SCI Agri-Food Careers

We are the @SCIupdate Agri-Food Careers Committee - for the next generation of people working in agrifood. DM us to join 🌾 #agrifoodbecause

[SCI Agri-Food Careers @SCI_AgriFood]

📣 Calling all agri-food early-career researchers🌾
Our annual photo competition is BACK! 📸
💸 Win an Amazon voucher + 1-yr SCI membership!
📸 Post a pic of your agri-science work using #AgriFoodBecause & tell us why you do what you do! 😁

🗓️ Deadline: 1 Dec
🏆 Winners: 5 Jan

[SCI Agri-Food Careers @SCI_AgriFood]

#plantsciences #agriculture #science #phdlife

[SCI Agri-Food Careers @SCI_AgriFood]

📣 Great news! 🌾 You still have time to enter our annual photo competition! 📸

The deadline has been extended to 12 January 🎉

Don’t miss your chance to:
💸 Win an Amazon voucher + 1-yr SCI membership

📸 Just share a photo of your agri-science work using #AgriFoodBecause

[SCI Agri-Food Careers @SCI_AgriFood]

#PlantScience #Education

[SCI Agri-Food Careers @SCI_AgriFood]

New publication alert! 🚨
A Manifesto for Plant Science Education — a call to action for shaping the future of plant science education.

We are proud that SCI's Early Career Committee members Anastasia, Amy and Camila contributed to this important work.
📄https://t.co/w3Z9ArpB5C

[SCI Agri-Food Careers @SCI_AgriFood]

👉📒T&C’s: https://t.co/vs4FVKFBib

#AgriTech #plants #agriculture #cropsciences #crops

[SCI Agri-Food Careers @SCI_AgriFood]

📣 Calling all agri-food early-career researchers🌾
Our annual photo competition is BACK! 📸
💸 Win an Amazon voucher + 1-yr SCI membership!
📸 Post a pic of your agri-science work using #AgriFoodBecause & tell us why you do what you do! 😁

🗓️ Deadline: 1 Dec
🏆 Winners: 5 Jan

[SCI Agri-Food Careers @SCI_AgriFood]

At the SCI AGM on Wednesday Sophie (our secretary) and Amy (our committee chair) were awarded SCI Early Career Awards due to their dedication, enthusiasm and service at SCI.

Read Sophie's interview here: https://t.co/j69WVTiYX8

& Amy's interview here:
https://t.co/cs2EMsuac7

[SCI Agri-Food Careers @SCI_AgriFood]

And the winner is Strawberry!!🍓🍓🍓

Thank you to the SCI estates team (particularly Andy) for coordinating the planting of a committee plant in the SCI garden.

The plant was planted yesterday during the @SCIupdate College of Scholars Showcase lunch

[SCI Agri-Food Careers @SCI_AgriFood]

#PlantSciences #Genomics #Biotechnology #FarmLife #twittersciences #BBSRC #UKRI #PlantMolecularBiology #phdchat #phdlife #Agriculture #Research
#Biology #PlantHealth #AgriFoodBecause 🔝

[SCI Agri-Food Careers @SCI_AgriFood]

SCI HQ Garden Final Poll! 🌱

After weeks of voting, it's time for the grand finale! 🎉

🥇Only ONE plant will be crowned our garden winner, and you get to decide.

Vote below 👇 and tell us why your pick deserves a spot in the SCI HQ garden! 🏡✨

[SCI Agri-Food Careers @SCI_AgriFood]

SCI HQ Garden Final Poll! 🌱

After weeks of voting, it's time for the grand finale! 🎉

🥇Only ONE plant will be crowned our garden winner, and you get to decide.

Vote below 👇 and tell us why your pick deserves a spot in the SCI HQ garden! 🏡✨

[SCI Agri-Food Careers @SCI_AgriFood]

🌱SCI HQ Garden Poll #3🌿

We're planting something special at SCI HQ garden, and you get to help us decide what it will be! ✨

Which plant should make it to the final round?

🗳️ Vote below and stay tuned for the final showdown.

[SCI Agri-Food Careers @SCI_AgriFood]

🌿Round 2 of the SCI HQ garden plant poll is here, and this time, it's all about fruits!

Which one of these tasty plants should make it to the next round? 🍓🍏😋

🗳️ Vote below and stay tuned for more polls!

[SCI Agri-Food Careers @SCI_AgriFood]

Help us choose what to grow in the SCI HQ garden! 🌿
We're starting a plant-off, and you get to decide!

We're kicking off with herbs, but fruits and other plants are coming soon! 🍓🌾

Which herb should make it to the next round? 👇

🗳️ Vote below and stay tuned for more polls!

[SCI Agri-Food Careers @SCI_AgriFood]

https://t.co/lGIS4Sw4Gs

[SCI Agri-Food Careers @SCI_AgriFood]

This week Camila, Anastasia and Amy are at the Plant Science Education Meeting in Lancaster presenting some preliminary data collected for an update of our 2021 paper (linked below) on the skills landscape in the AgriFood sector to assess what has changed in the last 5 years

[Anastasia Kolesnikova @natplantsci]

@UCDflowerpower @joanna_kacprzyk @SCI_AgriFood we’re looking at a very similar topic right now! Would be good to publicize the survey and connect

[SCI Agri-Food Careers @SCI_AgriFood]

We are pleased to announce the #AgriFoodBecause 2024 photo competition winners! 🏆🎉👏🏻

1st place: @LucyoTurn
2nd place: @Charl_Howard
3rd place:@RosyScholes

Thank you for your wonderful contribution!

[Charlotte Howard @Charl_Howard]

I work in #AgriFoodBecause I hope for a more sustainable future. Sowing flowers next to crops can support beneficial insects and can reduce pest damage! 🪲🌸🌼

[Rosy Scholes (she/her) @RosyScholes]

I work in #AgriFoodBecause it tackles complex challenges at the heart of the climate and biodiversity crisis. I get to look at the soil in beautiful, innovative agroforestry systems (pictured), truly the future of Agriculture! 💚🌳🪱