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See the big picture with our food systems blog
The economic crisis and food insecurity
By James Coe, Senior Policy Advisor, University of Liverpool
Our vision for the Food Systems Policy Hub
By Professor Bob Doherty, Professor of Marketing at York Management School, University of York, and Food Systems Policy Hub Director
School food has a proven track record in reducing child food poverty
By Dr Charlotte Evans, School of Food Science and Nutrition, Faculty of Environment, University of Leeds
Working together to create a better food and farming system in the North
By Dr Rachel Marshall, N8 AgriFood Knowledge Exchange Fellow, Lancaster University, with insights shared by the Northern Real Farming Conference team
Procuring food for the future
By Dr Neil Boyle, Research Fellow, School of Psychology, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Leeds
‘Bouncing back better’ from COVID-19 requires overcoming systemic lock-ins
By Professor Tom Oliver, Professor of Applied Ecology, University of Reading, and Senior Fellow, Defra Systems Research Programme
Herbicide resistance and tackling the challenge of sustainable food production
By Bárbara Pinho, MSc Science Communication Student, University of Sheffield
Fairtrade and the COVID-19 response – lessons for business and the food system
By Tim Aldred, Head of Policy, Fairtrade Foundation
Producing a POSTnote: exploring food system resilience during COVID-19
By Joe Llanos, N8 AgriFood Policy Fellow, Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology, and fourth year PhD student at the University of Sheffield
The current situation: COVID-19, urban agriculture and the need to change the food system
By Jacob Nickles, N8 AgriFood Knowledge Exchange Fellow, Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield