Courses available from the Apricot Centre. These are all fully funded for residents of South Hams and West Devon. See www.apricotcentre.co.uk/short-courses for more info. #Devon
Exeter Food
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A University of Exeter research network exploring the role of food in human life and developing solutions to today’s most pressing food challenges. Join us: https://www.exeter.ac.uk/research/networks/exeterfood/
The @exeter.ac.uk Glanely Food and Farming Scholarship is open again for September 2026 entry. £5,000 tuition fee reduction for up to three students (full or part-time) on the MA Food Studies programme. Merit based, open to UK and international applicants. Deadline: 31 August 2026. #FoodStudies
The Glanely Food and Farming Scholarship | University of Exeter
The University of Exeter is pleased to offer this scholarship, a fee reduction worth £5000, to up to three full or part time students enrolling on our MA Food Studies programme in 2026/2027.
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The @exeter.ac.uk Glanely Food and Farming Scholarship is open again for September 2026 entry. £5,000 tuition fee reduction for up to three students (full or part-time) on the MA Food Studies programme. Merit based, open to UK and international applicants. Deadline: 31 August 2026. #FoodStudies
The Glanely Food and Farming Scholarship | University of Exeter
The University of Exeter is pleased to offer this scholarship, a fee reduction worth £5000, to up to three full or part time students enrolling on our MA Food Studies programme in 2026/2027.
exeter.ac.uk
University of Exeter redundancies threaten the future viability of the regionally important and internationally renowned @crpr-exeter.bsky.social and the Exeter Food Research Network. Please show your support by signing the petition here: www.change.org/p/stop-redun... #FoodStudies
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Stop Redundancies at the University of Exeter
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A Future of Sustainable Food: @exeter.ac.uk First Thursdays pop-up 2 July, 6-6:40pm at Freemasons Hall, Gandy Street. @rebeccasandover.bsky.social leads a conversation with Jenny Archard, Harriet Bell, Martyn Bragg and Carolyn Dare on building better food systems locally. #Exeter #FoodStudies
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.
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. 🧵👇
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. 🧵👇
Is Big Food in trouble? Five existential threats. It's impossible not to notice all the reports of declining food sales. I've been talking about four existential threats to the food industry: Robert F. Kennedy Jr ("The food industry is poisoning America") Ultra-processed foods (dietary guidelines…
Is Big Food in trouble? Five existential threats.
It's impossible not to notice all the reports of declining food sales. I've been talking about four existential threats to the food industry: Robert F. Kennedy Jr ("The food industry is poisoning America") Ultra-processed foods (dietary guidelines advise eating less of them) GLP-1 drugs (they reduce food intake) Inflation (people can't afford to overeat) To these, I must add now one more.
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Remember to join us tomorrow for our talk with @profpaulbehrens.bsky.social, who will discuss the fragility of vital systems and their vulnerability to shocks from the climate crisis. You can sign up to attend online or in-person using this very short form forms.office.com/e/Tp8EaV3VK8 #GSIExeter
✨How can food and drink businesses build resilience in a rapidly changing world? 🧡 Gather 2026 brings together producers and industry leaders for a day of practical discussion. Join keynote speaker FFCC's Tony Greenham. Tickets here gathersouthwest.org @exeterfood.bsky.social sky.social
This Tuesday 19 May 16:00–17:30, an Exeter Food Network Seminar: Anna Taylor, Executive Director at @foodfoundation.bsky.social - Ambitions for the National Food Strategy. Seminar: Anna Taylor - Ambitions for the National Food Strategy. Details 👉🏻 www.exeter.ac.uk/events/resea... #FoodStudies
The UK food system is vulnerable to shocks,but what does preparing for them look like at community level?In Bristol, a pioneering partnership - uni's, food charities & community orgs has been developing a disaster risk plan for food security.Join us to find out more 14/05 @12pm👉 tinyurl.com/55sy3rf3
From Plans to Practice: Building Community Food Resilience in Bristol
Sign up for a lively discussion and your Q&A with Heloise Balme from Bristol Food Network, chaired by Prof Angelina Sanderson Bellamy.
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Learn how to communicate your research with non-academic audience. Join our training session on Tuesday 9 June 10 - 2pm. Open to @cornwall.exeter.ac.uk academics, postdocs and PhD students. Seats are limited. Register here: lost-in-translation-workshop.eventbrite.co.uk
This Tuesday 5th of May, the third Exeter Food Network Mezze Seminar, a mixed menu of taster talks. Prehabilitation in childhood cancer, mental health among commercial fishermen in England, food and gut microbiomes in Northern Bhutan and how digital feudalism hurts farmers. Join us! #FoodStudies
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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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"Food Beyond Terroir" (Berghahn, 2025), edited by Anna Colquhoun and Katharina Graf, explores how taste and place intersect with politics, ecology, and society. Includes a chapter by @exeterfood.bsky.social lead Prof. Harry G West. #FoodStudies
Food Beyond Terroir: Tasting Place and Placing Taste in Global Perspective | Berghahn Books
Independent Publishing since 1994
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Gather is back. Join the second annual South West food and drink summit bringing together the region's food and drink community for a day of insight, innovation, and collaboration. 📆 10/06/2026 📍 The Forum, @exeter.ac.uk 🕘 9:15-16:30 (+ networking until 18:30) gathersouthwest.org/gather-2026
The Oxford Food Symposium returns 10–12 July, St Catherine's College, Oxford. The 2026 theme: Food Poverty — how poverty shapes what people eat, across time, place and culture. Open to all; book early, places are limited. 🔗 oxfordsymposium.org.uk/next-symposium/#book-tickets #FoodStudies
Next symposium - Oxford Food Symposium
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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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Gather is back! 🍽️ 🍷 The South West's Food & Drink Summit returns on 10 June at @exeter.ac.uk Streatham Campus, bringing together producers, entrepreneurs and industry professionals for a day of insights, innovation and connection. Tickets coming soon.
Gather Food & Drink Summit 10th June
An unmissable day of insights and inspiration. Gain the knowledge, connections and strategies needed to grow and future-proof your food and drink business.
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Amid the gloom of February & the general *gestures* state of the world, take 8 mins out of your day to enjoy the joy that was Apple Day 25. #Community #Food 🍎🍏 www.youtube.com/watch?v=FE6a...
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YouTube video by Growing Knowsley's Future
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@naturefood.bsky.social February issue: Global patterns of commodity-driven deforestation, winter wheat yields under snow drought, functionally rich crop rotations, China’s use of plastic mulch, urban food environment research… and more! www.nature.com/natfood/volu...
We had an enjoyable day at rootstock.ag earlier this month along with the @crpr-exeter.bsky.social team. Recordings of the sessions are now available: www.youtube.com/@rootstock_d...
Growing something special on campus at @exeter.ac.uk 🌱 Our Kitchen Garden, a partnership between Campus Services Catering and Grounds teams, is reducing food miles and trialling sustainable growing methods including hydroponics.
The Kitchen Garden | Eat and Shop | University of Exeter
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New systematic review of 35 studies finds no clear link between proximity to natural habitat and pollination services on tropical smallholder farms — suggesting landscape complexity may buffer potential declines. 🐝 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41340175/ #FoodStudies
Proximity to Natural Habitat Is Not Consistently Associated With Pollination Services in Tropical Smallholder Farms: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis - PubMed
Proximity to natural habitat is known to enhance pollination services in large-scale agriculture, but it remains unclear whether this holds in tropical smallholder farms. These systems are embedded…
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New research from @ruththurstan.bsky.social and colleagues maps the staggering loss of blue mussel bed habitat in Scotland — over half of 124 recorded beds were destroyed by the early 1900s, with landings collapsing from ~14,000 tonnes/year to zero by 2004 👉 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Historical exploitation and widespread decline of blue mussel (Mytilus edulis) bed habitat in Scotland
Historical records reveal that sustained anthropogenic exploitation drove widespread decline of blue mussel (Mytilus edulis) bed habitat in Scotland b…
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Next week - paid, but likely of interest to those interested in #FoodSystems, #Climate and #Agroecology: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/climate-an... #SystemsThinking #FoodStudies
Climate and Food System Modelling,The implications for agroecological farms
Climate and food system models are hugely influential But how well do they really capture the complexity, of real-world farming?
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Save the date: Tuesday 19th May 2026 16:00- 17:30 at the @exeter.ac.uk Streatham campus or online. An @exeterfood.bsky.social seminar with Anna Taylor, Exec Director of @foodfoundation.bsky.social - Ambitions for the National Food Strategy. Get updates: forms.office.com/e/7FEYZtV025 #FoodStudies
Young women in #Scotland say cost and health drive their food choices. So why isn't meat consumption going down? New research from Exeter Food member Cristina Stewart finds that familiarity and perceived safety keep meat firmly on the plate — even among health-conscious eaters. #FoodStudies
Plant-based diets among young women in Scotland: ‘Unless it's affordable, convenient, healthy, and familiar, it's a no’
Moving towards more plant-based diets is a win-win for both human and planetary health. However, for successful adoption, such diets must be realistic…
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