Day 1 of #IFSTALSS23 is off to a good start. Saher Hasnain challenged us to think about which food we'd allow to disappear if we had to: cashew nut, banana, watermelon or avocado 🤔

What does food system transformation really mean?, asks John Ingram at #IFSTALSS23

We're back for Day 2 of #IFSTALSS23 , starting the day with a session on Shaping the Policy Agenda led by Dr Barbara Häsler Royal Veterinary College (RVC).

Thank you to @IFSTnews and Food GRP for their sponsorship of the summer school. Here's a cheering picture of Park House, where we're based for the next couple of days @uniofreading #IFSTALSS23

An interesting session on dealing with conflict in teams led by @LouWhatford and Niko Dadios, both from Royal Veterinary College (RVC) They challenged participants to role play stakeholders with different takes on a (fictitious) farming subsidy scheme.

It's the final day of the Summer School which means only one thing: the presentations: Thanks to Defra UK WWF Pasture For Life Food Plymouth and IFST for setting excellent briefs 1/2 #IFSTALSS2

Our teams tackled water resilience in the food system, the rise of ultra processed foods, lowering salt in foods, the supply of sustainable, local fish and supply chain impacts of 100% pasture-fed beef and sheep. Well done to all our teams. #IFSTALSS23 2/2

Here’s the class of our 2023 Summer School with (most of) the IFSTAL team. Thanks again to our sponsors IFST and Food GRP for supporting this event that builds tomorrow’s changemakers in the food system #IFSTALSS23

Great to catch up with Rosina Borrelli Chef Jake Barwood and Lauren Rathbone, listening to the progress of the secondary school mapping project. Listening is what we do! #foodlearning

*Twitter! Can you help share with secondary schools you know?* Best Food Forward are looking for secondary schools in England to sign up for our research into food education. We hope to shine light on the importance of learning about food to drive change bestfoodforward.co.uk/post/importanc…

Alert for food teachers! bestfoodforward.co.uk/post/importanc…

Food teachers! You can help to further the cause of #foodeducation by participating in this study.

Would appreciate a retweet; we’re aiming to include the widest range of secondary schools possible School Food Matters Royal Academy of Culinary Arts TastEd Food for Life Veg Power Children's Food Campaign (no longer posting here) Jamie Oliver bestfoodforward.co.uk/post/importanc…

Calling food educators... Nicole Pisani and I are planning the Spring edition of the Food Education Network Dinners for April in London. Come to the "most fun, least network-y networking" dinner to meet friendly, like minded passionate people. DM me for details.

When I’m not on food education research duties, I dust off my whites and run my event catering business. All about balance ⭐️

Devon bound today as part of our Food Education Mapping Project! Best Food Forward

Another busy week visiting secondary schools. My highlight was joining a year 8 group learning how to cook eggs - a brilliant, simple and affordable session all fit within 1 hour class! Best Food Forward #bestfoodforward #foodeducationmappingproject #FEMP

At a secondary school yesterday and the food teacher described their essential equipment as a blast chiller. How many of you #foodteachers have one of these? FoodTeachersCentre Best Food Forward

Brilliant hake fish finger sandwiches being made by students in Dorset yesterday. Fish can be tricky to engage students with, but this was a great session to introduce it and build confidence. Don't they look good? #foodeducationmappingproject Best Food Forward