Roots & Routes: Food, Memory, Migration, Heritage. A weekend exploring the journeys that shape what we eat, remember and pass on. 19 and 20 June 2026 in Exeter, hosted by the Devon Ukrainian Association and partners. 🧵👇
CRPR University of Exeter
@crpr-exeter.bsky.social
A hub of excellence for research on resilient farming, food and environment that places people at the heart of finding solutions. We're all about Land/Nature/Food and how they interact with people. https://www.exeter.ac.uk/research/centres/crpr/
Thanks to @roseoneill.bsky.social of Campaign for National Parks for a fascinating @crpr-exeter.bsky.social seminar yesterday covering power, politics, governance and the future of our National Parks. It was also our annual @crpr-exeter.bsky.social Garden Party celebrating our work and community.
Sharing highlights from the Gather Food & Drink Summit 2026, 10th June organised by @exeterfood.bsky.social, @crpr-exeter.bsky.social and Food Drink Devon with >200 businesses, policymakers, researchers & organisations exploring how to support a more resilient, sustainable & inclusive food system.
Delighted to see this co-authored paper published on how family farmers are adopting silvopastoral systems with the support of participatory learning processes in the Amazon with Elisangela Sodre David Rojas Alexandre de Azevedo Olival & Marla Weihs: doi.org/10.5304/jafs... @crpr-exeter.bsky.social
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Gather is back for 2026. Join the second annual South West food and drink summit bringing together the region's dynamic food and drink community for a full day of insight, innovation, and… | Exete...
Gather is back for 2026. Join the second annual South West food and drink summit bringing together the region's dynamic food and drink community for a full day of insight, innovation, and collaboratio...
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*QUEX PhD scholarship opportunity* led jointly by the University of Queensland, Australia & @crpr-exeter.bsky.social - on network agrovoltaics for energy self-sufficiency in agriculture - details below. Thanks to Wayes Tushar, Rahul Sharma & Matt Lobley scholarships.uq.edu.au/scholarship/...
UQ-Exeter Institute joint PhD
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Great to see this paper published led by Dr Faye S. at the University of Westminster and co-authored by @crpr-exeter.bsky.social's Steven Emery on navigating authenticity and change in livelihoods and living heritage in the Lake District farmed landscape www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Authentic livelihoods? Navigating authenticity and change in the Lake District cultural landscape
Cultural Landscape heritage designations imbue an unresolved tension between authenticity and change, which is uncatered for in UNESCO guidance and in…
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Great to hear Steven Emery of @crpr-exeter.bsky.social talking on BBC Farming Today www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... about land use and the competing pressures on our land ahead of the publishing of the government's final version of the Land Use Framework for England (coming soon).
Farming Today - 02/03/26: Officially enough rain, Mrs Wilmot's Pippin, land use pressure - BBC Sounds
A silver lining to 2026's wet start: scientists say we're leaving 2025's drought behind.
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Matt Lobley @crpr-exeter.bsky.social Co-Director was at the UK Parliament in London on Friday as a member of the Great South West (GSW) Food Security Programme Board's launch of their new agrifood growth plan greatsouthwest.co.uk/wp-content/u... identifying priority SW actions inc. for horticulture
Learn about food systems! @exeter.ac.uk has scholarships available (bit.ly/4r9cKod) for the MA in Food Studies linked with the @exeterfood.bsky.social network and run from @crpr-exeter.bsky.social. See Harry West's intro to the course here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqEL...
Professor Harry West discusses his research and our exciting MA in Food Studies
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Delighted to see this @crpr-exeter.bsky.social article out on involvement in nature recovery among land managers onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Matt Lobley Becca Wheeler @carolinenye.bsky.social and @carolynpetersen.bsky.social @renewbiodiversity.bsky.social @uniofexeternews.bsky.social
Fostering High‐Quality Engagement in Nature Recovery: Towards a De‐reification of Environmental Land Management
Financial incentives go a long way in securing land manager participation in environmental programmes. They are nevertheless limited in their capacity to influence the quality of engagement with natu...
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MA Food Studies opportunity - 5 scholarships 2026/27: @crpr-exeter.bsky.social & @exeter.ac.uk are offering a fee reduction of £5000 to 5 full time students. Programme led by @crpr-exeter.bsky.social Co-Director and @exeterfood.bsky.social lead Prof. Harry West www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...
The Glanely Food and Farming Schola | University of Exeter
The University of Exeter is pleased to offer this scholarship, a fee reduction worth £5000, to up to five full time students enrolling on our MA Food Studies programme in 2026/2027.
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You can now catch the recording of CRPR University of Exeter's Michael Winter's inspiring Distinguished Lecture: Whatever happened to the political economy of agriculture here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJ58... Illustration by @crpr-exeter.bsky.social PhD student Caroline Aitken
The Conversation article published today by @crpr-exeter.bsky.social Research Associate John Harvey—“Your dog's dinner could be worse for the planet than your own – new research”— co-written with Peter Alexander, Vera Eory, Sarah L Crowley. More info: bit.ly/49r2KPx Link to article: bit.ly/4sx1jId
Your dog’s dinner could be worse for the planet than your own – new research
Dog feeding is a substantial part of the food system, not a side issue.
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@crpr-exeter.bsky.social Research Associate John Harvey was lead author on a major new study of dog food environmental/climate impacts, published today bit.ly/4aPofMp Link to article: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#research #sustainability #climatechange #foodsystems #lifecycleassessment #petfood | John Harvey
New paper (now out in the Journal of Cleaner Production): we analysed the climate impacts of nearly 1,000 UK dog foods—and found over a 65-fold difference between feeding approaches. At a national lev...
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Images & reflections from Michael Winter's inspiring @crpr-exeter.bsky.social lecture yesterday @exeter.ac.uk. And a timely call to action - to reinvigorate analysis of the political in agriculture and food systems. Thanks to the wonderful team including Caroline Aitken for the live illustration
Latest CRPR University of Exeter newsletter here! - with recent research activities, publications, funding successes & opportunities, events etc on: challenges facing family farmers; seaweed eating; food beyond terroir; nature recovery & farming; Dartmoor, & more... hass.cmail19.com/t/r-e-tktdud...
Reminder: Professor Michael Winter’s Distinguished Lecture 17.12.25 @crpr-exeter.bsky.social: Whatever happened to the Political Economy of Agriculture? Hybrid: Queen’s building, LT1 - 10:15-12:15 or online. Registration is via Eventbrite (bit.ly/3KDpFPu ). Any questions: crpr@exeter.ac.uk.
The expansion of global food supply chains can reduce food security, while improving regional food systems can improve food security.
How unsustainable global supply chains exacerbate food insecurity
The expansion of global food supply chains can reduce food security, while improving regional food systems can improve food security.
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Congratulations to Maeve Leith, a @crpr-exeter.bsky.social PhD student on her prestigious NFU Mutual Charitable Trust Centenary Award. Maeve will explore the voices of farmers, conservationists and other stakeholders in land use decision making in Dartmoor: www.nfumutual.co.uk/news-and-sto...
The NFU Mutual Charitable Trust Centenary Award 2025
The Centenary Award is a long-term scheme, run by the NFU Mutual Charitable Trust, and was launched in 2010 to celebrate the 100th birthday of NFU Mutual.
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Read Maeve Leith, @crpr-exeter.bsky.social PhD student's account of her guided walk in Dartmoor's Wistman's Wood with Tim Ferry of Moor Trees, which reflects on this important temperate rainforest's management, access, history and future www.linkedin.com/posts/maeve-...
Want to know more about the potential expansion of Wistman's Wood? https://lnkd.in/eKVFnNn6 The Dartmoor Society's latest publication includes my write-up of a fascinating walk and talk wit...
Want to know more about the potential expansion of Wistman's Wood? https://lnkd.in/eKVFnNn6 The Dartmoor Society's latest publication includes my write-up of a fascinating walk and talk with Moor T...
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Catch @crpr-exeter.bsky.social co-director Matt Lobley on this morning's Farming Today www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... (from 8 mins in) on the multiple challenges & uncertain futures family farmers are experiencing and how the important role they play in rural communities may be at risk
BBC Radio 4 - Farming Today, 10/11/2025: Family farms, 'Aginflation', mushroom growing in NI
What could the future hold for family farms?
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For PhD researchers interested in food sustainability - paid consultancy placement opportunities with Better Food Traders as part of the Food Shines project www.aru.ac.uk/global-susta...
BAFR-UK: Backcasting to Achieve Food Resilience in the UK project - Global Sustainability Institute - ARU
Find out about the Backcasting to Achieve Food Resilience (BAFR-UK) research project, led by experts from ARU's Global Sustainability Institute.
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Check out CRPR University of Exeter colleague Paul Cleave's article in The Conversation about the rich history of rural Devon cuisine theconversation.com/rural-devon-...
Rural Devon cuisine has a rich history – from the origins of cream teas to squab pie
Devonshire dumplings – apples wrapped in pastry and baked – were made extra special when accompanied by a generous dollop of clotted cream.
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Don't forget to register (either in person or online) for the CRPR University of Exeter Distinguished Lecture by Prof Michael Winter on 17th Dec - Eventbrite link bit.ly/4hGTquZ We are expecting large numbers, so early registration is strongly encouraged!
CRPR University of Exeter@crpr-exeter.bsky.social · 10mo agoJoin us for distinguished lecture 17th Dec 10.15-12.15pm by @crpr-exeter.bsky.social's Professor Michael Winter: Whatever happened to the Political Economy of Agriculture? Lecture Theatre 1, Queens Building, Streatham Campus 10.15am - tea/coffee 10.45am - lecture Register: tinyurl.com/4zxjz3xs
Insightful short report by Charles Masquelier at CRPR University of Exeter about the challenges as well as solutions from farmers/land managers on implementing nature recovery and engaging with environmental land management practices: bit.ly/4hxt4eB
Bog Talk: Insights from Engagement with Land Managers in the High Peak
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@crpr-exeter.bsky.social's Matt Lobley and Michael Winter were out and about as part of the ACCESS Advancing Capacity for Climate Environment Social Science Nature Recovery Task Force last week - here visiting the Lower Otter Restoration Project www.linkedin.com/posts/access...
ACCESS Nature Recovery Task Force visits Lower Otter Restoration Project | ACCESS Advancing Capacity for Climate Environment Social Science posted on the topic | LinkedIn
Great to see the ACCESS #Nature #Recovery Task Force out and about exploring the Lower #Otter #Restoration Project in Budleigh Salterton this week. The team met for two days to draw out the key findin...
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Defra have announced a one year extension to the Countryside Stewardship mid tier scheme - I've heard a few different reactions to this already (e.g. on Farming Today www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... ). See this NFU article on their related campaign: www.nfuonline.com/updates-and-...
NFU secures agri-environment scheme roll over for thousands of farmers
The NFU has successfully secured a one-year extension for Countryside Stewardship Mid Tier agreements for thousands of farmers following several months of campaigning.
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A clear direction of travel for farmers, more integrated land use to deliver environmental goods as well as food, and dietary change needed for a more resilient UK food system theconversation.com/three-ways-t... #FoodStudies @afnnetwork.bsky.social roadmap: www.agrifood4netzero.net/our-work/the...
Three ways to make the UK’s food system more resilient – according to new report by 150 experts
Modelling shows that we will need to change not just how we farm, but what farming produces and what we eat.
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Join us for distinguished lecture 17th Dec 10.15-12.15pm by @crpr-exeter.bsky.social's Professor Michael Winter: Whatever happened to the Political Economy of Agriculture? Lecture Theatre 1, Queens Building, Streatham Campus 10.15am - tea/coffee 10.45am - lecture Register: tinyurl.com/4zxjz3xs