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A food systems approach to policy for health and sustainability

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Date: September 2018

This report highlights the significant benefits for policymaking from a food systems approach. Thinking systemically and at an interdisciplinary level can help ensure that challenges are tackled from multiple perspectives and in a holistic way. Such an approach provides a way of identifying win-wins, managing trade-offs and mitigating less desirable outcomes, enabling stronger policy coherence across agriculture, nutrition, health, trade, climate and the environment, in both businesses and governments around the world.

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Creating and connecting a community of food systems thinkers

Date: 23 August 2018
Author(s): Global Food Security

A novel approach to addressing the challenges of the food system has marked its third successful year.

Participants in the GFS Policy Lab on the determinants of food choice for healthy and sustainable diets

Policy lab on the determinants of food choice for a healthy and sustainable diet

Date: May 2018
Author(s): Maia Elliott

In March GFS ran a three-day Policy Lab for early career researchers, exploring the biological, social, environmental, physical and economic determinants of food choice in the UK and globally. After a series of expert talks, the delegates were posed the question: considering the different drivers of food choice, what combination of interventions across the food system would have the most impact in encouraging healthier and more sustainable diets?

ECR Policy Lab on the determinants of food choice for healthy and sustainable diets

Date: 5 January 2018
Author(s): David O'Gorman

The Global Food Security (GFS) programme invites expressions of interest from post-doctoral researchers to take part in a Policy Lab on the determinants of food choice (for example biological, social, environmental, physical and economic) and the combination of interventions across these that will lead to healthier and more sustainable diets.

Determinants of food choice for a healthy and sustainable diet

Date: January 2018
Author(s): David O'Gorman

GFS will host an ECR Policy Lab on 19-21 March 2018, which will synthesise the latest knowledge and evidence in this area to better understand what determines food choice and to describe the best combination of interventions that would be most impactful in encouraging healthier and more sustainable diets. The winning team at the workshop will receive a £5,000 Policy Lab award to write a policy-facing report.

Supporting connectivity across national food policy

Date: October 2017
Author(s): Sian Williams

This project will explore connectivity in national-level policy and governance structures that support key UK Government food system objectives, identifying opportunities for greater coordination to optimise decision making processes and provide greater support towards reaching food security goals.

Can food help in the battle against climate change? An Insight on Paris-compliant healthy food systems

Date: 25 September 2017
Author(s): Sian Williams

Transformation of the food system could lead the way in addressing both climate and health goals. The Global Food Security programme’s Sian Williams introduces a new report.

Insight: Paris-compliant healthy food systems

Insight, issue six: Paris-compliant healthy food systems

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Date: September 2017

GFS Insight aims to offer a balanced and interdisciplinary representation of the current state of knowledge in a particular area relating to food security. This issue outlines the need for a food system that supports both health and the Paris climate agreement, exploring impacts of food production and consumption as well as potential interventions to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions across the system.

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Insight report on Paris-compliant healthy food systems published

Date: September 2017
Author(s): Sian Williams

UN Sustainable Development Goals and the UK food retail and manufacturing business

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Date: July 2017

The 17 SDGs were adopted by the UN in 2015 with the aim of driving the implementation of global sustainable development. This report details discussion at an industry focused workshop exploring how far UK food retail and manufacturing businesses are prepared for and engaged with the SDGs, and how research might help them play their part in meeting the goals.

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Jo Johnson, Minister for Universities and Science, Andrew Thompson, RCUK Global Challenges Research Fund Champion and Dr Amanda Collis, BBSRC Executive Director, Science

International research joins forces to meet needs of countries facing global issues

Date: 21 July 2017
Author(s): Global Food Security

Leading experts from the UK and in developing countries across the world are joining forces to tackle some of the most serious global challenges in a new multidisciplinary research programme launched today.

From left to right: Dr Ruth Wade (The University of Sheffield), Dr Alison Scott-Brown (Kew Gardens), Dr Sofia Cota-Franco (Newcastle University), Dr Rory O’Connor (University of Reading), and Dr Ben Keane (University of York)

GFS Policy Lab group funded

Date: June 2017
Author(s): Sian Williams

A team from the Policy Lab workshop were awarded a prize of £5,000 to produce a report examining how we can provide food alongside other ecosystem services, incorporating examples of best practice from other countries.

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