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On a mission to bring together key thinkers, leaders and stakeholders, to drive our food & farming system towards a net zero UK by 2050. UKRI funded.
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📢If you haven't already found us on bluesky (@ https://t.co/Mn76ZsYKr4) then please follow us there!

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More catch-up! Watch Prof Tim Lang discussing his report for the National Preparedness Commission. He’d spent 2 years researching the UK food system’s preparedness for shocks and his report addresses the state of civil (ie the public’s) food resilience👉https://t.co/PaAiENrfZ6

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Catching up? Check out one of our most popular webinars -with Prof Gerald Midgley, foremost authority on the theory & practice of systems thinking and systemic leadership👉 https://t.co/R7r8grEwkN
Or browse our catalogue of webinars/briefings & digests👉 https://t.co/jcWadcp3Er

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👀Why not catch up on the details of our Roadmap over the Xmas break - Find digests & briefings on specific aspects, videos from the launch event & webinar plus interesting discussions with some of the authors on our dedicated webpage 👉 https://t.co/m2YURgiUYg

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⚖️Justice as Catalyst for Food Systems Transformation Workshop 🗓️Tues 20th Jan, Birmingham
Join us to develop a Justice, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (JEDI) framework for considering farming, land use change & healthy eating.
Register your interest👉 https://t.co/iq0wLdccCW

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📢With a huge thanks to everyone who has supported us over the last 3.5 years we'd like to share with you our next steps as we continue into 2026 and beyond....
View full details here 👉https://t.co/JacTh0min8

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'The Power of the Public Plate: How public food can transform the food system' with Professor Kevin Morgan, chaired by Professor Neil Ward
Join us for our January webinar on Wednesday 21st January at 2pm 👉https://t.co/W1hgEzwD1c

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Digest: UK Food and Farming Year-in-Review
We dive into the policy and other key milestones of the last year, sum up progress and point out gaps; consider it a festive stocktake of the year in food systems, a reflection and a look forward into 2026.
👉https://t.co/IzFJ4wozLx

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📰Our latest roundup - Reports from our Champions & updates from a funded project working on peer-to-peer farmer learning about practices to help reach net zero plus the usual publications, events & opportunities....
View👉https://t.co/q1OTOUoVXv
Sign up👉 https://t.co/dod6AyyGOI

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Planeatry Alliance have produced a Business Briefing based on our Roadmap that outlines why transforming the UK food system is both an urgent necessity and a major opportunity for industry leadership -
Full briefing 👉 https://t.co/ozEXN8xU0R
Summary 👉 https://t.co/bR4eSyLeX3

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🙏 to Planeatry Alliance for producing a Policy Briefing for us summarising actions policymakers must take to deliver a fair, resilient & climate-aligned UK food system by 2050 - as outlined in our Roadmap. Briefing 👉 https://t.co/5LVY3RcsUd
Summary 👉 https://t.co/ddtLunmXIf

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How can we trust the data &computer models shaping our food systems? Watch the video of our latest webinar to hear the lively discussion on this topic with @sarahbridle,@ProfPaulBehrens & Dr Juan Pablo Cordero
Video👉 https://t.co/eVJlN3Vfru
Presentation 👉https://t.co/XPrz5m5KFj

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Our webinar this Friday (28th) brings together expertise from energy systems, astrophysics& food system modelling.Our panel will share how they build computer models to understand our food system, the practical challenges & how they us these tools to inform real-world decisions👇

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🙏 to Planeatry Alliance for producing a Policy Briefing for us summarising actions policymakers must take to deliver a fair, resilient & climate-aligned UK food system by 2050 - as outlined in our Roadmap. Briefing 👉 https://t.co/5LVY3RcsUd
Summary 👉 https://t.co/ddtLunmXIf

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📰Our latest round-up shares Roadmap event clips, updates from some of our funded projects, details of our Champions outputs and the usual events &opportunities... View👉 https://t.co/JxSm5TEPg7
Sign up to receive direct👉https://t.co/dod6AyzeEg

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Our Champions have played a key role supporting us in finding key research gaps holding the UK food system back from transitioning towards #NetZero UK by 2050. In a series of digests we explore their work - Next up: @caelstails, @Oxtale & Jude Irons
👉https://t.co/4qiuGelQZM

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Last chance to sign up for our webinar tomorrow at 1pm!👇
https://t.co/sACpvIjxRl

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💻 How can we trust the data and computer models shaping our food systems? 💾
🗓️ Join us for this webinar 28/11 @ 1pm to hear from Chair @sarahbridle (AFN Network+& @UniOfYork ), @ProfPaulBehrens (@UniofOxford) & Juan Pablo Cordero @UniOfYork
sign up👉 https://t.co/sACpvIjxRl

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#COP30 - the first COP where agriculture and food were treated as core climate priorities – for emissions, and also for hunger, biodiversity, and supporting vulnerable communities... We've digested what emerged 👉 https://t.co/Yfc6U54Amu

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Our webinar this Friday (28th) brings together expertise from energy systems, astrophysics& food system modelling.Our panel will share how they build computer models to understand our food system, the practical challenges & how they us these tools to inform real-world decisions👇

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💻 How can we trust the data and computer models shaping our food systems? 💾
🗓️ Join us for this webinar 28/11 @ 1pm to hear from Chair @sarahbridle (AFN Network+& @UniOfYork ), @ProfPaulBehrens (@UniofOxford) & Juan Pablo Cordero @UniOfYork
sign up👉 https://t.co/sACpvIjxRl

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📰Our latest round-up shares Roadmap updates, videos from our showcases, updates from Stakeholder FlexFund projects, a reminder about next Friday's webinar plus the usual events &opportunities...
View👉https://t.co/Y89xUZlLvF
Sign up to receive direct👉https://t.co/dod6AyzeEg

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Many decisions about our food system are made based on data &computer models, including how we should respond to #climatechange, what subsidies govts should provide, &changes supermarkets should make. But how do we know if they're reliable &when we can trust them?Webinar 28/11👇

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💻 How can we trust the data and computer models shaping our food systems? 💾
🗓️ Join us for this webinar 28/11 @ 1pm to hear from Chair @sarahbridle (AFN Network+& @UniOfYork ), @ProfPaulBehrens (@UniofOxford) & Juan Pablo Cordero @UniOfYork
sign up👉 https://t.co/sACpvIjxRl

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You can now read a briefing of our webinar 'De-risking the farming transition – what can we do?' where Doug Wanstall, Dr Zainab Oyetunde-Usman & Carolien Samson shared their latest research & business experience. You can read the briefing here👉 https://t.co/oKrucAvUsJ