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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.
Protecting Colombia's biodiversity

Protecting one of the most biodiverse regions on Earth

Colombia is one of the most biodiverse regions in the world and is home to 10 per cent of the planet’s species. But Colombia is also a hotspot for extinction and biodiversity loss because of climate and land-use changes.
SCOPE, Fambidzanai Permaculture Centre, Kufunda Village, ZIDAWU Trust, Hand in Hand, PELUM and Make it Grow in person event in Harare, Zimbabwe.

Blog: “Make it Grow” Leverages Smartphone Video-Making to Support Community Food Start-ups
Farmers in Tanzania

New report recommends solutions to reduce crop loss in Tanzania

Research from the Institute for Sustainable Food at the University of Sheffield has investigated the reasons for post-harvest loss of crops produced in the Morogoro region of Tanzania.
Picture of a trolley full of food in the middle of a supermarket aisle

UK food shortages: how growing more fruit and veg in cities could reduce the impact of empty supermarket shelves

Dr Jill Edmondson and Professor Jonathan Leake, from the University of Sheffield's School of Biosciences, discuss the current fruit and veg shortages in the UK, and how growing more food in cities across the UK could help prevent a similar situation.

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An image showing the damage affecting the thale cress plants from the study, the plant on the left has no stress memory therefore is severely effected by caterpillar feeding.

Stress memory in plants could hold key to growing disease resistant crops

A mechanism behind how plants can develop long-term immunity to stress has been discovered by scientists at the University of Sheffield.