Agrifood
Why we need to tackle climate change and the sixth mass extinction at the same time
COP26 necessarily has a major focus on reducing, eliminating, and sequestering carbon. Less prominent in the headlines is the crisis in biodiversity – the Sixth Great Extinction, with the current rate of species loss ...
Tackling unhealthy grocery shopping – how my thesis is preparing me for my academic career
When the thesis topics were published, I instantly knew which project I wanted to work on: Moving from the Eatwell guide to a Food shopping guide. The Eatwell Guide is a dietary guide from the ...
A sit down with Dr Natalia Falagán Sama
Can you tell us a bit about your background? I studied Agricultural Engineering at Universidad Politécnica of Valencia (Spain) followed by an MSc and PhD in Food Engineering in Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena (Spain). Here ...
There’s a bright spell ahead in the future of food
On both a global and personal scale, 2020 was a different, difficult and very sad year for all. For the food industry and ‘food research’ organisations, like us, hopes were pinned on 2021 being a ...
Catching up with Dr Adrian Williams
Recently we caught up with Dr Adrian Williams to discuss some a group project he supervised this year. Can you explain the aims and objectives of the group project? The aim of this group project ...
Catching up with Marta
Almost Christmas time and the end of the year 2020 is coming…. I think this is a nice time to reflect on the past months. Indeed, I can say that this year has not been ...