A foody theme in this edition of UoLSustainability Sustainability Liverpool incl. our food growing research Rurban Revolution, development of Liverpool Food Growers Network network, and growing more food on the Uni campus!

Great to see our Rurban Revolution research on sustainability & health of urban food systems being shared in this week's UK Research and Innovation bulletin. Grateful to have had support for what's been a brilliant interdisciplinary collaboration with Prof Charlotte Hardman @sofia_kour & so many others

Innovations in Vertical and Urban Farming - sign up for this free interactive webinar in the build up to #WorldFoodDay from STFC Food Network+ eventbrite.co.uk/e/innovations-…

Always feel better after some time away from the desk in the lovely CTL Liverpool garden. 👥 lots of great student volunteers. 🥒 harvesting fresh veg. 😀😀😀 #SowingTheSeedsOfSustainability project

Day 6 is my turn in our Sustainable Soil Group's Countdown to #WorldSoilDay 🗓️🌱🪱 Unsung city soils – can they put more food on our plates? Inspired by our Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Rurban Revolution project wp.lancs.ac.uk/sustainable-so…

How far can vertical farming go? Great to see Natalia Falagán and our Rurban Research being picked up in this interesting read bbc.com/future/article… via BBC Future

Interesting to hear about R-urban London! Not rurban as we would use it in Rurban Revolution but lots of shared ethos r-urban-wick.net R-Urban London #FutureBuild

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I'm looking for food industry colleagues willing to have a brief chat about urban-grown food for a research project. Would anyone in #retail, #procurement, #logistics, #hospitatlity, #foodprocessing #foodwholesale be interested in talking more? #journorequest #spffoodsystems

Next up Professor Charlotte Hardman Prof Charlotte Hardman talking about urban food growing and public engagement Health and Life Sciences Public Engagement Showcase. Its bot just #allotments ! #sustainability through #community

Our Sowing the Seeds of Sustainability project is increasing green spaces & food-growing opportunities on University of Liverpool campus. Find out more here (video credit Connor O'Reilly) UoLSustainability LivUni Psychology Institute of Population Health #EarthDay2023

📢Date for your diary🗓️ 🌽WEBINAR: #NetZero & dietary shift - how #psychology and #poverty determine choices *Speaker: Prof Charlotte Hardman Institute of Population Health University of Liverpool *Chair: @NeilWard586 Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research UEA School of Environmental Sciences More deets coming #climatechange #diet #health #sustainablediets #inequality

Can cities help us fight climate change? Find out in this podcast 🎧 with Jess Davies talking about Rurban Revolution research on the potential role of urban food growing theguardian.com/science/audio/…

Such a treat to see the new planters installed on University of Liverpool north campus and veg seeds/seedlings planted by students & staff #SowingTheSeedsOfSustainability UoLSustainability Faculty of Health and Life Sciences

Our second brand-new food growing space University of Liverpool is on central campus next to Oliver Lodge. Seedlings grown by our fantastic students are in the ground for harvest in autumn #SowingTheSeedsOfSustainability UoLSustainability Institute of Population Health Faculty of Health and Life Sciences

Lovely sunny afternoon at the Liverpool Food Growers Network networking event with our friends Feeding Liverpool. Great to talk all things food growing and how we can work together to change more places into thriving community hubs for people and nature to thrive across Liverpool

Lovely evening at University of Liverpool #staffawards celebrating our amazing #SowingTheSeedsOfSustainability team

An interesting read with quotes from Jess Davies Rurban Revolution and Farm Urban bbc.com/news/business-…

Need Monday motivation? My colleague Beccy Whittle, along with FoodFutures have a super inspiring project - Where the Wildings Are! - that helps schools to start food growing: avivacommunityfund.co.uk/p/where-the-wi… Help them grow via their crowd funder🌱

📣 New #spffoodsystems #tukfs Food Standards Agency paper - Does urban agriculture contribute to food security, and how might this be achieved? With Prof Charlotte Hardman Dr Tracey Duncombe Nina Pugh & Rebecca Gillespie bit.ly/3UzxaIe OA 🔓#urbanagriculture #foodsecurity 🧵