Event Details

Please join us for a series of short talks to learn about the agri-food research going on across campus and what this means for the future of our food system, followed by a networking lunch from Radish and poster session in the newly refurbished Lancaster Environment Centre Atrium/Covered Courtyard.

• 11am-12.30pm: N8 AgriFood Research Talks (Training Rooms 1 & 2, Gordon Manley Building, Lancaster Environment Centre Blue Zone/LEC 3)
• 12.30pm -2pm: Networking Lunch and Poster Session (LEC Atrium/Covered Courtyard)

This event is supported by N8 AgriFood Resilience, a £16M HEFCE-funded programme, based on a collaboration between the eight most research-intensive universities in the North of England (Durham, Lancaster, Leeds, Liverpool, Newcastle, Manchester, Sheffield, York).

Lancaster N8 AgriFood has supported the development of a series of pump-prime projects. This event will give us a taste of such projects through talks and posters, and will provide some food for thought and debate about the future of the food system.

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Research Talks (11:00-12.30; LEC Training Rooms)

1. Phil Haygarth - ‘Global phosphorus use efficiency and implications for future food production systems’
2. Manolis Papaioannou - ‘Novel approaches for the sustainable exploitation of juice industry waste pulp processing for high value products’
3. Jacob Phelps: ‘Charting a future for Mexico's endemic tomatoes’
4. Tim Douglas and Sam Tsang - ‘Dolomite and Calcite Enhancement of Whey Protein Isolate Hydrogels for the Regeneration of Bone Tissue’
5. Ian Dodd - ‘Exploiting photobiology to maximise resource use efficiency and consumer acceptance of urban plant factory products’

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About LEC 2050 Food Week

LEC 2050 Food Week is a week of lunchtime activities organised by Lancaster Environment Centre’s Sustainability Group aimed at sparking debate and generating action on issues relating to food sustainability and our campus. These activities are open to all. See the full programme here.

This event follows on from our LEC 2050 Travel Week earlier in the year.

The LEC 2050 Week series challenges us all to step up to the global sustainability challenges we face. Our current food system accounts for 30% of our greenhouse gas emissions and is a major contributor to land use change and degradation, water pollution and biodiversity loss. This week will explore what changes we will need to make to our diets, habits, and packaging before 2050 to meet our carbon commitments for mitigating climate change.

Lancaster Environment Centre’s Sustainability Group brings together volunteers across academic, research, professional staff and students and partners to work on sustainability issues in our department, campus and wider community.

Everyone is welcome to join in with the LEC 2050 Week series through the #LEC2050week. (NB you don't need a Twitter account to view the content)