrganised by The Kindling Trust and The Food Ethics Council. (More information)
URL:https://foodresearch.org.uk/event/eu-referendum-a-spotlight-on-food-farming/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160414T094500
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160414T163000
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CREATED:20160308T180951Z
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SUMMARY:Antibiotics and Farming: Prescriptions for Change
DESCRIPTION:The critical nature of antimicrobial resistance has been well documented by experts across the globe\, and the inappropriate use of drugs in livestock farming is widely recognised as a contributory risk. \nThe UK Government-appointed O’Neill Review found that there is “compelling” scientific evidence that antibiotic resistance is being transmitted from farm animals to humans and states that this warrants a significant reduction in farm antibiotic use. The recent finding of colistin-resistant E. coli from pigs and humans in England and Wales is the latest sign that the future efficacy of our antibiotics is under threat. \nAnd yet\, the overuse of these vital medicines within the farming sector continues. Across Europe\, twice as many antibiotics are used in farm animals than are used in humans. Routine\, purely preventative dosing of groups of healthy animals remains legal within the EU\, despite opposition from the European Medicines Agency and several European countries. In the UK\, veterinary use of antibiotics classified as “critically important for humans” is at an all-time high. \nOur conference will bring together multi-disciplinary stakeholders; from policy-makers\, health professionals\, livestock farmers and veterinarians\, to scientists\, civil-society and environmental groups. The event will explore practical steps to reduce farm antibiotic use; drawing on successful interventions taking place across the EU. \nA conference organised by The Alliance to Save our Antibiotics and Medact.  \nRegister via Eventbrite (deadline: 17 March)\nRead the agenda
URL:https://foodresearch.org.uk/event/antibiotics-and-farming-prescriptions-for-change/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160323T104500
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160323T153000
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CREATED:20160118T140032Z
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SUMMARY:Measuring outcomes: Tools for evaluating health and wellbeing outcomes for community growing programmes
DESCRIPTION:This free seminar for community growing groups will highlight a new Guide to tools for evaluating health and wellbeing outcomes from community growing programmes and share experiences from community growing groups using the tools and leading academics in the field. \nSeveral of the most commonly used tools will be featured\, along with opportunities for debating and sharing how you and other groups have used them in practice. We will be gathering feedback on how the new online guide (due for completion early March) might be enhanced and promoted. \nRefreshments and lunch will be provided\, and a report of the event circulated to attendees.
URL:https://foodresearch.org.uk/event/measuring-outcomes-tools-for-evaluating-health-and-wellbeing-outcomes-for-community-growing-programmes/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160321T093000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160321T150000
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CREATED:20160229T144429Z
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SUMMARY:Mapping the Growth of the Welsh Food Bank Landscape 1998-2015
DESCRIPTION:A one day conference facilitated by Bangor University School of Environment\, Natural Resources and Geography Bangor University and the School of Social Science to exchange information and opinion on the current rise in food bank use\, consequential issues raised and on future improvements in delivery. \nThe dissemination of early mapping of Welsh food banks will illustrate the worryingly growing trend and facilitate discussion on the reasons for this and possible solutions.\nThe stakeholder workshop will feature contributions by several local food bank organisers to provide evidence of real experiences of food poverty to inform policy makers and political groups at both local and national level within Wales\, in order to develop appropriate and sustainable responses to the growing need for delivery of food welfare services. \nBook your free place via EventBrite
URL:https://foodresearch.org.uk/event/mapping-the-growth-of-the-welsh-food-bank-landscape-1998-2015/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160310T171000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160310T194000
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CREATED:20160307T143907Z
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SUMMARY:IFSTAL Lecture Event 8
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the London branch of the final lecture event of the series in this acedemic year of the Innovative Food Systems Teaching and Learning (IFSTAL) programme. \nLive streamed from Oxford University\, Lecture 8 will focus on Future Food Systems: Dealing with Uncertainty and Complexity. We will be hearing from a panel of experts exploring some approaches to and methods for thinking about food system futures\, as we have to confront the increasing challenges of an increasing population\, globalisation\, and climate change. Exploring the future of our food systems is as much an art as it is a science. In particular we will focus on scenarios and gaming. \nOur panel consists of: \n\nProf Charles Godfray – Hope Professor & Director\, Oxford Martin Programme on the Future of Food\, University of Oxford \nDr Monika Zurek – Senior Researcher\, SUSFANS\, University of Oxford \nDr Joost Vervoort – Senior Researcher\, TRANSMANGO and SUSFANS\, University of Oxford \nIf you are registered on the IFSTAL VLE through your institution you can find more details here. \n\nAs it’s the last lecture in the series of streamed events for 2015/2016\, we want to make sure there’s time to have fun and socialise too. So\, afterwards we will have a reception with wine and nibbles in the RVC Lightwell and a food systems pub quizz\, with prizes for the winning team! \nBook via EventBrite\n 
URL:https://foodresearch.org.uk/event/ifstal-lecture-event-8/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160225T170000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160225T190000
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CREATED:20160222T122854Z
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SUMMARY:IFSTAL London event 7: ‘Decision makers and influence in food systems – a critical engagement’
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the 7th event in the Innovative Food Systems Teaching and Learning (IFSTAL) programme. IFSTAL is a collaborative\, interdisciplinary\, cross-university food systems training programme for postgraduate students\, linking with the work place to improve future human\, animal and environmental health. \nAt the IFSTAL Event 7 in London\, Dr Barbara Haesler from LCIRAH\, Dr Claire Marris and Prof Tim Lang from the Centre for Food Policy at City University London will tell us about their experiences of being involved in informing and researching interventions to shape the food system. The audience then will have the opportunity to work in multidisciplinary groups and critically engage with different food system governance initiatives (i.e. initiatives that seek to change or reform the wider food system in some way). Attendees are encouraged to bring a laptop or tablet for the group activity. A prize will be offered to the winning group and the session will be followed by an informal drinks and nibbles reception. \nThere will be simultaneous events happening across the country in IFSTAL’s partner institutions: Oxford University\, Reading University and Warwick University. In London\, this event will be hosted by City University London  and LCIRAH (LSHTM\, RVC\, SOAS). If you would like to attend the lecture at any of the other IFSTAL locations please visit our website for more information. \nBook your place
URL:https://foodresearch.org.uk/event/ifstal-london-event-7-decision-makers-and-influence-in-food-systems-a-critical-engagement/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160210T173000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160210T193000
DTSTAMP:20260415T042859
CREATED:20160118T141443Z
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SUMMARY:UK Food Policy & Nutrition: Tracking Progress
DESCRIPTION:This event will review the policy and practice of Government and business on nutrition by looking at 3 new bodies of evidence: \n\nThe Global Nutrition Report’s data on UK progress on global nutrition targets;\nThe Access to Nutrition Index which ranks food manufacturers on the extent to which they are supporting good nutrition outcomes; and\nThe Food Foundation’s research applying the Food Environment Policy Index to the UK.\n\nWe will be hearing from:\nProf Boyd Swinburn – Professor of Population Nutrition and Global Health at the University of Auckland and coauthor of the Lancet’s obesity series\nLawrence Haddad – Senior Research Fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute and Co-Chair of the Global Nutrition Report’s Independent Expert Group.\nInge Kauer – Executive Director of the Access to Nutrition Index.\nFurther details of the event will be updated shortly.
URL:https://foodresearch.org.uk/event/uk-food-policy-nutrition-tracking-progress/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160128T170000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160128T190000
DTSTAMP:20260415T042859
CREATED:20160119T134251Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160119T134642Z
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SUMMARY:IFSTAL lecture: 'Drivers and Influencers: what shapes the food system?'
DESCRIPTION:This lecture will look at what shapes the food system\, and  who (if anyone) is in control? The talk will be streamed to the other Universities that are partners in the IFSTAL project and and it will be followed by a discussion hosted jointly with the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine\, The Royal Veterinary College\, and SOAS.   \nSpeakers: Tim Lang\, Prof of Food Policy\, and Raquel Ajates-Gonzalez & Rebecca Wells\, IFSTAL Teaching Fellows \nLocation: ELG01 Lecture theatre\, City University\, Northampton Square (enter through main reception and ask for directions)
URL:https://foodresearch.org.uk/event/ifstal-lecture-drivers-and-influencers-what-shapes-the-food-system/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20151203T170000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20151203T193000
DTSTAMP:20260415T042859
CREATED:20151124T163847Z
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SUMMARY:IFSTAL 4th Lecture in London
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the 4th Lecture in the Innovative Food Systems Teaching and Learning(IFSTAL) programme. IFSTAL is a collaborative\, interdisciplinary\, cross-university food systems training programme for postgraduate students\, linking with the work place to improve future human\, animal and environmental health. \nThis event will offer you the chance to explore the outcomes associated with food systems – looking particularly at food security\, the environment and the economy. \n Dr Rosemary Collier from Warwick University will be giving the lecture (live streamed from Warwick) “Explorations in Food System Outcomes: food security\, the environment and economy”. The lecture will address issues of food security/insecurity\, health and welfare outcomes\, the environmental impacts of food system activities\, the cultural world around food\, profit\, employment and livelihoods coming from food. Outcomes are linked in various ways\, and working to alter one outcome will have knock-on implications for others. Afterwards we will have our own local discussion with the audience led by a panel of experts including Dr Barbara Haesler from LCIRAH\, Sergio Schneider\, Professor of Rural Sociology and Tim Lang\, Professor of Food Policy\, City University London\, giving you the opportunity to meet other colleagues studying and working on food-related topics. \nThere will be simultaneous events happening across the country in IFSTAL’s partner institutions: Oxford University\, Reading University and Warwick University. In London\, this event will be hosted by City University London  and LCIRAH (LSHTM\, RVC\, SOAS). If you would like to attend the lecture at any of the other IFSTAL locations please visit our website for more information.
URL:https://foodresearch.org.uk/event/ifstal-4th-lecture-in-london/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20151203T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20151203T150000
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CREATED:20151026T145439Z
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SUMMARY:Within Arm's Reach: School Neighbourhoods and the Availability of Food and Drink
DESCRIPTION:What young people eat and drink in the neighbourhood around schools is viewed as a significant public health challenge. Food and drink manufacturers and retailers aim to ensure their products are ‘within arm’s reach’ and young people’s diets are often nutritionally poor\, with levels of obesity still causing concern. \nIs the school neighbourhood – the availability and accessibility of food/drink – to blame? What factors are linked with young people’s food and drink ‘choices’? This seminar\, organised by the FoodNet and ReACH networks of CRIPACC at the University of Hertfordshire will explore these complex issues\, using insights from recently completed research. \nSchool Neighbourhoods and Young People’s Food Choices (a forthcoming Food Research Collaboration Briefing Paper)\, Jan Moorhouse\, University of Hertfordshire Business School\nWhat else do young people consume\, if they consume sugar sweetened drinks? Laura Hamilton\, Thomas Coram Research Unit\, UCL\nEnergy drinks: Hype or hyper? Shelina Visram\, Centre for Public Policy and Health\, Durham University\nTo book a place and to reserve parking please email Julie Mace j.mace@herts.ac.uk; For further information please contact Dr Wendy Wills w.j.wills@herts.ac.uk
URL:https://foodresearch.org.uk/event/within-arms-reach-school-neighbourhoods-and-the-availability-of-food-and-drink/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20151105T170000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20151105T200000
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CREATED:20151026T144647Z
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SUMMARY:IFSTAL Lecture 2 London Event
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the 2nd Lecture in the Innovative Food Systems Teaching and Learning(IFSTAL) programme. IFSTAL is a collaborative\, interdisciplinary\, cross-university food systems training programme for postgraduate students\, linking with the work place to improve future human\, animal and environmental health. \nThis event will offer you an introduction to Systems Thinking\, the history and theory behind its development and how we might apply it to the ‘wicked problems’ facing food systems. \nDr Harley Pope of IFSTAL at Reading University will be giving the lecture (live streamed from Reading): “What is systems thinking and how might we use it to confront the ‘wicked problem(s)’ of food?”.  Afterwards we will have our own local discussion with the audience led by a panel of experts giving you the opportunity to meet other colleagues studying and working on food-related topics followed by a drinks and nibbles reception. \nThere will be simultaneous events happening across the country in IFSTAL’s partner institutions: Oxford University\, Reading University and Warwick University. In London\, this event will be hosted by City University London  and LCIRAH (LSHTM\, RVC\, SOAS). If you would like to attend the lecture at any of the other IFSTAL locations please visit our website for more information.
URL:https://foodresearch.org.uk/event/ifstal-lecture-2-london-event/
LOCATION:City\, University of London\, Northampton Square\, London\, EC1V 0HB\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20151104T183000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20151104T203000
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CREATED:20151005T095328Z
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SUMMARY:2015 Fred Sanger Lecture: “‘EAT. DIE.’ The Domestication of Carcinogens in the 1980s”
DESCRIPTION:We are delighted to announce details of the 2015 Fred Sanger Lecture\, which will take place on Weds 4th November 2015\, 6.30pm in the Henry Wellcome auditorium\, Wellcome Collection\, London. The lecture will be given bv Angela N. H. Creager\, Thomas M. Siebel Professor in the History of Science\, Princeton University. \nIn the two decades following the 1962 publication of Silent Spring\, the US government sought to regulate environmental pollutants in the name of controlling human cancer. The development of short-term tests for mutagens promised an inexpensive\, rapid way to identify carcinogens among the tens of thousands of chemicals on the market. However\, by the 1980s\, findings from these rapid\, in vitro mutagenicity tests corroded these hopes. On the one hand\, it turned out that some chemical carcinogens were not also mutagens\, and thus escaped detection in these tests. On the other hand\, many natural substances\, such as compounds in foods and beverages—as well as products of normal metabolism—proved to be mutagenic. Related advances in understanding DNA damage led biologists increasingly to regard cancer as a by-product of aging. A public anxious about the dangers of contaminating pesticides and food additives was confronted with the message that the natural components of the human diet were already carcinogenic. In turn\, antiregulatory interests (especially chemical companies and conservative politicians) seized on the emerging complexities of controlling human exposures to mutagens to subvert environmental regulation. This lecture attempts to offer a critical appraisal of the diet-cancer conundrum of the 1980s against the background of the emerging field of genetic toxicology. \nFree tickets will soon be available from the Wellcome Collection website.
URL:https://foodresearch.org.uk/event/2015-fred-sanger-lecture-eat-die-the-domestication-of-carcinogens-in-the-1980s/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20151022T173000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20151022T200000
DTSTAMP:20260415T042859
CREATED:20151013T190818Z
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SUMMARY:Innovative Food Systems Teaching and Learning (IFSTAL) launch event
DESCRIPTION:We invite you to join us for the London launch of the Innovative Food Systems Teaching and Learning (IFSTAL) programme on Thursday 22nd October at 5:15pm at the Royal Veterinary College\, Camden. To register\, please click here. \nIFSTAL is a collaborative\, interdisciplinary\, cross-university food systems training programme for postgraduate students\, linking with the workplace to improve future human\, animal and environmental health. \nThis event will offer you an introduction to IFSTAL\, the concepts and the food system challenges it is aiming to address\, as well as an opportunity to meet people interested in this topic from across the spectrum of academia\, industry\, government and civil society. Dr John Ingram\, IFSTAL programme leader\, will be giving a lecture from Oxford that will be live beamed to our collaborating institutions in London\, Warwick and Reading. After the lecture\, there will be a panel-led discussion and opportunity to ask questions\, then meet other colleagues studying and working on food-related topics during our networking drinks reception. \nThe programme for the evening is as follows: \n5pm Registration and lecture theatre opens \n5:15pm Welcome from the Chair\, Dr Nick Brown \n5:20pm Inaugural lecture from Dr John Ingram (live streamed from Oxford):  “Food Systems: communities\, complexities and challenges” \n6pm  Welcome from Prof. David Church\, Vice-Principal of RVC \nPanel of members from LCIRAH and City University London: Dr Deborah Johnston\, Dr Suneetha Kadiyala\, Prof. Tim Lang and Prof. Jonathan Rushton. Introduction to each institution\, discussion about disciplinary approaches and work on food systems issues. Questions about the IFSTAL programme. \nClosing words from Prof. Jeff Waage\, Director of LCIRAH & LIDC \n6:30pm Drinks and nibbles reception\, combined networking event with LIDC\, display and announcement of the winning “Food Systems” photos (see details below). \nThere will be simultaneous launches happening across the country in IFSTAL’s partner institutions: Oxford University\, Reading University and Warwick University. In London\, this event will be hosted jointly by LCIRAH (LSHTM\, RVC\, SOAS) along with City University London\, at the Royal Veterinary College\, Camden. \nTo register\, please go to our Eventbrite page here. \nAs part of the event\, we invite you to submit a photograph (your own) that represents food systems to you\, with a short description (maximum 50 words) to accompany. The photos will be displayed during the reception/networking\, and there will be a cash prize for the best. A selection will also be displayed in an exhibition in the LIDC building. To submit\, please email your photo/image and description to ifstal-lcirah@rvc.ac.uk by end of day Monday 19th. This is open to all attendees\, and all students and staff (attending or not) at the London institutions (City Uni. London\, RVC\, LSHTM\, SOAS). \nOther upcoming IFSTAL events are: \n\n5th November\, 5:15pm : What is systems thinking and how might we use it to confront the ‘wicked problem(s) of food?’. Lecture given by Dr Harley Pope from Reading University followed by a local event\n\nLocation: 5th November: City University\, Northampton Square \n\n19th November\, 5:15pm : Who or what is involved in the food system and what are they doing? Lecture given by Dr Barbara Häsler from the Royal Veterinary College and LCIRAH\, followed by a local event\n\nLocation: 19th November: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine\, Keppel Street \n\n3rd December\, 5:15pm : Explorations in Food System Outcomes: food security\, the environment and economy. Lecture given by Dr Rosemary Collier from Warwick University\, followed by a local event.\n\nLocation: City University\, Northampton Square \nAny queries\, please contact ifstal-lcirah@rvc.ac.uk or ifstal-city@city.ac.uk
URL:https://foodresearch.org.uk/event/innovative-food-systems-teaching-and-learning-ifstal-launch-event/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20150925T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20150925T173000
DTSTAMP:20260415T042859
CREATED:20150902T100626Z
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SUMMARY:Governing Food Policy Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Brighton and Sussex Medical School\, Room 2.10 – University of Sussex campus\, Falmer\n\nThis workshop sees the launch of a new Food Policy and Governance special interest group (SIG) hosted by BSUFN. The purpose of this workshop is to discuss the broad topic of governing food policy in the context of work being undertaken by BSUFN members. Food policy is considered broadly as any policy of an organisation or governing institution which is related to food. Discussion among workshop participants aims to inform any areas of interest and priorities for activities and collaboration within the Food Policy and Governance SIG and BSUFN more broadly.\n\nThe workshop will centre on a series of questions to provoke discussion but these questions should not be considered to be exhaustive and other related topics for discussion are welcomed.\n\n\nIn what ways are local\, national\, and global food policies and priorities interlinked?\nDoes existing local\, national\, and international food policy reflect the needs and priorities of society?\nWhich stakeholders currently influence the production of food policy?\nThrough what means can society engage with and influence the production of food policy? Is society currently successful in this?\nIn what ways could BSUFN interact with food policy research\, governance\, and societal engagement?\n\n\nThe workshop is kindly supported by SPRU (Science Policy Research Unit)\, University of Sussex.\nSessions will be structured as ‘quick fire’ introductions followed by a period of open discussion among workshop participants. Speakers will each be given ten minutes to introduce a topic concerning food policy within their area of interest.\n\n\nThe detailed programme is available on the BSUFN website here: http://bsufn.com/events/governing-food-policy-workshop/\n\n\nPlease contact food.network@sussex.ac.uk if you would like to attend.
URL:https://foodresearch.org.uk/event/governing-food-policy-workshop/
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