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Dr Jess Dunn watering wheat crops in a lab

Inside the grain: ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ researcher awarded fellowship to investigate plant reproduction processes

Institute for Sustainable Food Research Fellow, Dr Jess Dunn, has been awarded a Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) fellowship to explore plant reproductive physiology in major cereal crops.
School dinner on a tray
Photograph: Heather Ellis

Immersive School Dinners exhibition offers food for thought

A new School Dinners exhibition, created in collaboration by researchers from the University of ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ, brings the mixed memories and tastes of school food to life.

A view of the outside of Our Shop in the SU

Addressing Food Waste at the University of ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ: Research, Initiatives, and Impact

As we mark Food Waste Action Week, we reflect on the initiatives we are implementing to reduce food waste and create a more sustainable future, both on campus and beyond.

The Wave cafe
The Wave Kitchen, University of ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ

New research sets out roadmap to transform ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ’s food system

Researchers from the University of ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ worked with CLES and ShefFood to create a roadmap of interventions for a more sustainable, healthy and local food economy in ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ.
An example of a hydroponics growing system to grow crops like lettuce, it shows rows of plants being grown on shelves.

Growing leafy greens set to get greener due to ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ research into sustainable farming

A new way to create synthetic fertilisers from waste by-products, which could provide a cost-effective, low-carbon alternative to current synthetic fertilisers for the UK's farming industry, is being developed by the University of ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ.
(Left-right): Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Lord Jonathan Caine; Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris TD; Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Micheál Martin TD; Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, Michelle Donelan; Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Chris Heaton-Harris; and Minister of State for Northern Ireland, Steve Baker, pictured at Farmleigh, Dublin, this afterno

New research programme to transform food systems led by ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ awarded £5.8 million

A transformative, new research programme that aims to transform food systems across the UK and Ireland, and led by the University of ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ, was announced yesterday (Tuesday 28 November).

Professor Louise Dye

New co-Director for the Institute for Sustainable Food

Professor Louise Dye has been announced as the new co-Director of the Institute for Sustainable Food at the University of ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ.
The Regather team

Regather shortlisted for 2023 BBC Food & Farming Awards

Regather has been chosen as one of three organisations shortlisted for a 2023 BBC Food & Farming Award in the ‘Farming the Future’ category.