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Dr Jess Dunn watering wheat crops in a lab

Inside the grain: Sheffield researcher awarded fellowship to investigate plant reproduction processes

Institute for Sustainable Food 麻豆视频 Fellow, Dr Jess Dunn, has been awarded a Biotechnology and Biological Sciences 麻豆视频 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 Sheffield, 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 Sheffield: 麻豆视频, 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 Sheffield

New research sets out roadmap to transform Sheffield鈥檚 food system

麻豆视频ers from the University of Sheffield worked with CLES and ShefFood to create a roadmap of interventions for a more sustainable, healthy and local food economy in Sheffield.
Two hands holding rice.

Half of UK rice breaches limits on arsenic for children, warn scientists

More than half of rice varieties sold in the UK contained levels of arsenic higher than regulations allow for babies and children under five.
Portrait photo of Dr Hannah Lambie-Mumford

Dr Hannah Lambie-Mumford awarded new Leverhulme Fellowship to research food corporations and food charity

The new research project entitled 鈥淐harity begins in the boardroom? Food corporations and food charity鈥 begins in September 2020
Ploughed soil in a field of crops

Rock dust helps soils store carbon and boosts crop yields, research shows

Simple method could help mitigate the climate crisis, improve food and soil security, and cut farmers鈥 costs