Author: Anthonia James
York Open Research award for Alana Kluczkovski
October 10, 2022
Dr Alana Kluckzovski from our Hybrid Economies research team has received a York Open Research Award for her contributions to the Take a Bite Out of Climate Change initiative. The scheme provides the ‘opportunity to celebrate projects and advocacy initiatives across a variety of disciplines, recognising work which encourages dialogue, reflection and broader thinking about […]
CNN interview. Professor Myles Allen: Fossil fuel companies could fix climate crisis ‘within a generation’
July 22, 2022
https://edition.cnn.com/videos/tv/2022/07/18/myles-allen-amanpour-climate-extreme-weather-heatwave-uk-europe.cnn
Transforming Governance and collaboration in the food system – learning from Local Food Councils
July 4, 2022
By Dr Ulrike Ehgartner, FixOurFood Research Associate, University of York Our food system is in crisis. UK consumers are facing a serious hike in food prices, with 7.3 million adults and over 2.6 million children in the UK experiencing food insecurity. This number indicates a rise of UK household food insecurity by 57%, just from […]
FixOurFood awarded funds to collaborate with Maastricht University
June 29, 2022
The University of York and Maastricht University launched a partnership in 2017 to establish joint research projects, teaching collaborations, knowledge exchange, student exchanges, and to share best practice among their staff. These research and education programmes were supported by a €3m joint investment to encourage and facilitate innovations to tackle challenges to developing a more sustainable […]
Leaked Strategy vs Published Strategy: A Side by Side Analysis
June 15, 2022
By Dr Chris Yap, FixOurFood Research Fellow. City University, London. This blog was first published by the Food Research Collaboration (https://foodresearch.org.uk/) FixOurFood policy researcher, Christopher Yap compared the leaked and the published versions of the Food Strategy White Paper. Here he looks at five key differences and what they tell us about policy-making. The long-awaited Government […]
Government’s UK Food Strategy White Paper lacks ambition and action on diet and food insecurity
June 15, 2022
Professor Bob Doherty, School for Business and Society, University of York. Director of the FixOurFood Programme and the N8 AgriFood Policy Hub. In July 2021, Henry Dimbleby was commissioned by the UK Government to publish an independent review of England’s food system to produce recommendations for a National Food Strategy. The UK Government, led by […]
MBE awarded to Jan Thornton
June 7, 2022
Congratulations to Jan Thornton who has been awarded an MBE for her outstanding efforts and services to rural communities. Jan is a key collaborator and supporter of our activities with hybrid business models, sharing her valuable experience and connections across the region to help us progress our aims. This award is well deserved considering her […]
Connecting art, community, and healthy eating through HAF funding
May 25, 2022
By Greg McGee, Director of New Visuality As a recipient of Holiday and Activity Programme funding (HAF) I was delighted to be asked by the FixOurFood programme to write this blog. Our interests align given their previous evaluation and recommendations regarding the continuation of the funding and I’m happy to share my recent experience delivering […]
Why the issue of land must be central to UK food systems transformation.
May 3, 2022
By Dr Christopher Yap, Research Fellow. City, University of London Issues of food and land are inseparable. And yet the relationships between land, space, planning, and food systems are too-often marginal within food systems debates. In this piece we consider the role of land in leveraging change towards fairer and more sustainable food systems and […]