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Publicans and punters discuss the place of the pub in modern British society

Sheffield researchers, Professor Phil Withington and Dr Nick Groat, teamed up with Being Human Festival to host the Pints of Interest: Pubs as social landmarks event- a discussion and debate on the history and future of the pub in our iconic city.
A person cooking in an industrial kitchen.
Kelsey Kilgore, Kitchen Lab coordinator.

Circulating Food and Drink: collaborative workshop explores diverse forms of global food provisioning from past to present

A recent workshop delivered collaboratively by researchers at the University of Sheffield and the University of Toronto, delved into the fascinating world of global food provisioning.
food insecurity

Lone parents and people with long-term health conditions disproportionately vulnerable to food insecurity

Lone parents and people with long term health conditions are more likely to be experiencing severe forms of food insecurity, according to a new study by the University of Sheffield.
2024 Goalkeepers champions

University of Sheffield researcher recognised as world leader in nutrition

A researcher at the University of Sheffield has been named as one of the 2024 Goalkeepers Champions by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, for his incredible impact on nutrition.
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The Institute for Sustainable Food Conference - Food is our common language

Join us for interdisciplinary conversations on the most urgent issues associated with food systems today under the umbrella of the Institute for Sustainable Food at the University of Sheffield.
plants growing in brown plant pots

Sheffield develops a new crop protection strategy to boost immune system of plants

The University of Sheffield Institute for Sustainable Food has identified a way to commercialise ‘priming chemicals’ that can be used as a crop protection technology to boost the immune system of plants.
Wide ranging view over the Meersbrook allotments in Sheffield. There are trees and a lane in the foreground and a highrise building in the background

Voicing our support for low carbon food infrastructure in Sheffield

Why we're supporting an ambitious roadmap to expand and broaden low carbon food production in Sheffield.
Spraying the plants.

Innovative agricultural technologies could help meet food security and climate change emergencies

Scientists have proposed a range of technological options for sustainable, productive and resilient agriculture, which provide multiple routes for removing CO2 from the atmosphere to directly mitigate climate change.

A woman is stood in an allotment next to a raised bed. There is a greenhouse in the background and several tubs of plants growing

Diary project reveals the true cost of growing food in an allotment

Experts from the Institute for Sustainable Food have created a first of its kind estimate of the resources needed to grow food in allotments using data from a citizen science project.