
Leah Salm
@leah_salm
PhD researcher - @UKFS_CDT
Researcher - @IDS_UK
Food environments | Urban growing | Food equity
Yoga teacher | here to bring joy and connection
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19-02-2013 19:53:29
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My latest for The Washington Post uncovers a little known food industry tactic: Food companies, including sugar and soda producers, are paying dietitians to promote their products and deliver industry-friendly messages on Instagram, TikTok and Facebook. wapo.st/3sTupax




🔥Hot off the press! How has participatory photography been used in #FoodEnvironment research? Well.. in diverse ways, many different types of food environments, and varying levels of participation! Great to be part of this evidence review. Thanks for leading Christopher Turner



School meal programmes play an important role beyond providing nutrition. Our research in Wanathamulla and Thotalanga in #colombo together with Institute of Development Studies show that they also determine school attendance and place additional burden on (or relieve) care givers and care work #lka


*So* inspiring: Irish Wildlife Sounds (Seán Ronayne) delivering exactly the sort of stuff needed to draw people into the beauty and wonder of the natural world, our one true home🌍


🛫 Recently I ventured to #SriLanka for a professional work placement as part of my PhD with UK Food Systems Centre for Doctoral Training 🌱 Here I was immersed in the world of #organic #spice production 👇 storymaps.com/stories/8ed71e… NRI UK Research and Innovation #agroforestry #Foodsystems




Food environments are a crucial part of food systems. In Sri Lanka, colombourbanlab and Institute of Development Studies studied how people interact with markets, to show how rising costs limit access to fresh fruit + vegetables ids.ac.uk/opinions/mappi… Anisha Leah Salm nicholas nisbett Iromi Perera


Do you need an opportunity to get out of your mind, and into your body? Watch this space for offerings to #PhDStudents and #academics Here is a tiny video of a giant dream, made possible through the professional work placement I completed with the UK Food Systems Centre for Doctoral Training NRI

As part of #D4N2024 Institute of Development Studies and CUL conducted a Learning Lab and guided participants through our integrated methodology with hands on learning on how to run Photovoice! You can view our toolkit via this link: csf-asia.org/wp-content/upl… CGIAR Nutrition Leah Salm