Synthetic fertilisers are a significant contributor of greenhouse gases in agriculture, and tackling them is vital. In June Nicholas Pitts from the Scotch Whisky Research Institute, India Langley and Lilly Manzoni from LettUs Grow, and Dr Alexandros Stratakos, Associate Professor in Sustainable Agri-Food Production at UWE Bristol, came together at the AFN Network+ Crucible event in Bristol to […]

We are recruiting our next round of Champions for the AFN Network+ ​Are you committed to driving progress towards achieving net zero through the agri-food system by 2050? Do you have expert practice, knowledge and know-how in agri-food? We are looking for six Champions to bring their expertise from industry, academia and the public sector […]

Who better to provide that understanding than the people who are a part of these systems every day, those who live and breathe the realities of our food industry? These are the farmers, manufacturers, innovators, distributors, retailers, restaurateurs, and consumers. Their perspectives, insights, and experiences are invaluable. They are not just stakeholders in our food […]

In June the AFN Network+ ran a two-day Crucible workshop, in which researchers and food stakeholders came together to  develop ideas for projects which support our mission of getting the agri-food sector to net zero.  Projects competed for funding with two Scoping Studies selected as winners. One of those two winning teams was led by […]

Achieving net zero in the agri-food system requires understanding the whole system, including production, supply chains, consumption, waste, land use, governance, economics, trade, and more.  At a workshop in April, led by Professor Robert Costanza, AFN Network+ champion for Systems Interactions in Production, members of the AFN Network+ built a preliminary conceptual systems dynamics model of the […]

We are delighted to announce two exciting new opportunities from the AFN Network+ We invite you to apply for funding to carry out work which supports our mission of reaching net zero through the agri-food sector. The funded projects will involve at least one non-academic food system stakeholder in a meaningful way, and be interdisciplinary […]

The AFN Network+ has launched its new webinar series, which will feature high quality speakers at the top of their game. Each webinar will explore the topic of how to create a more sustainable, low-emission, UK agri-food system from a variety of perspectives. For the first webinar, the speaker was Dustin Benton, policy director of Green […]

We need your involvement, and we’d love to hear your thoughts. If you’ve an idea for an event that you’d like to help us organise or co-host, please contact the  relevant Champion. Here are the events we currently have planned (specific times, dates and locations will be confirmed nearer the time).

We are delighted to announce the new UKRI AgriFood Network+: AgriFood4NetZero: Plausible Pathways, Practical and Open Science for Net Zero Agrifood. You can read the UKRI press release below: A novel network of researchers is set to help the UK’s agri-food industry move one step closer to net zero. Funded to the tune of £5 […]

We are delighted to announce the launch of the new UKRI AgriFood Network+: AgriFood4NetZero: Plausible Pathways, Practical and Open Science for Net Zero Agrifood (AFN Network+). You can read the UKRI press release here https://www.ukri.org/news/research-network-to-help-uk-agri-food-industry-reach-net-zero/