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Transformations to Regenerative Food Systems

Lead Research Organisation: University of York
Department Name: The York Management School

Abstract

Our vision is a transformation of food systems (FS) across the UK towards being 'regenerative'. Our current FS are responsible for major social and environmental impacts, such as poor diets, ill health and major environmental degradation and threaten the long-term wellbeing of people and the planet. Because many aspects of ecological and human health have already passed critical thresholds, new regenerative approaches are needed that go beyond just reducing harm to sustainable levels and instead develop FS that have dynamics that 'spiral up' social, economic and environmental benefit, and for all. This research therefore aims to answer two main questions: (1) What do regenerative systems look like? and (2) How can transformations be enabled so we can get to regenerative FS?
To answer these questions we will work with diverse stakeholders to change the Yorkshire food system and use the learning to inform change efforts in other parts of the UK and beyond. Our work will focus on shifting trajectories towards regenerative dynamics in three inter-related systems of: healthy eating for young children, hybrid food economies and farming. This will enable us to consider not just the food chain (farming to fork) but also its outcomes, such as food security (availability, access and utilisation of food), quality, safety and social welfare, as well as how these aspects interact with social, economic and environmental drivers.
We will use novel approaches that combine different processes of data collection and 'learning by doing' from applying different interventions, while also creatively developing solutions and new ways of thinking about FS. The work will also use innovative thinking that will enable us to keep focus on stimulating transformational kinds of change. This will be delivered using a 'co-creation' approach, with researchers and other professionals working together to bring about change. Our research has already been developed with a range of FS stakeholders from farming, industry, civil society and national and regional government. This process has resulted in a new anchor institutions platform and a 'Leaders for Change' group of young people, both of which will help use drive system change.
Our work will have six main outcomes for Yorkshire and beyond: (1) New visions of regenerative FS; (2) Scalable innovative interventions (e.g. new models of food procurement and environmentally sustainable menus for schools and early years settings; educational resources/activities linking healthy diet and climate change such as remote/interactive farming platform for schools; hybrid business models like food hubs, community urban vertical farms; a UK wide model to predict impacts of scaling regenerative farming, linking of regenerative farming produce to schools and anchor institutions procurement); (3) New policies and governance mechanisms (such as the Food Systems Council for Yorkshire) to ensure impact well beyond the programme; (4) New metrics and platform to help guide and drive transformation (e.g. new data for National Food School monitoring; and an open-source codebase with quantitative systems models to co-create a new metrics dashboard for FS transformation); (5) New narratives for different stakeholders to support cultural change; and (6) Bring together different stakeholders, information and new ways of thinking to ensure long-term transformational intent.
Overall, our cutting edge science that uses co-creation and action oriented methods will actively shift trajectories towards new kinds of regenerative FS in Yorkshire. It will also produce cutting-edge science about how to achieve transformation of FS towards the new concepts of regenerative futures. Through the influential researchers and partners involved, this learning will also be actively fed into UK policy and international endeavours, ensuring the programme has wide-reaching and long-lasting impact.

Organisations

 
Title A better deal for free school meals poems 
Description The poems were written by secondary school students aged 13 to 16, from seven schools in Yorkshire, as part of a project on the reality of what life at school is like on Free School Meals -A Better Deal for Free School Meals. The students undertook research in their own schools to investigate whether the Free School Meal allowance is enough to be able to buy tasty, healthy and sustainable food every day. Their research was turned into a report, which the students launched at an event in Parliament in November 2023. A number of the students wrote poems to accompany the report, and they shared their findings and performed their poems with MPs, Peers, civil servants from the Department for Education, campaigners, academics and civil society organisations. 
Type Of Art Creative Writing 
Year Produced 2023 
Impact The students themselves found the research project very emotive and the writing of the poetry was an outlet for their thoughts and emotions. The poems had a strong impact on the audience when performed at the Parlimentary event - as they were authentic and from the heart. 
URL https://fixourfood.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/TFF_FSM-Allowance_Poems.pdf
 
Title Augmented reality tour of Grow It York vertical farm 
Description In this augmented reality tour, the user can 'move through' the Grow It York vertical farm using an iPad. 
Type Of Art Film/Video/Animation 
Year Produced 2023 
Impact This augmented reality tour of the vertical farm has been used by visitors to the Yorkshire Show and at other events. It has raised awareness of Grow It York and how it operates within a shipping container in the centre of York. The film was produced through a collaboration with colleagues and students the School of Arts and Creative Technologies at the University of York and funded through an internal grant. 
 
Title Immersive 3D tour of Grow It York 
Description This film takes the user on a virtual tour of Grow It York vertical farm in the centre of York. It was produced using a 360 degrees camera and is delivered using an virtual reality headset. The user is able to look around them in 3D at all times in the film whilst the farm manager explains them the different elements of the farm. The immersive 3D tour was produced through a collaboration with colleagues and students the School of Arts and Creative Technologies at the University of York and funded through an internal grant. 
Type Of Art Film/Video/Animation 
Year Produced 2023 
Impact The film was launched at the Great Yorkshire Show in July 2023. Visitors were able to use the headset to tour the farm and we also showed the film on a screen. We have used the film multiple times since to engage with the public, students and other researchers. It has generated interest and increased knowledge and understanding of vertical urban farms. 
 
Title Interative virtual tour of Grow It York vertical farm 
Description This virtual reality recreation of the inside of the Grow It York vertical farm allows users to move around in the farm space and trigger interpretation which explains the elements of the farm. It is delivered via an virtual reality headset. The virtual reality tour was produced through a collaboration with colleagues and students the School of Arts and Creative Technologies at the University of York and funded through an internal grant. 
Type Of Art Film/Video/Animation 
Year Produced 2023 
Impact The virtual tour of the farm was used for the first time at the Great Yorkshire Show with visitors of all ages, to allow them to go on a virtual tour of the farm and find out more about the different physical elements of the farm and how the farm operates. It has since been used multiple times with the public, students and researchers. It has generated interest and increased knowledge of vertical farming - particularly in the way it relates to vertical urban farms. 
 
Title Planet Pizza game 
Description We wanted to get children thinking about the climate impact of the food they eat, and how much difference different choices make. While there is always a range of values depending on how the foods are produced, and emissions are often difficult to measure, we felt that providing some fun typical numbers in an accessible format could help get across some of the most important issues. In the game play, the students (KS2) design a pizza and work out the climate impact of their choices. They can see how making swaps of the toppings they choose can significantly alter the climate impact of the pizza. 
Type Of Art Artefact (including digital) 
Year Produced 2023 
Impact The game was initially trialled with 7 schools in Yorkshire. Based on the feedback, some of the support material around the game was amended. The resources to play the game are available to download from the Take a Bite Out of Climate Change website. The game was demonstrated at a Food Climate Education event in London in November 2023 and as a result of this we are hoping that the game will be reproduced as part of the Project in a box initiative which is part of the Children's University in South Yorkshire. 
URL https://www.takeabitecc.org/planet-pizza.html
 
Description The programme has produced a range of outputs which contain key findings about how to transform the food system (see below). We have provided new insights on the benefits of regenerative farming on soil health, the impact of current food provision in schools and what can be changed in the school food system and the different leverage points and lock-ins. Thirdly, we have identified design elements of sustainable business models and their associated supply chains in the food system. Our reports of findings include:
¦ Three-horizons research and co-creation with stakeholders led to supporting the first ever North Yorkshire Council Food Strategy from early concept stages, through to launch in November 2024 (Government and policy impact pathway with potential to have economic, social and health benefits).
¦ New School Policies and Practices including removing sugary cereals from breakfast clubs and food as standing item on governors' meeting agendas as a result of school observation research (Policy impact pathway with potential to have economic, social and health benefits).
¦ Food insecurity in Young People research: Rapid evaluation of the Holiday Activities and Food Programme in Yorkshire and MP briefings, Free School Meal Study published in BMJopen and Free School Meal Auto-enrolment (the latter funded under COIO AFS). The initial phase of work on auto-enrolment resulted in nearly 3,000 families that qualified but did not apply for free-pre-school meal receiving the right level of support for the first time (saving the families £1.3m). A further £4.7m was directed to schools in pupil premium payments. FixOurFood is now supporting 79 councils to implement localised auto-enrolment, with the potential to support 37,000 families annually, saving them £18m and bringing an additional £62m into schools (Government and policy impact pathway with potential to have economic, social and health benefits).
¦ Through research into food procurement and provision in Early Years settings across Yorkshire we have shown that this previously under-researched sector of the food system is an important area needing transformation. Through this work we have identified both policy and research recommendations (Government and policy impact pathway with potential to have economic, social and health benefits).
¦ Supporting the development of a multistakeholder local food action plan for Sheffield, which was reviewed and revised in 2024 to optimise community inclusion (Government and policy impact pathway with potential to have economic, social and health benefits).
¦ Development of hyperlocal and new regenerative supply chains and provided support to build capacity and identity of the Yorkshire Grain Alliance. This alliance promotes the practice of scaling-up regenerative heritage wheat practice in Yorkshire. Also, the production of food for local foodbank and installation of new low energy lights installed at SS 2 Urban farm (Environmental and social impact). We have also been working with some of our hybrid business models to analyse how they have scaled up their sustainability practices.
¦ We have created AgriFoodPy, an open-source Python package for processing, simulation and modelling of agrifood datasets and systems. It is the first multipurpose tool of its kind, allowing wide analysis of food systems data by integrating diverse datasets, models and indicators into a unified framework. This allows researchers to make informed decisions and identify opportunities for systemic change in all areas of food systems, ranging from production, consumption, and land use to food security, nutrition, health, and policy-making. This Agrifood calculator is also being built on by the AgriFood Netzero plus network.
¦ We have established the FixOurFood Commission with a mission to 'Champion transformation of the Yorkshire food system for healthy people, thriving businesses and a flourishing planet'. The work of the Commission is informed by the research outcomes of the FixOurFood research programme and will continue to operate across key action areas after the research programme comes to an end.
¦ We have identified research questions around Regenerative Agriculture that still need answering after bringing together researchers, farmers and sector experts to share their experiences in this area of farming where research lags practice.
¦ Potential for further effects through stakeholder engagement and dissemination activities (MP postcards, evidence for Select Committees, through New Governance mechanism e.g. Grow Yorkshire, Anchor Institutions, new PhD studentships, new young persons Leaders for Change network, and through publications and podcasts).
¦ National level policy impact feeding into the development of the UK Food Security Review document (FixOurFood is acknowledged in the report). Currently supporting Defra on their UK Food Strategy Development.
Exploitation Route This is detailed in the narrative above.
Sectors Agriculture

Food and Drink

Communities and Social Services/Policy

Education

Environment

Government

Democracy and Justice

Retail
URL https://fixourfood.org/outputs/
 
Description Impact from FixOurFood is emerging across all areas of research. The programme has gained a profile regionally and nationally such that researchers from the programme are increasingly being invited to contribute to research and policy roundtable events, regional and national consultations and standard setting exercises. Recommendations from the research are being included in reports such as the EFRA report on soil health and the House of Lords Food, Diet and Obesity Committee report. PI Bob Doherty chaired the expert elicitation panel for the Food Security Report 2024 and has been seconded to Defra's Office of the Chief Scientist to support, amongst other things, the development of the UK Food Strategy. A previous secondment to Defra by Chris Yap ensured input to land use strategy governance development. Publications and reports from the programme reflect the strength of the multidisciplinary approach to our research and the level of stakeholder engagement that underpins the action-research being undertaken. The nature of this co-creative approach inevitably has direct impact. Through working with our Transformation team early in the FixOurFood programme, colleagues from North Yorkshire Council were keen to adopt the Three Horizons approach in developing their first ever food strategy. The Transformation team worked alongside the council at every stage of the strategy development and continues to support its implementation through co-creation of a Framework for Action. Similarly, the Policy team worked alongside ShefFood to deliver a Local Food Action Plan for Sheffield - translating the Sheffield food strategy into actions owned by organisations on the ground. They have also revised the plan recently to increase inclusivity - reinforcing that it is a live document that needs to be relevant for communities in and around Sheffield. The regenerative agriculture plot trails that are running on the University of Leeds farm have attracted huge interest and numerous visits have taken place with researchers, farmers, regional councillors, businesses, colleagues from NGOs, charities, third sector organisations and students. This is raising awareness of the potential for regenerative farming in a very direct way which has the potential to influence decision making at multiple levels. By recording data over several years, this research will start to better quantify a practice that has been adopted by farmers but which is under-researched. There is the potential through this work to optimise on-farm procedures which will in turn have a beneficial environmental impact. Additionally the data produced from the farm trials is being used to inform modelling of regenerative agriculture (by the team from Cranfield University) which will be a useful tool for those planning to transition to more nature-friendly farming. Grow It York, our vertical farm in the centre of York has also received a huge amount of interest and has been visited by organisations across the food system. This has enabled the researchers to explain the approach taken (aeroponics) and has also enabled the testing of tuneable light sources and growing regimes to better understand the degree to which it is possible to have total environmental control of the plant growth. This action-research approach to running a farm in a shipping container has also enabled the researchers to share their learnings across all aspects of the operation with those thinking of replicating or scaling the idea, particularly in an urban/community context. Our work on auto-enrolment (funded through COIO AFS) has already impacted families and schools. We are supporting 79 local authorities to implement localised auto-enrolment. To date we have seen nearly 3,000 families access free school meals (worth £1.3m) and a further £4.7m of pupil premium payments reach schools. Allowing for scaling, this could mean that ultimately we facilitate 37,000 families accessing free school meals with a saving of £18m to them and an additional £62m of pupil premium funding reach schools. We are working integratively across the schools and metrics areas of FixOurFood research to adapt school food menus through an initial pilot with Bradford City Council in a co-creative project with primary schools. Our extensive research into what students actually eat, as opposed to what they take at the servery, will help us to hone menus so that they are appealing, tasty and better for the health of the students and the planet. We will be able to quantify the nutritional and planetary impact of these revised menus and hope to build on the pilot to roll out the project to schools across Yorkshire. Throughout the programme we have taken part in and run multiple public-focused events where we have shared our research findings and answered questions about our work. We have also engaged with schools through projects and visits into and out of school. Our youth cohort, Leaders for Change have engaged with us throughout the programme. We have worked with them to share knowledge and build confidence so that they can effect change in their own schools. The citizen science project on Free School Meal Allowance was run by the students and it was the students who delivered their report 'A Fair Deal for Free School Meals' in Parliament. The poetry they wrote and performed at the event about their experiences of receiving free school meals was particularly powerful. With others from across the TUKFS programme and alongside ReThink Food we developed, tested and launched Planet Pizza which is a game aimed at Key Stage 2 students which highlights that their food choices have impact on the environment. The game has been very well received and has been distributed to circa 100 schools and out of school clubs to date directly by FixOurFood or through the Climate Change and Sustainability Box programme at Sheffield Hallam University. Knowing what to change in the food system for optimum effect is becoming accessible to decision makers through AgrifoodPy - an open-source Python package for processing, simulation and modelling of agrifood datasets and systems, developed by our Metrics team. It is the first multipurpose tool of its kind, allowing wide analysis of food systems data by integrating diverse datasets, models and indicators into a unified framework. This allows researchers and decision makers to make informed decisions and identify opportunities for systemic change in all areas of food systems, ranging from production, consumption, and land use to food security, nutrition, health, and policy-making - ensuring far-reaching impact of the research. Working closely with small and medium sized businesses in the region we have developed a toolkit to support a hybrid business approach - considering the three pillars of sustainability - financial, social and environmental. We have also raised the profile of our work in this area by instigating and sponsoring the Best Sustainable Product category of the Deliciously Yorkshire Taste Awards for the last two years. We have created case study films of the winners and runners up of these awards - showing diverse approaches to running sustainable businesses and highlighting different ways to take a hybrid approach. This has resulted in a serious momentum across the Deliciously Yorkshire network in transformative practices. We have been working alongside the Yorkshire Grain Alliance since October 2022 adopting participatory action research and focusing on understanding practices and challenges for those who are growing and milling grain and using the products in food production. Alongside the Alliance we are fostering the implementation of hybrid models and driving shifts in practice, contributing to a more resilient regional food infrastructure. We have created the FixOurFood Commission, which has a Yorkshire-wide remit to 'Champion transformation of the Yorkshire food system for healthy people, thriving businesses and a flourishing planet'. The twelve commissioners come from across the food system and the region, bringing a huge amount of experience and influence to their work on behalf of the Commission. The Commission is gaining traction in the region, for example with the York and North Yorkshire Combined Mayoral Authority (CMA). The Chair of the Commission is on the Business Board of the CMA and alongside FixOurFood researchers has had multiple discussions with the Mayor David Skaith and his team about essential actions required to transform the Yorkshire Food System. The FixOurFood Commission will continue to have impact in the region when the FixOurFood research programme comes to an end.
First Year Of Impact 2021
Sector Agriculture, Food and Drink,Communities and Social Services/Policy,Education,Government, Democracy and Justice
Impact Types Cultural

Societal

Economic

Policy & public services
 
Description ? 2020/UK Food Security Report outlining the new national methodology for UK Food security assessment gov.uk: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/united-kingdom-food-security-report-2021 (see page 307 for acknowledgement).
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Membership of a guideline committee
 
Description Auto-enrolment being used as an example of good practice in the revised Bradfood Food Strategy - Maria Bryant
Geographic Reach Local/Municipal/Regional 
Policy Influence Type Citation in other policy documents
 
Description Auto-enrolment briefing (School Food Matters) - Maria Bryant (COIO AFS)
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Implementation circular/rapid advice/letter to e.g. Ministry of Health
 
Description Briefing with Peter Lamb MP - Maria Bryant (COIO AFS)
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Participation in a guidance/advisory committee
 
Description Chair of Peer Review College for WRAP report on Public Food Procurement for Defra - Bob Doherty
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Participation in a guidance/advisory committee
 
Description Chatham House Workshop - Sam Buckton
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Participation in a guidance/advisory committee
URL https://allianceofchampions.org/
 
Description Child food insecurity and free school meals - Maria Bryant contributor
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Contribution to a national consultation/review
URL https://post.parliament.uk/research-briefings/post-pn-0704/
 
Description Citation in House of Lords Food, Diet and Obesity Committee report - Maria Bryant
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Contribution to a national consultation/review
URL https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/698/food-diet-and-obesity-committee/
 
Description Citation in North East Child Poverty Commission government briefing on auto-enrolment - Schools Team (COIO AFS)
Geographic Reach Local/Municipal/Regional 
Policy Influence Type Citation in other policy documents
 
Description Consultation for UK food strategy - Bob Doherty
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Contribution to a national consultation/review
 
Description Contribution to Agricultural Bill (Sarah Bridle)
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Contribution to a national consultation/review
Impact This collaboration and contribution led to a piece of work commissioned by Defra to assess the most appropriate way to initiate the findings from of the amendment and how the labelling might work in practice.
URL https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/lbill/58-01/112/5801112-IV(Rev).pdf
 
Description Contribution to Cost of a School Meal report - Maria Bryant and Nicola Nixon
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Participation in a guidance/advisory committee
URL https://www.schoolfoodmatters.org/sites/default/files/2024-10/CoaSM-report.pdf
 
Description Contribution to EFRA report on soil health - Ruth Wade and Pippa Chapman
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Contribution to a national consultation/review
URL https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/52/environment-food-and-rural-affairs-committee/news/1988...
 
Description Contribution to School Food Review School Food Policy Toolkit - Maria Bryant and schools team
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Citation in other policy documents
URL https://www.schoolfoodmatters.org/sites/default/files/2024-11/SFR%20School%20Food%20Policy%20Toolkit...
 
Description Contribution to development of York and North Yorkshire Net Zero Fund via Grow Yorkshire - Bob Doherty
Geographic Reach Local/Municipal/Regional 
Policy Influence Type Participation in a guidance/advisory committee
 
Description Convening the FixOurFood Anchor institutions platform - BD
Geographic Reach Local/Municipal/Regional 
Policy Influence Type Contribution to new or Improved professional practice
 
Description DEFRA follow up re 3H and white paper response consultation - BD, IF, SB
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Contribution to a national consultation/review
Impact As a follow up to the Defra visit to FixOurFood in Oct 2021 re the White paper response, Defra requested further interaction with the programme for further opinion on the white paper but also a 3H workshop was carried out.
 
Description DEFRA team visit the field trials (Ruth Wade)
Geographic Reach Local/Municipal/Regional 
Policy Influence Type Influenced training of practitioners or researchers
 
Description Defra Food System Report - BD
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Contribution to a national consultation/review
Impact Pre existing engagement by BD, request to provide the policy & science perspective of working across boundaries drawn from the Food systems approach taken in FixOurFood
 
Description Defra Land Use Governance Secondment - Chris Yap
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Contribution to a national consultation/review
URL https://consult.defra.gov.uk/land-use-framework/land-use-consultation/supporting_documents/LU_analyt...
 
Description Defra land use governance secondment - Christopher Yap
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Contribution to a national consultation/review
 
Description Defra's Land Use Research Club on Three Horizons - Ioan Fazey
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Influenced training of practitioners or researchers
 
Description Edible Archives Bradford 2025 advisory board membership - Ulrike Ehgartner
Geographic Reach Local/Municipal/Regional 
Policy Influence Type Participation in a guidance/advisory committee
URL https://bradford2025.co.uk/event/the-bradford-selection/#:~:text=The%20biscuits%20will%20be%20presen...
 
Description Evaluation guidance - Sam Buckton
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Participation in a guidance/advisory committee
 
Description Evidence at select committee on soil health (Pippa Chapman)
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Participation in a guidance/advisory committee
URL https://committees.parliament.uk/event/18231/formal-meeting-oral-evidence-session/
 
Description Evidence given to the Food, Diet and Obesity House of Lords Select Committee (Maria Bryant)
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Contribution to a national consultation/review
URL https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/698/food-diet-and-obesity-committee/
 
Description Evidence submitted to EFRA select committee on Public Sector Procurement - Bob Doherty
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Contribution to a national consultation/review
 
Description Free school meal auto-enrolment discusses in House of Commons - Schools Team (COIO AFS)
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Contribution to a national consultation/review
 
Description Guided Three Horizons survey for The David Hume Institute - Sam Buckton
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Influenced training of practitioners or researchers
URL https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59b82ed532601e01a494df34/t/63d910eaf382cf3a44fdd2b8/167517002...
 
Description Healthy Start Taskforce letter to Government - Maria Bryant
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Implementation circular/rapid advice/letter to e.g. Ministry of Health
 
Description Helen Haunch - Dixons Marchbank Level 2 FOFIS- Part of Living Well School Offer - Maria Bryant
Geographic Reach Local/Municipal/Regional 
Policy Influence Type Contribution to new or improved professional practice
Impact Headteacher agreed with recommended actions in Observation Day Report and they put it on the SLT mtg to formulate an action plan
 
Description Influencing public policy in Namibia (Sam Buckton and Ioan Fazey)
Geographic Reach Africa 
Policy Influence Type Contribution to new or improved professional practice
 
Description Input to 'Methane: Keep up the momentum' House of Lords report - Michelle Cain and Myles Allen
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Citation in other policy documents
URL https://committees.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/129762/html/
 
Description Input to North Yorkshire Council food strategy (Ulrike Ehgartner)
Geographic Reach Local/Municipal/Regional 
Policy Influence Type Participation in a guidance/advisory committee
 
Description Integration of the FixOurFood approach to policy coherence analysis within the MSc Food Policy, City University
Geographic Reach Multiple continents/international 
Policy Influence Type Influenced training of practitioners or researchers
 
Description Key note speaker at Westminster Policy Forum on the UK Food Strategy - Bob Doherty
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Participation in a guidance/advisory committee
 
Description Knowledge exchange with public sector professionals on business model impact (Ulrike Ehgartner)
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Influenced training of practitioners or researchers
Impact Knowledge exchange
 
Description Knowledge exchange with researchers and charities on public procurement (Ulrike Ehgartner)
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Influenced training of practitioners or researchers
Impact Knowledge exchange
 
Description Letter from Minister for Schools (Maria Bryant)
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Contribution to new or improved professional practice
Impact After campaigning with a number of organisations and advocating for FSM auto-enrolment, Damien Hinds has responded and does not endorse nor discourage processes undertaken by LAs
 
Description MSc Food Policy - CY
Geographic Reach Multiple continents/international 
Policy Influence Type Influenced training of practitioners or researchers
 
Description Making sense of ultra-processed foods: a public dialogue - Bob Doherty
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Contribution to a national consultation/review
URL https://www.ukri.org/news/opinions-on-ultra-processed-foods-being-sought/
 
Description Meeting with British Standards Institute - Ruth Wade and Pippa Chapman
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Participation in a guidance/advisory committee
 
Description Meeting with Department for Education Deputy Director, Head and Team Leader of School Food Policy - Annie Connolly, Anna Taylor and Zoe Mcintyre
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Contribution to a national consultation/review
 
Description Meeting with Department for Education on auto enrolment - Sundus Mahdi and Myles Bremner
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Implementation circular/rapid advice/letter to e.g. Ministry of Health
Impact There appeared to be a change in approach by the Department for Education - The DfE made it clear that they would not stand in the way of local authorities implementing auto-enrolment, and that local authorities know their populations best and it's up to them to do what they feel is right to address health inequalities (in contrast to the previous message by DfE that was local authorities are doing is unlawful).
 
Description Meeting with Leeds City Council Catering - Maria Bryant
Geographic Reach Local/Municipal/Regional 
Policy Influence Type Contribution to new or improved professional practice
 
Description Meeting with MPs in October 2021 ahead of CSR about extending HAF funding
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Contribution to a national consultation/review
Impact The extension has recently been approved, with an extra £200M made available within the 2021 budget to the HAF programme. *Update - the gov published a report regarding the evaluation https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/evaluation-of-the-2021-holiday-activities-and-food-programme
URL https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1043...
 
Description Meeting with leader of Labour Group in York and Cllr Bob Webb - Maria Bryant and Annie Connolly
Geographic Reach Local/Municipal/Regional 
Policy Influence Type Implementation circular/rapid advice/letter to e.g. Ministry of Health
Impact Adopted universal FSM as the headline policy pledge.
URL https://uk.news.yahoo.com/labour-pledges-free-school-meal-151348075.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=t...
 
Description Ministerial visit - Defra Minister Daniel Zeichner - FixOurFood team
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Participation in a guidance/advisory committee
 
Description Mtg with Sarah Muckle, Chair of the Directors of Public Health for Yorkshire and Humber - Maria Bryant
Geographic Reach Local/Municipal/Regional 
Policy Influence Type Participation in a guidance/advisory committee
 
Description Opportunities to enhance the governance of environmental land use transitions in England (Chris Yap)
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Citation in other policy documents
 
Description Oxfordshire Food Strategy - CY
Geographic Reach Local/Municipal/Regional 
Policy Influence Type Membership of a guideline committee
 
Description Panellist on Developing Business-Aware Academics York Event: Championing engagement in a University context - Ulrike Ehgartner
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Influenced training of practitioners or researchers
 
Description Parliamentary question (Maria Bryant)
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Contribution to new or improved professional practice
 
Description Participation in Food Security Report - Bob Doherty
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Contribution to a national consultation/review
URL https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6756e355d89258d2868dae76/United_Kingdom_Food_Security...
 
Description Policy Roundtable with Shadow Defra team and associated report
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Participation in a guidance/advisory committee
 
Description Policy training in collaboration with Defra
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Influenced training of practitioners or researchers
 
Description Presentaion - 3H approach to Net Zero Exhange at Plymouth - Ioan Fazey
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Influenced training of practitioners or researchers
 
Description Presentation to Assistant Directors of Public Health for Yorkshire and Humber - Maria Bryant
Geographic Reach Local/Municipal/Regional 
Policy Influence Type Participation in a guidance/advisory committee
 
Description Recipe for health: a plan for fix our broken food system - contribution by Maria Bryant
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Contribution to a national consultation/review
URL https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld5901/ldselect/ldmfdo/19/19.pdf
 
Description Roundtable - Will Quince Public Sector Food Procurement Review (Bob Doherty)
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Contribution to a national consultation/review
 
Description Route Map for Net Zero in Yorkshire - BD
Geographic Reach Local/Municipal/Regional 
Policy Influence Type Contribution to a national consultation/review
Impact Early stage of ideas developed in a workshop to co-design the route map with LEP and stakeholders from Leeds, York, N8 AgriFood.
 
Description Ruth Wade interviewed for DEFRA report on Agroecology
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Contribution to a national consultation/review
 
Description School use of CONNECTS-Food Resource
Geographic Reach Local/Municipal/Regional 
Policy Influence Type Contribution to new or improved professional practice
Impact Accessed by 609 unique users and 15 schools using the self review tool (that have provided school postcode)
URL http://connects-food.com
 
Description Secondment to Defra's Office of the Chief Scientific Advisor - Christopher Yap
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Participation in a guidance/advisory committee
 
Description Setting up process for food strategy development for the North Yorkshire County Council - Ioan Fazey and Sam Buckton
Geographic Reach Local/Municipal/Regional 
Policy Influence Type Contribution to new or improved professional practice
 
Description Superpowers of FSM campaigning event, Westminster, lead by partner organisation Food Foundation - Maria Bryant
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Participation in a guidance/advisory committee
URL https://vimeo.com/768735010/0f379415ae
 
Description Sustain Good Food Local Benchmarking Working Group - Rebecca Wells
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Participation in a guidance/advisory committee
URL https://www.sustainweb.org/good-food-local/
 
Description TUKFS written evidence to EFRA Food Security Inquiry - Bob Doherty
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Contribution to a national consultation/review
 
Description WWF - Blueprint for action
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Participation in a guidance/advisory committee
Impact Five of the UK's biggest supermarkets Tesco, Sainsbury's, Waitrose, Co-op and M&S, promised to halve the environmental impact of a weekly food shop by the end of the decade. They said they would reduce carbon emissions, deforestation and the food waste and packaging they produce. Their efforts are set to be monitored by the WWF.
URL https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-59184278
 
Description Workshop on agroecology - Ruth Wade
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Contribution to a national consultation/review
 
Description Written response to the soil health parliamentary inquiry - Ruth Wade
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Contribution to a national consultation/review
URL https://committees.parliament.uk/work/7139/soil-health/
 
Description YNYLEP route map to carbon negative - FixOurFood
Geographic Reach Local/Municipal/Regional 
Policy Influence Type Participation in a guidance/advisory committee
 
Description Accelerating research outcomes to deliver a prosperous net zero "Beyond Bosch: On-farm fertiliser generation for net zero agriculture" - Katherine Denby (James Walsh lead researcher at York)
Amount £445,000 (GBP)
Organisation Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 02/2025 
End 01/2027
 
Description BBSRC White Rose DTP CASE PhD studentship
Amount £100,000 (GBP)
Organisation LettUs Grow 
Sector Private
Country United Kingdom
Start 09/2021 
End 09/2025
 
Description Circular urban vertical farming: Data, models and optimisation of waste flows: STFC Food Network+ awarded to Peter Ball
Amount £10,000 (GBP)
Organisation University of York 
Sector Academic/University
Country United Kingdom
Start 01/2021 
End 12/2022
 
Description Developing a circular model for low-emission, healthy TCEA food production
Amount £498,000 (GBP)
Organisation Innovate UK 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 05/2023 
End 05/2025
 
Description Developing innovative lighting regimes for nutritionally-optimised hyper-local living greens for Alder Hey Hospital patients
Amount £475,700 (GBP)
Organisation Innovate UK 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 05/2023 
End 05/2025
 
Description ESRC IAA award - Yorkshire Food System Summit
Amount £9,000 (GBP)
Organisation Economic and Social Research Council 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 01/2023 
End 03/2023
 
Description ESRC funded event for Festival of Social Science: "a Meaty Debate" - young people's views on sustainable school food
Amount £2,500 (GBP)
Organisation York ESRC Festival of Social Sciences 
Sector Academic/University
Country United Kingdom
Start 11/2021 
End 12/2022
 
Description ESRC/BBSRC IAA "Aquaponics in schools: hands-on learning about healthy eating and a healthy planet" with Farm Urban
Amount £25,500 (GBP)
Organisation University of York 
Sector Academic/University
Country United Kingdom
Start 01/2022 
End 03/2023
 
Description FTMA4 - University of York - BBSRC IAA / sLoLa award / Transforming UK Food Systems
Amount £150,000 (GBP)
Funding ID BB/X017826/1 
Organisation Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 01/2023 
End 03/2023
 
Description FixOurFood: Sustainable and Healthy Diets workshop for children and families - Sundus Mahdi
Amount £1,500 (GBP)
Organisation Economic and Social Research Council 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 07/2023 
End 11/2023
 
Description Generation Research student project funding
Amount £15,000 (GBP)
Organisation Food Standards Agency (FSA) 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 05/2025 
End 09/2025
 
Description Immersive journey into Vertical Farming
Amount £16,000 (GBP)
Organisation Higher Education Innovation Funding (HEIF) 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 03/2023 
End 07/2023
 
Description Impact fund award - Yorkshire Show
Amount £3,000 (GBP)
Organisation University of York 
Sector Academic/University
Country United Kingdom
Start 02/2023 
End 07/2023
 
Description Implementation and evaluation of auto-enrolment processes for Free School Meals (FSM) across Yorkshire: A legacy project to inform and influence regional and national policy - Maria Bryant and Bob Doherty
Amount £241,028 (GBP)
Funding ID Addition to main grant funded through TUKFS Health Inequalities in the food system additional funding stream 
Organisation United Kingdom Research and Innovation 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 06/2023 
End 01/2025
 
Description Joined Up Landscapes - Chris Yap
Amount £1,600,000 (GBP)
Organisation United Kingdom Research and Innovation 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 01/2025 
End 01/2028
 
Description Land Use for Net Zero Hub Fellowship call - Network of Living Labs for Regenerative Agriculture - Pippa Chapman
Amount £22,000 (GBP)
Organisation James Hutton Institute 
Sector Academic/University
Country United Kingdom
Start 06/2024 
End 03/2025
 
Description Measuring the impact of different combinations of regenerative agriculture practices on soil health, crop production, greenhouse gas emissions and profit - Ruth Wade and Pippa Chapman
Amount £132,460 (GBP)
Organisation Department For Environment, Food And Rural Affairs (DEFRA) 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 09/2024 
End 09/2025
 
Description MycoFiberTech: Advancing Sustainable Biomanufacturing for Bio-Based Materials - Peter Ball
Amount £99,803 (GBP)
Funding ID UKRI 10122972 
Organisation United Kingdom Research and Innovation 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 09/2024 
End 02/2025
 
Description Nutrient-dense Infant Meals from Regenerative Agriculture
Amount £360,545 (GBP)
Organisation United Kingdom Research and Innovation 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start  
 
Description PhD regenerative agriculture - Michelle Cain
Amount £70,000 (GBP)
Organisation Cranfield University 
Sector Academic/University
Country United Kingdom
Start 01/2024 
End 12/2027
 
Description Regenerative Agriculture Trial - Ruth Wade
Amount £500,000 (GBP)
Organisation Rothschild Foundation 
Sector Charity/Non Profit
Country United Kingdom
Start 08/2025 
End 09/2028
 
Description Science and Technology Funding Council Food Network+ pump priming
Amount £10,000 (GBP)
Organisation Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 08/2021 
End 07/2022
 
Description TUKFS SPF Annual Project Synergy Fund (awarded to Christopher Yap)
Amount £25,000 (GBP)
Organisation United Kingdom Research and Innovation 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 06/2022 
End 03/2023
 
Description TUKFS SPF Annual Project Synergy Fund (awarded to Sarah Bridle)
Amount £24,420 (GBP)
Organisation United Kingdom Research and Innovation 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 06/2021 
End 03/2022
 
Description TYPE funding - NYCC food strategy Three Horizons workshops/analysis
Amount £21,550 (GBP)
Organisation University of York 
Sector Academic/University
Country United Kingdom
Start 01/2023 
End 07/2024
 
Description TYPE funding - general for 2022-23
Amount £35,000 (GBP)
Organisation University of York 
Sector Academic/University
Country United Kingdom
Start 12/2022 
End 07/2023
 
Description The York Policy Engine - see other outputs
Amount £6,000 (GBP)
Organisation University of York 
Sector Academic/University
Country United Kingdom
Start 05/2022 
End 07/2022
 
Description Transforming UK Food system rolling fund
Amount £9,900 (GBP)
Organisation United Kingdom Research and Innovation 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 03/2022 
End 07/2023
 
Description UKRI Research England funding for participatory research including transcription
Amount £10,000 (GBP)
Organisation United Kingdom Research and Innovation 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 12/2021 
End 07/2022
 
Description Understanding and exploiting a nitrogen-fixing endophyte for enhancing sustainability and productivity of vertical farming
Amount £492,106 (GBP)
Funding ID BB/Z514354/1 
Organisation Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 03/2024 
End 03/2027
 
Description University Research Priming award "Increasing vertical farming efficiency utilising seaweed waste"
Amount £13,000 (GBP)
Organisation University of York 
Sector Academic/University
Country United Kingdom
Start 11/2021 
End 03/2022
 
Description VIP Leaf (Vertical Indoor Protein from Leaf)
Amount £951,166 (GBP)
Organisation Innovate UK 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 03/2023 
 
Description Varietal Innovation for Vertical Farming
Amount £34,988 (GBP)
Organisation Innovate UK 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 12/2022 
End 03/2023
 
Description Vertical Farming and Ancient Crops - Innovation for Future Food Protein
Amount £25,887 (GBP)
Organisation University of York 
Sector Academic/University
Country United Kingdom
Start 08/2022 
End 06/2023
 
Description York Environmental Sustainability Institute International Fellowship (Peter Ball and Darko Adzimah)
Amount £8,762 (GBP)
Organisation University of York 
Sector Academic/University
Country United Kingdom
Start 01/2024 
End 10/2024
 
Description York Festival of Ideas, Research England
Amount £10,000 (GBP)
Organisation United Kingdom Research and Innovation 
Department Research England
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 05/2022 
End 06/2022
 
Title Fix our Food in Schools _Meal dataset 
Description Dataset of primary school meals, developed using a photographic method of data collection. Includes linkage to key nutrients (and School Food Standards) for meals provided, food consumed and food waste. 
Type Of Material Data analysis technique 
Year Produced 2023 
Provided To Others? No  
Impact In development (data from 11 out of 25 schools to date (March 2023)) . Will be available once complete. 
 
Description 3H Workshops on local food economies 
Organisation Bradford Metropolitan District Council
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution Providing expertise and coordination of a series of workshops to lead a 3 horizon process with local food economy stakeholders with the aim of collaboratively identifying opportunities and areas for transformation in the food system.
Collaborator Contribution Contribution to the series of 3 horizon workshops, providing their expertise and knowledge of the local food system and helping to identify opportunities for transformation in the food system.
Impact No outputs yet
Start Year 2021
 
Description 3H Workshops on local food economies 
Organisation Department For Environment, Food And Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution Providing expertise and coordination of a series of workshops to lead a 3 horizon process with local food economy stakeholders with the aim of collaboratively identifying opportunities and areas for transformation in the food system.
Collaborator Contribution Contribution to the series of 3 horizon workshops, providing their expertise and knowledge of the local food system and helping to identify opportunities for transformation in the food system.
Impact No outputs yet
Start Year 2021
 
Description 3H Workshops on local food economies 
Organisation Good Food York
Sector Charity/Non Profit 
PI Contribution Providing expertise and coordination of a series of workshops to lead a 3 horizon process with local food economy stakeholders with the aim of collaboratively identifying opportunities and areas for transformation in the food system.
Collaborator Contribution Contribution to the series of 3 horizon workshops, providing their expertise and knowledge of the local food system and helping to identify opportunities for transformation in the food system.
Impact No outputs yet
Start Year 2021
 
Description 3H Workshops on local food economies 
Organisation Leeds City Council
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution Providing expertise and coordination of a series of workshops to lead a 3 horizon process with local food economy stakeholders with the aim of collaboratively identifying opportunities and areas for transformation in the food system.
Collaborator Contribution Contribution to the series of 3 horizon workshops, providing their expertise and knowledge of the local food system and helping to identify opportunities for transformation in the food system.
Impact No outputs yet
Start Year 2021
 
Description 3H Workshops on local food economies 
Organisation North Yorkshire County Council
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution Providing expertise and coordination of a series of workshops to lead a 3 horizon process with local food economy stakeholders with the aim of collaboratively identifying opportunities and areas for transformation in the food system.
Collaborator Contribution Contribution to the series of 3 horizon workshops, providing their expertise and knowledge of the local food system and helping to identify opportunities for transformation in the food system.
Impact No outputs yet
Start Year 2021
 
Description 3H workshops - School food system 
Organisation Good Food York
Sector Charity/Non Profit 
PI Contribution Organisation of a series of workshops to facilitate discussion between partners to consider how transformation of the school food system can occur. Creation of a network of school food stakeholders to share information about their work and requests for help/information between each other. July 2022 edit - still ongoing.
Collaborator Contribution Contribution of their expertise to a series of workshops led by WP1 regarding the transformation of the school food system in Yorkshire. July 2022 edit - still ongoing.
Impact None yet.
Start Year 2021
 
Description 3H workshops - School food system 
Organisation North Yorkshire County Council
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution Organisation of a series of workshops to facilitate discussion between partners to consider how transformation of the school food system can occur. Creation of a network of school food stakeholders to share information about their work and requests for help/information between each other. July 2022 edit - still ongoing.
Collaborator Contribution Contribution of their expertise to a series of workshops led by WP1 regarding the transformation of the school food system in Yorkshire. July 2022 edit - still ongoing.
Impact None yet.
Start Year 2021
 
Description 3H workshops - School food system 
Organisation School Food Matters
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Charity/Non Profit 
PI Contribution Organisation of a series of workshops to facilitate discussion between partners to consider how transformation of the school food system can occur. Creation of a network of school food stakeholders to share information about their work and requests for help/information between each other. July 2022 edit - still ongoing.
Collaborator Contribution Contribution of their expertise to a series of workshops led by WP1 regarding the transformation of the school food system in Yorkshire. July 2022 edit - still ongoing.
Impact None yet.
Start Year 2021
 
Description 3H workshops - School food system 
Organisation Sheffield City Council
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution Organisation of a series of workshops to facilitate discussion between partners to consider how transformation of the school food system can occur. Creation of a network of school food stakeholders to share information about their work and requests for help/information between each other. July 2022 edit - still ongoing.
Collaborator Contribution Contribution of their expertise to a series of workshops led by WP1 regarding the transformation of the school food system in Yorkshire. July 2022 edit - still ongoing.
Impact None yet.
Start Year 2021
 
Description 3H workshops - School food system 
Organisation The Soil Association
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Learned Society 
PI Contribution Organisation of a series of workshops to facilitate discussion between partners to consider how transformation of the school food system can occur. Creation of a network of school food stakeholders to share information about their work and requests for help/information between each other. July 2022 edit - still ongoing.
Collaborator Contribution Contribution of their expertise to a series of workshops led by WP1 regarding the transformation of the school food system in Yorkshire. July 2022 edit - still ongoing.
Impact None yet.
Start Year 2021
 
Description 3H workshops - School food system 
Organisation University of Leeds
Department School of Food Science and Nutrition Leeds
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Organisation of a series of workshops to facilitate discussion between partners to consider how transformation of the school food system can occur. Creation of a network of school food stakeholders to share information about their work and requests for help/information between each other. July 2022 edit - still ongoing.
Collaborator Contribution Contribution of their expertise to a series of workshops led by WP1 regarding the transformation of the school food system in Yorkshire. July 2022 edit - still ongoing.
Impact None yet.
Start Year 2021
 
Description Alder Hey Children's Hospital 
Organisation Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust
Department Respiratory Paediatric Department
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Hospitals 
PI Contribution Project partners
Collaborator Contribution project partners
Impact Funded Innovate UK project
Start Year 2023
 
Description Biorenewables Development Centre 
Organisation Biorenewables Development Centre
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Charity/Non Profit 
PI Contribution Project partners
Collaborator Contribution project partners
Impact Funded Innovate UK projects
Start Year 2023
 
Description Bradford City Council 
Organisation Bradford Metropolitan District Council
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution Sam Buckton shared theoretical and conceptual frameworks for transformational evaluation with Tim Howells from Bradford City Council and Lisa Dowling from Bradford Institute for Health Research who are currently developing a plan for evaluating the new Bradford local food strategy. Through his joint role as a member of staff at Bradford City Council and a PhD Researcher for FixOurFood Ben Fletcher is working collaboratively on the food strategy development.
Collaborator Contribution Bradford City Council is sharing their experience of developing a food strategy and working with FixOurFood colleagues on more than one element.
Impact Two-way information sharing as part of the Bradford food strategy development.
Start Year 2023
 
Description Bradford City Council - School menu swaps project 
Organisation Bradford Metropolitan District Council
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution Schools and Metrics teams are working with pilot primary schools in Bradford to develop menu item swaps to school food menus that are nutritious, delicious and better for the environment.
Collaborator Contribution Bradford City Council are letting the team work with pilot primary schools on developing the meal swaps.
Impact None to date.
Start Year 2024
 
Description CONNECTS-Food Partnership Board 
Organisation School Food Matters
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Charity/Non Profit 
PI Contribution Updating evidence on school food, including understanding school food systems. Contribution to advocacy through evidence provision
Collaborator Contribution Chair for the CONNECTS-Food partnership board (Stephanie Slater). Co-design agenda, leading discussion, sharing insights with external networks, updating on emerging policies. Meetings attended approximately every 3 months - providing oversight and expertise. The group is Chaired by School Food Matters and all partners are asked to provide an update of emerging evidence / policy and any other relevant initatives that can be incorporated into the CONNECTS-Food intervention. The partnership board have also agreed to promote CONNECTS-Food to increase impact.
Impact Includes representation from school leadership, School Food Matters (Chair), the Childrens Food Campaign, 4 local authorities, DfE and PHE.
Start Year 2021
 
Description Concept evaluation for the manufacture of vertical farms using bio-based products - Peter Ball 
Organisation Scotland's Rural College
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Working with SRUC, Intelligent Growth Solutions (IGS) and Cambond on IBiolC funded project: Sustainable Manufacturing of Low Carbon Vertical Farms from Bioresin for a Circular Bioeconomy
Collaborator Contribution Joint mapping of the supply chain and creation of bio-based building material samples which we are now testing prior to building and testing a demonstrator growing unit.
Impact Joint mapping of the supply chain and creation of bio-based building material samples which are now being testing prior to building and testing a demonstrator growing unit.
Start Year 2023
 
Description Coop Collaboration 
Organisation The Co-operative Group Ltd
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Five of the IKnowFood team have attended the Coop's internal Future of Food Workshops. The PI Doherty has been appointed to their strategic advisory group to ensure implementation of this Future of Food Strategy at the Coop. This has involved leading three further internal Coop workshops attended by 152 Coop food staff members. Bob Doherty was one of the keynote speakers at the launch event on 27.09.18 Bob Doherty and colleagues on the FixOurFood programme led a 3 Horizon workshop in November 2021 to inform the Future of Food Strategy Part 2.
Collaborator Contribution The head of the Coop's Food Policy section, Cathryn Higgs, has agreed to be key note speaker at two forthcoming IKnowFood events. One on April 18th on transparency and traceability, an innovation forum, plus the IKnowFood conference stream at the N8 AgriFood Summer Conference, June 13-14th. Furthermore, they have agreed to share sourcing data regarding some of their high risk commodities to support the work of IKnowFood work package 2. The Coop team, by working with us on the 3 Horizon workshop for their Future of Food Strategy are helping us to build a picture of the issues in the food system in Yorkshire.
Impact "Sustainable diets will remain a minefield until we change the way we approach food" article published in The Conversation. Co-op 'Future of Food' report published on 27.09.18
Start Year 2018
 
Description Defra - procurement / buying standards collaboration 
Organisation Department For Environment, Food And Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution Food systems expertise and knowledge of networks to bring together key players in the space of food procurement in Yorkshire to support the development of the UK Government Food Procurement Standards. *edit test
Collaborator Contribution Defra initiated a request to collaborate regarding the development of the UK Government Food Procurement Standards. This led on to the other partners being brought in to create a network of people supporting this initiative.
Impact Outputs from this initial request include other organisations being brought onboard to create a network of collaborators to support this process. Crown Commercial Services were brought in and they asked Prof Doherty PI and Mark Blakeston (Subsystem collaborator from Grow Yorkshire at the NYLEP) to sit on their advisory board. Yorkshire has now become a pilot for consultation on the new government buying standards. There is a series of planned webinars hosted by Business growth hub at the NYLEP for local businesses to engage and learn how to implement the standards and how to engage with public procurers. First one on March 30th 2022.
Start Year 2021
 
Description Defra - procurement / buying standards collaboration 
Organisation North Yorkshire County Council
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution Food systems expertise and knowledge of networks to bring together key players in the space of food procurement in Yorkshire to support the development of the UK Government Food Procurement Standards. *edit test
Collaborator Contribution Defra initiated a request to collaborate regarding the development of the UK Government Food Procurement Standards. This led on to the other partners being brought in to create a network of people supporting this initiative.
Impact Outputs from this initial request include other organisations being brought onboard to create a network of collaborators to support this process. Crown Commercial Services were brought in and they asked Prof Doherty PI and Mark Blakeston (Subsystem collaborator from Grow Yorkshire at the NYLEP) to sit on their advisory board. Yorkshire has now become a pilot for consultation on the new government buying standards. There is a series of planned webinars hosted by Business growth hub at the NYLEP for local businesses to engage and learn how to implement the standards and how to engage with public procurers. First one on March 30th 2022.
Start Year 2021
 
Description Defra - procurement / buying standards collaboration 
Organisation York and North Yorkshire Local Economic Partnership
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Food systems expertise and knowledge of networks to bring together key players in the space of food procurement in Yorkshire to support the development of the UK Government Food Procurement Standards. *edit test
Collaborator Contribution Defra initiated a request to collaborate regarding the development of the UK Government Food Procurement Standards. This led on to the other partners being brought in to create a network of people supporting this initiative.
Impact Outputs from this initial request include other organisations being brought onboard to create a network of collaborators to support this process. Crown Commercial Services were brought in and they asked Prof Doherty PI and Mark Blakeston (Subsystem collaborator from Grow Yorkshire at the NYLEP) to sit on their advisory board. Yorkshire has now become a pilot for consultation on the new government buying standards. There is a series of planned webinars hosted by Business growth hub at the NYLEP for local businesses to engage and learn how to implement the standards and how to engage with public procurers. First one on March 30th 2022.
Start Year 2021
 
Description Defra land use governance fellow 
Organisation Department For Environment, Food And Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution I have worked closely with the Defra Office of the Chief Scientific Advisor and the Defra Land Use Team to develop an academic secondment. In the secondment I will be leading a research project to enhance the contribution of local, regional, and national land governance to environmental land outcomes in the UK. This research will make a material contribution to the Local Nature Recovery Strategies, ELMS, and the forthcoming Land Use Framework for England. I have negotiated the secondment (0.6FTE for 6 months) with City University. FixOurFood has also arranged introductions to a number of key stakeholders for preliminary interviews, described below.
Collaborator Contribution The Defra Office of the Chief Scientific Advisor has developed a case for the secondment and arranged meetings between FixOurFood and senior civil servants to develop the secondment project. One senior civil servant has conducted preliminary interviews with land governance actors around the UK. These interviews have been used to develop and focus the secondment project.
Impact Outputs forthcoming
Start Year 2022
 
Description FixOurFood in Schools (network) 
Organisation Otley All Saints C of E Primary School
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Delivery of a report following baseline data collection at observation, detailing improvements the school could make and what they are already doing well. Future provision of a framework or measurement tool for self-assessment of whole school approaches to food. July 2022 edit - still ongoing.
Collaborator Contribution Permission/access for observation and data collection for baseline data and co-design of interventions to be implemented in the school. July 2022 edit - still ongoing.
Impact None yet
Start Year 2022
 
Description FixOurFood in Schools Network 
Organisation Otley All Saints C of E Primary School
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Delivery of a report following baseline data collection at observation, detailing improvements the school could make and what they are already doing well. Future provision of a framework or measurement tool for self-assessment of whole school approaches to food. February 2023 edit - still ongoing.
Collaborator Contribution Permission/access for observation and data collection for baseline data and co-design of interventions to be implemented in the school. February 2023 edit - still ongoing.
Impact None yet
Start Year 2022
 
Description FixOurFood in Schools Network 
Organisation University of Sheffield
Department School of Education
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Delivery of a report following baseline data collection at observation, detailing improvements the school could make and what they are already doing well. Future provision of a framework or measurement tool for self-assessment of whole school approaches to food. February 2023 edit - still ongoing.
Collaborator Contribution Permission/access for observation and data collection for baseline data and co-design of interventions to be implemented in the school. February 2023 edit - still ongoing.
Impact None yet
Start Year 2022
 
Description Food Foundation 
Organisation The Food Foundation
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Charity/Non Profit 
PI Contribution Collaboration on research projects, contribution to written outputs and evidence to inform policy briefings.
Collaborator Contribution Communication and engagement with policymakers and stakeholders, for disseminating joint work and exploring new opportunities. Provision of opportunities to our ambassadors (Leaders for Change).
Impact Evaluation paper - A Yorkshire-based review of the implementation and impact of the Holiday Activities and Food programme. Multidisciplinary paper between Food Foundation, UoY Health Sciences and UoY Management School.
Start Year 2021
 
Description Food-land governance 
Organisation Shared Assets
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Charity/Non Profit 
PI Contribution Chris Yap has been developing relationships with a number of individuals and organisations working to understand and influence UK land governance and planning policy to leverage food systems change. These relationships will form the basis of a future research project on the political economy of land governance in the UK, developed with the Systems Team at DEFRA.
Collaborator Contribution The partners have been contributing to initial meetings about common areas of work - including research and advocacy - with the FixOurFood prpogramme.
Impact No outputs to date
Start Year 2022
 
Description Food-land governance 
Organisation Sustain (food and farming alliance)
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Charity/Non Profit 
PI Contribution Chris Yap has been developing relationships with a number of individuals and organisations working to understand and influence UK land governance and planning policy to leverage food systems change. These relationships will form the basis of a future research project on the political economy of land governance in the UK, developed with the Systems Team at DEFRA.
Collaborator Contribution The partners have been contributing to initial meetings about common areas of work - including research and advocacy - with the FixOurFood prpogramme.
Impact No outputs to date
Start Year 2022
 
Description IPBES - contributing author Sam Buckton 
Organisation The Intergovernmental science-policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
Country Germany 
Sector Charity/Non Profit 
PI Contribution Sam Buckton invited to be a Contributing Author for IPBES' current transformative change assessment.
Collaborator Contribution Knowledge sharing.
Impact Sam Buckton invited to be a Contributing Author for IPBES' current transformative change assessment.
Start Year 2023
 
Description Knowledge exchange on local food stakeholders and local food system 
Organisation Federation of Small Business (FSB)
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Charity/Non Profit 
PI Contribution The team has been proactive connecting these food networks to provide opportunities to engage with one another to take collective action to transform the Yorkshire food system.
Collaborator Contribution They have come together to share their knowledge on the local food economy and other relevant stakeholders - contributing to building a culture of transformation in the Yorkshire Food System.
Impact Discussions are early but there is to be a Yorkshire Food and Farming Alliance set up, bringing together key players in the space to work more strategically together to bring about change the region.
Start Year 2021
 
Description Knowledge exchange on local food stakeholders and local food system 
Organisation Yorkshire Agricultural Society (YAS)
Department Yorkshire Food Farming and Rural Network
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Charity/Non Profit 
PI Contribution The team has been proactive connecting these food networks to provide opportunities to engage with one another to take collective action to transform the Yorkshire food system.
Collaborator Contribution They have come together to share their knowledge on the local food economy and other relevant stakeholders - contributing to building a culture of transformation in the Yorkshire Food System.
Impact Discussions are early but there is to be a Yorkshire Food and Farming Alliance set up, bringing together key players in the space to work more strategically together to bring about change the region.
Start Year 2021
 
Description Leaders for Change School Network 
Organisation All Saints Catholic School York
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Provision of events with opportunities to learn about and explore food, health, nutrition and sustainability; FixOurFood covers the costs of this trips for the schools. Information about external opportunities to contribute to discussions and learn about other issues within the food system. February 2023 edit - still ongoing.
Collaborator Contribution Contribution directly from school children to inform our research and create transformation in the food system. Written, audio and visual outputs from events for use in social media engagement, communication with policymakers and informing further research. February 2023 edit - still ongoing.
Impact Leaders came to an event we ran at Spark York for them, the Defra white paper team visited on the same day to see the work of our programme and consider out activities in the wider context of writing the WP. They met with the children to hear their views and engage with the activities on the day. Some of the school children appear in FixOurFood video.
Start Year 2021
 
Description Leaders for Change School Network 
Organisation Archbishop Holgate's School
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Provision of events with opportunities to learn about and explore food, health, nutrition and sustainability; FixOurFood covers the costs of this trips for the schools. Information about external opportunities to contribute to discussions and learn about other issues within the food system. February 2023 edit - still ongoing.
Collaborator Contribution Contribution directly from school children to inform our research and create transformation in the food system. Written, audio and visual outputs from events for use in social media engagement, communication with policymakers and informing further research. February 2023 edit - still ongoing.
Impact Leaders came to an event we ran at Spark York for them, the Defra white paper team visited on the same day to see the work of our programme and consider out activities in the wider context of writing the WP. They met with the children to hear their views and engage with the activities on the day. Some of the school children appear in FixOurFood video.
Start Year 2021
 
Description Leeds food vision 
Organisation Leeds City Council
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution As a result of the 3 horizon hybrid food economy workshop, team members were invited to participate in the initial workshop on the Leeds food vision and subsequently to sit on their sustainability strategy working group. 3 workshops to input and discuss food strategy for Leeds, one more to come
Collaborator Contribution Organisation of workshops and coordination and planning of long-term working groups.
Impact input on leeds food strategy regarding key issues around sustainable food production and consumption. Knowledge exchange and sharing with a variety of stakeholders related to the local food economy.
Start Year 2022
 
Description LettUs Grow 
Organisation LettUs Grow
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Work together on vertical farm
Collaborator Contribution Expert advice, and support for PhD student
Impact Collaboration was valuable in helping obtain FixOurFood grant from UKRI and a BBSRc iCASE PhD studentship
Start Year 2020
 
Description NIAB (Northern Farming Hub) 
Organisation National Institute of Agronomy and Botany (NIAB)
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Northern Farming Hub - collaboration with Niab and Catchment Sensitive Farming Yorkshire - to act as a knowledge exchange site in the region. The Regen Ag trial will act as a focus for many of these events.
Collaborator Contribution The aim is to help farmers improve the resilience and profitability of their farming system and reduce their environmental footprint. By focusing on enhancing soil health, increasing crop diversity, using cover crop and herbal leys, optimising cultivation practices, reducing inputs and how best to engage with the Sustainable Farming Initiative (SFI), the Northern Farming Hub will provide farmers with actionable insights into creating sustainable and profitable farming systems. NIAB will bring relevant expertise.
Impact So far have had one event for farmers, so too soon to report outcomes (March 2025)
Start Year 2025
 
Description NYLEP - Grow Yorkshire 
Organisation York and North Yorkshire Local Economic Partnership
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Our hybrid economies team have worked closely with the NYLEP, and subsequently the Grow Yorkshire branch of the LEP. The aim has been to engage with businesses related to food from across the Yorkshire region to collaborate with us to identify other examples of hybrid models and opportunities for transformation in the food system.
Collaborator Contribution Expertise to drive engagement across the region. The team have contributed to convening a multi stakeholder series of workshops to engage businesses across the region from within the food system.
Impact PI Prof Bob Doherty and Mark Blakeston (GrowYorkshire) have been asked to sit on the Crown Commercial Services Procurement advisory board to develop their new cross government public food procurement strategy called 'Buying Better Food'. The LEP have recently released the York and North Yorkshire Routemap to Carbon Negative. The FixOurFood research team has made significant contribution to this strategy, in particular Environment, Land Use, Agriculture and Marine Section.
Start Year 2021
 
Description North Yorkshire County Council HAF Steering Group 
Organisation North Yorkshire County Council
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution Dissemination of research findings / programme activities and recommendations to the Local Authority, schools and associated stakeholders.
Collaborator Contribution Opportunities to disseminate evidence to policymakers and associated HAF/school food stakeholders.
Impact This has provided opportunities to disseminate findings directly to policymakers.
Start Year 2021
 
Description Regenerative agriculture farmer network 
Organisation Yorkshire Agricultural Society (YAS)
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Charity/Non Profit 
PI Contribution Project updates, synthesis and presentation of scientific evidence, event advertisement, engagement in events and activities run by the society, farmer scientist network support, Knowledge sharing on regenerative agriculture.
Collaborator Contribution Knowledge sharing on regenerative agriculture, event and project advertisement through networks, regenerative agriculture farmer event and activity organisation.
Impact Regenerative Ag Open Event - Exploring on farm challenges and opportunities. Additional regenerative agriculture event to be organised in autumn with Yorkshire Agricultural Society. Presentation of FixOurFood at a Great Yorkshire Show stand on 12th-15th July 2022. Farmer network under development.
Start Year 2021
 
Description Thanwanit Thanyasiriwat - Kasetsart University, Thailand 
Organisation Kasetsart University
Country Thailand 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Vertical farming, amaranth and genomics expertise
Collaborator Contribution pant pathology expertise
Impact Isolation of a Pythium isolate from vertical farm and characterisation of quantitative resistance in amaranth lines
Start Year 2022
 
Description UK regenerative agriculture research group 
Organisation Newcastle University
Department School of Natural and Environmental Sciences
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Project updates, invitations to engagement activities, knowledge sharing on regenerative agriculture practices.
Collaborator Contribution Project updates, invitations to engagement activities, knowledge sharing on regenerative agriculture, sharing relevant stakeholders
Impact Regular update meetings Application to run a workshop at Groundswell 2022 in collaboration with Newcastle Uni.
Start Year 2021
 
Description UK regenerative agriculture research group 
Organisation The Soil Association
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Learned Society 
PI Contribution Project updates, invitations to engagement activities, knowledge sharing on regenerative agriculture practices.
Collaborator Contribution Project updates, invitations to engagement activities, knowledge sharing on regenerative agriculture, sharing relevant stakeholders
Impact Regular update meetings Application to run a workshop at Groundswell 2022 in collaboration with Newcastle Uni.
Start Year 2021
 
Description UK regenerative agriculture research group 
Organisation University of Cambridge
Department Department of Zoology
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Project updates, invitations to engagement activities, knowledge sharing on regenerative agriculture practices.
Collaborator Contribution Project updates, invitations to engagement activities, knowledge sharing on regenerative agriculture, sharing relevant stakeholders
Impact Regular update meetings Application to run a workshop at Groundswell 2022 in collaboration with Newcastle Uni.
Start Year 2021
 
Description UK regenerative agriculture research group 
Organisation University of Reading
Department School of Agriculture, Policy and Development Reading
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Project updates, invitations to engagement activities, knowledge sharing on regenerative agriculture practices.
Collaborator Contribution Project updates, invitations to engagement activities, knowledge sharing on regenerative agriculture, sharing relevant stakeholders
Impact Regular update meetings Application to run a workshop at Groundswell 2022 in collaboration with Newcastle Uni.
Start Year 2021
 
Description University catering trial 
Organisation University of York
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution approached University catering regarding catering of sustainably, locally and seasonally sourced food, advice and guidance, start with one-off trial of alternative produce for stakeholder event
Collaborator Contribution exploration of alternative, local&seasonal ingredient buying and meal prep
Impact first test run of local, seasonal meal for 20+ workshop attendees. Intention for further trials on campus.
Start Year 2022
 
Description West Africa - Peter Ball, Ulrike Ehgartner and Alana Kluczkovski 
Organisation Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST)
Country Ghana 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution West Africa collaboration of local vegetable supply chains. We are working together on building a collaborative community and considering an international bid.
Collaborator Contribution West Africa collaboration of local vegetable supply chains. We are working together on building a collaborative community and considering an international bid.
Impact Still in discussion re an international bid
Start Year 2024
 
Description Yorkshire Agricultural Society 
Organisation Yorkshire Agricultural Society (YAS)
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Charity/Non Profit 
PI Contribution We work with Holly Jones from the Yorkshire Agricultural Society in providing copy for the Yorkshire Food Farming and Rural Network/Grow Yorkshire monthly newsletter which she collates. She coordinates the Future Farmers network so we liaise with her over accessing their expertise. She also manages the Farmer Scientist Network - Pippa Chapman from the University of Leeds is on that group.
Collaborator Contribution In addition to the liaison with the Future Farmer and Farmer Scientist networks, Holly works with us on our input to the Great Yorkshire Show (including the input of the University of Leeds team) and is a member of our Stakeholder Advisory Board.
Impact Through this collaboration, the FixOurFood team has, and continues to deliver exhibitions and events at the Great Yorkshire Show. There is ongoing liaison particularly with Holly Jones that enables teams within FixOurFood to engage with farmer networks. Primarily it has been the vertical farm, regen ag and hybrid business teams that have been active in this collaboration, but all teams have been involved at some point.
Start Year 2021
 
Description exploring successful alternative buisness models - comparing internationally Limburg (NL) and Yorkshire (UK) 
Organisation Maastricht School of Management
Country Netherlands 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution academic workshop and knowledge exchange, planning of collaborative work, cross country comparision with academics at Maastricht Sustainability Institute at the School of Business and Economics
Collaborator Contribution academic workshop and knowledge exchange, planning of collaborative work, cross country comparision
Impact 2x successful seedcorn funding; collaboration to create impact workshops with stakeholders and create outputs for policy briefs and academic publications
Start Year 2022
 
Description 'Food and climate change' - The Owl Hoot podcast - SB 
Form Of Engagement Activity A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Environmental podcast interviewing guests who contribute in some way to protecting the planet. Professor Sarah Bridle's ability to make the science on food and climate change accessible to all was of great appeal and interviewer wanted to discuss insights on how we can tweak our diets to improve our environmental impact and Professor Bridle's involvement in FixOurFood to transform Yorkshire's food system. Additionally, to share Professor Bridle's story from astrophysicist to Professor of Food, Climate and Society.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://theowlhoot.com/podcast/food-and-climate-change-with-sarah-bridle/
 
Description 9 Lessons and Carols for Curious People 2023, Guest Scientist - Sarah Bridle 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Guest speaker/scientist as 9 Lessons and Carols for Curious People 2023 hosted by Robin Ince for Cosmic Shambles
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://cosmicshambles.com/ninelessons
 
Description A new social contract for Britain's health (Kate Pickett) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Kate took part in the presentation/debate as part of the Big Tent Festival of Ideas.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description ABB conference (Ruth Wade) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Ruth was invited speaker at the AAB conference on RegenAg
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description AHDB Monitor Farm event - Ruth Wade and Pippa Chapman 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Ruth Wade and Pippa Chapman had stand at Monitor farm north event
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description APSE Catering Advisory Group webinar (Sundus Mahdi) COIO AFS 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Sundus presented on the FSM auto-enrolment project. Webinar was attended by officers and elected members from Local authorities across the UK that are responsible for Education Catering. Work on auto enrolment is funded through COIO AFS.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description Advised Bradford City Council on MEL strategy for local food policy (Chris Yap) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Christopher Yap was invited to advise Bradford City Council on the development of a MEL framework to accompany the forthcoming local food strategy.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Advisor for Regenerative Systems - Sam Buckton 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Sam Buckton is now an invited member of Unearthodox's international Advisory Group for its Regenerative Futures project. Unearthodox invited Sam after finding out about his FixOurFood-funded research on regenerative systems.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2025
 
Description Advisory to Good Food York Alliance - Sam Buckton 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact On 12 December 2024, Sam Buckton represented FixOurFood at the first full meeting of the York Good Food Alliance, a working group of the York Climate Commission tasked with coordinating a new planned transformational food strategy for York. Sam provided advice based on other strategies supported by FixOurFood, e.g. in Sheffield and with North Yorkshire Council.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description Agroecology Research Collaboration Event 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact This workshop-meeting, organised by the Agroecology Research Collaboration brought together academics, food producers, and non-governmental organisations engaged with agroecological forms of food production in the UK. The workshop focused on identifying common areas of work and to co-develop key thematic areas for suture work and collaboration, including ways of strengthening links between academia, farmers, and third sector organisations.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Another world is possible (Bob Doherty) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Bob took part in a panel discussion as part of the University of York Festival of Ideas in collaboration with the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://yorkfestivalofideas.com/2023/calendar/another-world/
 
Description Approaches to food systems transformation from a theoretical perspective - Sarah Bridle 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Sarah Bridle was a guest speaker at the Centre for Advanced Technology, Wales, on approaches to food systems transformation from a theoretical perspective. Prof Bridle provided an example of real research/policy initiatives. And as many of the attendees took part in a Three Horizons exercise as part of their core introductory module - Prof. Bridle able to address an application of this in practice and applied to food.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://cat.org.uk/
 
Description Article in Yorkshire Post - How a shipping container in Yorkshire is helping transform healthy food - Alana Kluczkovski 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Grow It York featured in an interview for The Yorkshire Post, published on Saturday, August 3rd, where we shared insights into our work at the vertical farm. The article highlighted our commitment to innovative and sustainable farming practices and our efforts to make a positive impact in the community through fresh food production and education.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description Attendance of Valley Fest 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Maria Bryant attended ValleyFest in August 2021. This was a large 3 day community festival, with a dedicated youth food element. Maria engaged with various members of the public, families and youth who were passionate about both planetary and dietary health. As a result of her attendance, Maria had the opportunity to talk with Christina Adane, BiteBack2030 co-chair.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Auto-enrolment presentation - Annie Connolly, Sundus Mahdi and Myles Bremner (COIO AFS) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Annie Connolly and Sundus Mahdi and Myles Bremner met and presented to officers from Lambeth, Lewisham and Islington boroughs to discuss auto-enrolment. Work on auto-enrolment is funded through COIO AFS.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Auto-enrolment second online workshop - Sundus Mahdi and Myles Bremner (COIO AFS) 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Sundus Mahdi and Myles Bremner ran a workshop with possible Auto-enrolment action research participants. Presented and discussed the Toolkit, research updates and impact updates. Work on auto-enrolment is funded by COIO AFS.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Auto-enrolment third online support workshop - Sundus Mahdi and Myles Bremner (COIO AFS) 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Sundus and Myles ran workshop with current and possible Auto-enrolment action research participants. Presented and discussed the Toolkit, research updates and impact updates. LAs also had the opportunity to update everyone on their current progress with the FSM auto-enrolment implementation process, and sought support from one another. The workshop attracted the largest turnout to date - 46 people attended the workshop. Work on auto-enrolment is funded through COIO AFS.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description BAFR Inaugural Leadership meeting - Sarah Bridle 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Sarah Bridle attended the inaugural meeting of the BBSRC-funded Backcasting to Achieve Food Resilience in the UK (BAFR-UK) Project, which involves multiple stakeholders from across the food system, including other academic research institutions, corporations, third sector organisations and government departments.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
URL https://www.thegrocer.co.uk/news/new-project-to-save-uk-from-food-shortages-gets-2m-government-backi...
 
Description BAFR Serious Games Meeting - Sarah Bridle 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Serious Games leadership and strategy meeting for the BAFR-UK project: BBSRC-funded Backcasting to Achieve Food Resilience in the UK (BAFR-UK) Project, which involves multiple stakeholders from across the food system, including other academic research institutions, corporations, third sector organisations and government departments.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2025
 
Description BBC Berkshire Breakfast Show with Phil Mercer - Sarah Bridle 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Professor Bridle invited to show to address how climate change will affect farmers in the future.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
URL https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p0jgkhn4
 
Description BBC Breakfast coverage of auto-enrolment project - Myles Bremner (COIO AFS) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Myles Bremner was interviewed about the auto-enrolment project on BBC Breakfast. The auto-enrolment work is funded under COIO AFS.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description BBC CWR Breakfast with Phil Upton interview - Sarah Bridle 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact BBC radio interview of Professor Bridle by Phil Upton.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description BBC News online article - Free school meals change set to benefit hundreds - Maria Bryant (COIO AFS) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact The article covered plans to automatically enrol children in Birmingham who were eligible for free school meals but not currently taking them up. The work on auto-enrolment is funded under COIO AFS.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
URL https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp81m9zqzp5o
 
Description BBC Radio 4 programme Inside Science - Sarah Bridle 
Form Of Engagement Activity A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Sarah Bridle took part in the BBC Radio 4 programme Inside Science episode broadcast shortly after Christmas 2024 with an overarching theme of food, particularly inked to Christmas meals. Sarah provided expertise on the environmental impact of certain foods.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
URL https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b036f7w2
 
Description BBC Radio 4 programme/podcast 'AntiSocial' - Sarah Bridle 
Form Of Engagement Activity A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Pre show interview for BBC Radio 4 'Anti Social', presented by Adam Fleming, and broadcast live on Radio 4 , Friday May 31 at noon. Professor Bridle was asked to contribute Into this live discussion, to add context and evidence, via a pre-recorded fact-based interview in their capacity as an expert, in order to understand how much of an impact moving to a plant-based diet would have on reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The interview is then played to the panellists and listeners during the live show. The segment is on Compulsory Veganism.

Following the live interview on May 30, 2024, the production team at Antisocial/BBC Radio 4 decided to package Professor Bridle's input into a specific standalone segment publicized on BBC Sounds called The Mini Guide.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0018h15
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001zm9s
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0j2310x
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
URL https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0j2310x
 
Description BBC Radio 4 recording of pilot for Radio 4 in preparation of a new programme for 2024 - Sarah Bridle 
Form Of Engagement Activity A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Recording of a pilot for a new environmental radio programme, which is being launched next year, presented by environmental journalist, Tom Heap and physicist, Helen Czerski, for BBC internal use in preparation for the programme. The subject of the pilot programme will be food and the environment - looking at how to feed a growing world population while minimising the impact on the environment.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description BBC Radio 5 Live, Nicky Campbell programme invited guest for discussion and call in - Sarah Bridle 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Prof. Bridle invited to speak and take callers questions on how tea is impacted by rising temperatures in the midst of the climate crisis, and how this has and will in the future impact our pockets.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
URL https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0022l3p
 
Description BBC Radio Five Live interview - Myles Bremner (COIO AFS) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Myles Brenmer was interviewed about the auto-enrolment project on BBC Radio Five Live. The auto enrolment work is funded under COIO AFS.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description BBC news item Free school meals auto-enrolment 'way forward' - Maria Bryant (COIO AFS) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact The article reported that as a result of the FixOurFood auto-enrolment scheme, 2,500 more children across County Durham have started receiving a free school meal since the pilot began in September 2024. The auto-enrolment work is funded through COIO AFS.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
URL https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgejq50dlzgo
 
Description BSSS Northern Soils Network Field Visit (Ruth Wade) 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact University of Leeds hosted the BSSS northern meeting at the farm and Ruth did a farm walk with attendees around the RegenAg trial and talked about FOF
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://soils.org.uk/
 
Description Behaviour Ecology and Evolution seminar series (Ruth Wade) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Ruth gave a presentation on FOF and RegenAg subsystem to researchers at Uni of Leeds in the behaviour, ecology and evolution group.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Biodiversity smart farm workshop - Ruth Wade 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact 14 researchers from the University of Leeds attended a workshop at the University of Leeds farm to explore opportunities of improving biodiversity and reducing waste at the farm. Ruth Wade presented the FixOurFood project overview and activities to the group.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Blog post/article on Sustain website (Schools team) COIO AFS 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact A blog post on the sustain website titled 'Driving uptake of Free School Meals through opt-out automatic enrolment' highlighting the auto-enrolment work of FixOurFood and FixOurFood resources. Work on auto enroment is funded through COIO AFS.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
URL https://www.sustainweb.org/blogs/mar24-fsm-automatic-enrolment/#:~:text=Children's%20Food%20Campaign...
 
Description Boilogy recipe card challenge - Katherine Denby, Alana Kluczkovski and Alice Thomas 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Produce from Grow It York was delivered to 18 postgraduate researchers and staff in the Biology Department for four weeks. In return the participants shared their recipe ideas, photos of how they used the produce. This enabled us to put together recipe cards and a recipe booklet to inspire others on how to use microgreens (which are highly nutritious). We will use the cards in our outreach activities and engagement with the local community.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Bradford Food Symposium - Ben Fletcher 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact The Bradford Food Symposium convened various actors from primarily across the Bradford District but also with significant interest from Leeds and York. Ben Fletcher presented a poster on the future of the Bradford Food System.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description British Nutrition Foundation keynote 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Prof Bob Doherty was a keynote speaker at the British Nutrition Foundation annual day, 'Healthier People on a Healthier Planet - the perfect outcome for a transformed food system'. Bob presented the achievements and aspirations of FixOurFood and was one of 6 speakers at the event alongside Prof Guy Poppy, Director of the Transforming the UK food system UKRI SPF programme.The audience was mixed from across the food system and the purpose of the speech was to explain the aims of FixOurFood.
Bob also met patron of the Nutrition Foundation HRH Princess Anne, this presented a valuable opportunity to discuss our teams work in the Yorkshire Food System. approaches'.
The event took place in London at the Royal Society of Physicians with over 400 attendees and more online via live streaming; it considered the challenges and opportunities faced as we seek to define and encourage healthier and more sustainable diets for all.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description British Society of Soil Science conference - Ruth Wade 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Ruth Wade presented FixOurFood and the regenerative agriculture trials at the British Society of Soil Science conference in Belfast.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://soils.org.uk/blog/annual-conference-2023/
 
Description British Standards Institute interview - Ruth Wade and Pippa Chapman 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Ruth Wade and Pippa Chapman were interviewed by British Standards Institute about regulation/ certification of RegenAg.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description Business model for food system change workshop (Ulrike Ehgartner, Bob Doherty, Peter Ball) 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact In collaboration with researchers from the University of Maastricht, FixOurFood members Ulrike Ehgartner, Bob Doherty and Peter Ball brought 11 food industry stakeholders together to explore business design for food system change. The event took place at a local community hub.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description COP 26 Primer on methane (Michelle Cain) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Climate Change and agricultural event put on by the Royal Society of Chemistry covering methane and nitrogen. Dr Michelle Cain gave a primer on methane.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKM0ghU7DNM&list=PLLnAFJxOjzZti1_I52nvVPkd6cu_910x8&index=3
 
Description Cambridge Global Food Security webinar - Sarah Bridle 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Sarah Bridle was a guest panelist at webinar as part of GFS series. Panel included Professor Bridle and Emma Garnett (Oxford), Matthew Agarwala, and Harro van Hasselt (both Cambridge). Topic How low can you go? Can our diets ever be carbon neutral? Organised by Cambridge Global Food Security, an interdisciplinary research centre at the University of Cambridge.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://www.globalfood.cam.ac.uk/events/food-thought-panel-talk-how-low-can-you-go-can-food-producti...
 
Description CampdenBRI Food and Drink Science MIG (Sarah Bridle) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Delivered a presentation to a Member Interest Group on how food choices impact on climate change, shared info on FixOurFood during the session.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL https://www.campdenbri.co.uk/migs/science.php
 
Description Catchment sensitive farming and environment agency meeting at the University of Leeds farm - Ruth Wade and Pippa Chapman 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Catchment sensitive farming and environment agency had a joint meeting at the University of Leeds farm. Pippa and Ruth presented and walked the regenerative agriculture field trial with the attendees.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Channel 4 news (Sarah Bridle) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Authored piece for a Channel 4 broadcast addressing food choices and their impact on the environment. FixOurFood knowledge significantly informed the content.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL https://www.channel4.com/news/an-astrophysicists-case-for-eating-less-meat
 
Description Chatham House - Implications for food security from an extreme climate shock - Sarah Bridle 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Professor Bridle participated in this workshop to explore how weather extremes that might occur after an SPG collapse could affect food production in Europe, seeking to identify the first order impacts of post-SPG-collapse extremes on food production.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description Child Friendly Bradford Discovery Day - Maria Bryant, Annie Connolly, Grace Gardner, Jack Garry 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Schools
Results and Impact Launch event for Child Friendly Bradford Initiative. Schools team had a table with multiple activities.
School food prioritisation exercise; recruitment onto network, L4C and FSM Allowance project.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description City Food Policy Symposium 2024 (Rebecca Wells, Ferne Edwards and Christopher Yap ) 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Rebecca Wells, Ferne Edwards, and Christopher Yap were involved in the development and facilitation of the City Food Policy Symposium that brought together over 200 local and national policymakers, international and national NGOs, CBOs, international and UK-based academics, and current and former students around the theme of local and regional food systems resilience. The event included a key note from Anna Taylor from the Food Foundation, plenary panel discussions which included Rosa Foster from the Yorkshire and Humber Climate Commission, and workshops, including a session on inclusive food policy led by Selina Treuherz (ShefFood) and Clare Pettinger (FoodSEqual).
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
URL https://www.city.ac.uk/news-and-events/events/2024/april/the-2024-city-food-policy-symposium-achievi...
 
Description Co-design workshop for menu swaps project with Bradford Council - Sarah Bridle 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact This was the first menu swap workshop in Bradford, having used FixOurFood data to estimate the most commonly consumed foods and their COe. To start the process of considering alternatives to menus and approaches in schools Prof Bridle was invited to help people consider alternatives, dispelling myths about climate impact of foods.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description Co-op Responsible Retailing Report Press Coverage - Bob Doherty 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Bob Doherty contributed to the launch of the Co-op Responsible Retailing Report through his prediction of what a plate of food will look like in 2054. There was extensive press coverage across national media and trade press.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description Coming to our senses event (Ioan Fazey) 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact This immersive event - a collaboration between the transformative artist, Christian Houge, and the transformations scholar, Professor Ioan Fazey - provided participants an opportunity to explore such questions. Houge's artwork evokes possibilities for a deeper engagement with our senses in terms of how we individually and collectively experience the changing world. It provides the participant - who is courageous enough to engage with the art - opportunities to delve into what they really feel and to draw out aspects of themselves usually unspoken. Doing so is critical for a re-awakening from the trauma people face as the old world begins to dissipate and before the new has yet to emerge. We therefore need to come back to our senses - literally and figuratively - to bring our whole selves into the room, develop futures consciousness, and bring about more regenerative and positive ways of living.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description Commission meetings with Morrisons and the Co-op - Jan Thornton and Belinda Morris 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Jan Thornton (Vice Chair of the FixOurFood Commission) and Belinda Morris had meetings at the Great Yorkshire Show with representatives from Morrisons and the Co-op. This gave the oportunity for us to riase awareness of the FixOurFood Commission.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description Connecting Food System Actors - Workshop with North Yorkshire Council - Rebecca Newman, Ioan Fazey, Sam Buckton, Suzanne Om, Lee Eyre, Rebecca Goodman 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact On 22 May, FixOurFood hosted a workshop with members of North Yorkshire Council and its wider stakeholders to explore the value of actors in the food system working together towards system transformation, and how such partnerships could be enabled by governance. The workshop was facilitated by Rebecca Newman, with Ioan Fazey, Sam Buckton and Suzanne Om as co-facilitators. Lee Eyre and Rebecca Goodman also participated.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description Contaminants of emerging concern in agro-ecosystems (Ruth Wade) 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact The win-preson workshop was at the University of Leeds and will brought together researchers, industry
and government working on topics related to emerging contaminants in agro-ecosystems. The
overarching purpose of the workshop was to better understand the risks (and solutions) originating from
the use of wastewater resources (reclaimed wastewater and biosolids) in agro-ecosystems by ensuring
future research is focused on chemicals considered of greatest concern to ecosystems and human
health.

Ruth walked the RegenAg trials with attendees and talked about the FOF project.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Contribution to iNews article by Sarah Bridle 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Contributed to iNews article on How to save money and help the planet by being less focused on food expiry dates.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://inews.co.uk/news/environment/how-save-money-help-planet-ignoring-food-expiry-dates-shopping-...
 
Description Corporate food tour with Tours in a Dish - Alana Kluczkovski 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Grow It York provided produce and gave a talk to a corporate away day. Event organised by Tours in a Dish.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Councillors make fact-finding visit to regenerative agriculture research farm - Pippa Chapman and Ruth Wade 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact A cross-party group of North Yorkshire councillors visited the University of Leeds' research farm near Tadcaster to learn about the FixOurFood project's regenerative agriculture practices. During the visit, the councillors met with Professor Pippa Chapman and Dr Ruth Wade, from the University of Leeds, to discuss how the trials could help deliver environmental and socio-economic benefits. The visit was reported in the media via 2 outlets- Richmondshire Today and The Northern Farmer
https://www.northernfarmer.co.uk/news/24887745.north-yorkshire-councillors-visit-regenerative-agriculture-farm/?ref=rss
https://www.richmondshiretoday.co.uk/councillors-make-fact-finding-visit-to-regenerative-agriculture-research-farm/
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2025
URL https://www.richmondshiretoday.co.uk/councillors-make-fact-finding-visit-to-regenerative-agriculture...
 
Description Creating a more sustainable food system for the city of Sheffield - Chris Yap 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Press release from City re local food action plan for Sheffield. (14.08.23)
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://www.city.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2023/08/creating-more-sustainable-food-system-city-sheff...
 
Description DEFRA (video) meeting with UoY and UAE as part of AFN Network+ (Sarah Bridle and Juan Pablo Cordero-Garayar 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact While at UAE with AFN Network+ colleagues, Professor Bridle and Dr Cordero-Garayar presented to Defra their work on the current project as part of Fix Our Food, which is development of an open-source toolkit (python / github) to model changes in UK diet, land use and technology improvements - including impact on greenhouse gas emissions, self-sufficiency, nutrient intake.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description DEFRA Procurement knowledge exchange - Bob Doherty, Rebecca Lait, Nicola Nixon 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Meeting with procurement team of DEFRA to update on the work of our programme
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Darwin lecture, Cambridge - SB 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Darwin College Lecture Series at the University of Cambridge: Food and Climate Change by Professor Sarah Bridle.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Dearne Valley Soil Health workshop - Ruth Wade 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Pippa Chapman and Ruth Wade helped run a soil health training event for the Dearne Valley farmer cluster group. Ruth Wade presented the FixOurFood program overview and RegenAg activities to the group.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://www.farmerclusters.com/profiles/north-east/dearne-valley-farmers/
 
Description Defra Agri-Food 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Visit to Grow It York (urban vertical farm, part of FixOurFood programme) by Defra agri-food team from London and York
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Defra Agrifood Directorate Awayday - Sarah Bridle 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Prof Bridle was invited to participate in a session to look at the food system afresh, to consider how we can deliver the new government's priorities, and what Prof Bridle sees as the challenges and opportunities for the food system in the future.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description Defra Public Procurement Local Workshop 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Workshop ran by DEFRA Public Procurement team with ca. 13 stakeholders. The aim of the workshop was to capture the key features of a workable definition of 'locally produced food' in the public sector.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Defra Strategy Unit Awayday Guest Speaker - Sarah Bridle 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Guest speaker for Defra Strategy and Delivery Units desiring highly interactive speaker session for their Awayday. Attendees have roles focussed on delivering the Secretary of State's priorities and creating both forward looking strategy and strategic coherence.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Defra UK Food Security Review - Expert Elicitation - Sarah Bridle 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Professor Bridle invited by Defra Food Security Policy and Defra Systems Research Programme to partipate in this expert elicitation to examine future risks to UK food security. The workshop convened a group of 10-12 experts with expertise across the whole food system.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description Defra soils and environment teams visit the RegenAg trial - Ruth Wade 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Defra soils and environment teams visit UoLeeds farm and RegenAg trials
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description Defra systems community of practice - Chris Yap 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Christopher Yap presented work on governing environmental land use transitions to Defra's Systems Community of Practice that involves civil servants from across Defra, Natural England, and the Environment Agency. The presentation drew on work conducted while on secondment to Defra as well as the development of the local food action plan for Sheffield.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Defra's Scientific Advisory Council (Chris Yap) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact As part of Christopher Yap's secondment to Defra's Office of the Chief Scientific Advisor, he contributed to a presentation to Defra's Scientific Advisory Council on the work of Defra's Systems team, which included a summary of his primary research findings on the effective governance of environmental land use transitions in England.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1177...
 
Description Deliciously Yorkshire Taste Awards 2002 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact FixOurFood sponsored the Deliciously Yorkshire Taste Awards. This led to extensive regional exposure for the programme and for Bob Doherty who acted as a judge.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://deliciouslyorkshire.co.uk/taste-awards-2022/
 
Description Deliciously Yorkshire Taste awards 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact FixOurFood sponsored the Deliciously Yorkshire Taste Awards and instigated and judged a new category of Best Sustainable Product. The event gave profile to FixOurFood. Bob Doherty acted as a judge and prestented awards/spoke on FixOurFood and sustainable food businesses at the awards dinner. The winners of the Best Sustainable Product catagory have reported immediate impact as they have been able to retain customers and engage new ones on the back of winning the award. We will be filming the top three scoring businesses as case studies which will be promoted on our website and through Deliciously Yorkshire and by the companies themselves.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://deliciouslyorkshire.co.uk/2023-taste-awards-winners/
 
Description Deliciously Yorkshire Taste awards 2024 - Bob Doherty, Rebecca Newman, Peter Ball 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact FixOurFood sponsored the Best Sustainable Product category of the Deliciously Yorkshire Taste Awards and the prize was presented to Yorkshire Rapeseed at a gala dinner in November 2024. Being a sponsor gave profile for FixOurFood, allowed us to engage with sustainable food businesses and to better understand their business models. The top four businesses will go on to be filmed as case studies for FixOurFood to share and use in undergraduate teaching. Rebecca Newman and Peter Ball (along with Ariadne Kapetanaki from the School for Business and Society at the University of York) judged the written entries for the Best Sustainable Product category and Bob Doherty was one of the taste judges.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
URL https://deliciouslyorkshire.co.uk/2024-taste-awards-winners/
 
Description Delivering a sustainable food system with zero food waste - Peter Ball 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Webinar on Delivering a sustainable food system with zero food waste (IntelliDigest hosted). Opportunities for the local circular economy through urban vertical farming. 20 academic and practitioner attendees. Purpose was to inform attendees of the wider system considerations of food production, not just improving the technical operation at each stage. International.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Delivering a sustainable food system with zero food waste webinar - Peter Ball 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact The project is modelling circular urban vertical farms for growing nutrient dense fruits and vegetables locally. GiY is collaborating on the project by providing real data to be incorporated on the model.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Developing a local food action plan for Sheffield: Food Provision Working Group Meeting - Christopher Yap 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Third sector organisations
Results and Impact FixOurFood is collaborating with ShefFood, the local food partnership for Sheffield, to develop a local food action plan for the city, which builds upon the forthcoming food strategy produced by the City Council. The process involves 12 open workshops with a diverse range of organisations across the city including policy-makers, private businesses, residents, NGOs, CBOs, growers and farmers, food banks, universities, and public sector organisations.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://sheffood.org.uk/blog/food-provision-working-group-meeting-january-2023/
 
Description Developing a local food action plan for Sheffield: Food Provision Working Group Meeting x 2 (Chris Yap) 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Third sector organisations
Results and Impact FixOurFood is collaborating with ShefFood, the local food partnership for Sheffield, to develop a local food action plan for the city, which builds upon the forthcoming food strategy produced by the City Council. The process involves 12 open workshops with a diverse range of organisations across the city including policy-makers, private businesses, residents, NGOs, CBOs, growers and farmers, food banks, universities, and public sector organisations.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Developing a local food action plan for Sheffield: Food, Health and Obesity Board x 2 (Chris Yap) 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact FixOurFood is collaborating with ShefFood, the local food partnership for Sheffield, to develop a local food action plan for the city, which builds upon the forthcoming food strategy produced by the City Council. The process involves 12 open workshops with a diverse range of organisations across the city including policy-makers, private businesses, residents, NGOs, CBOs, growers and farmers, food banks, universities, and public sector organisations.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Developing a local food action plan for Sheffield: Good Food Economy and Procurement - Christopher Yap 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact FixOurFood is collaborating with ShefFood, the local food partnership for Sheffield, to develop a local food action plan for the city, which builds upon the forthcoming food strategy produced by the City Council. The process involves 12 open workshops with a diverse range of organisations across the city including policy-makers, private businesses, residents, NGOs, CBOs, growers and farmers, food banks, universities, and public sector organisations.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://sheffood.org.uk/blog/good-food-economy-meeting-jan-31st-2023/
 
Description Developing a local food action plan for Sheffield: Good Food Economy and Procurement Working Group (Chris Yap) 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact FixOurFood is collaborating with ShefFood, the local food partnership for Sheffield, to develop a local food action plan for the city, which builds upon the forthcoming food strategy produced by the City Council. The process involves 12 open workshops with a diverse range of organisations across the city including policy-makers, private businesses, residents, NGOs, CBOs, growers and farmers, food banks, universities, and public sector organisations.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Developing a local food action plan for Sheffield: Good Food Movement Working Group Meeting - Christopher Yap 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact FixOurFood is collaborating with ShefFood, the local food partnership for Sheffield, to develop a local food action plan for the city, which builds upon the forthcoming food strategy produced by the City Council. The process involves 12 open workshops with a diverse range of organisations across the city including policy-makers, private businesses, residents, NGOs, CBOs, growers and farmers, food banks, universities, and public sector organisations.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://sheffood.org.uk/blog/good-food-movement-meeting-jan-23rd-2023/
 
Description Developing a local food action plan for Sheffield: Growing and Compost Working Group Meeting - Christopher Yap 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact FixOurFood is collaborating with ShefFood, the local food partnership for Sheffield, to develop a local food action plan for the city, which builds upon the forthcoming food strategy produced by the City Council. The process involves 12 open workshops with a diverse range of organisations across the city including policy-makers, private businesses, residents, NGOs, CBOs, growers and farmers, food banks, universities, and public sector organisations.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://sheffood.org.uk/blog/growing-compost-working-group-meeting-jan-19th-2023/
 
Description Developing a local food action plan for Sheffield: Growing and Composting Working Group x 2 (Chris Yap) 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Third sector organisations
Results and Impact FixOurFood is collaborating with ShefFood, the local food partnership for Sheffield, to develop a local food action plan for the city, which builds upon the forthcoming food strategy produced by the City Council. The process involves 12 open workshops with a diverse range of organisations across the city including policy-makers, private businesses, residents, NGOs, CBOs, growers and farmers, food banks, universities, and public sector organisations.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description DfE Meeting with Minister Damien Hinds (Sundus Mahdi) COIO AFS 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Sundus prepared a brief report to showcase to DfE the progress and interest that FSM auto-enrolment has had so far across England (Mahdi, S., Bremner, M., Padgett, L., Oxley, R., Goudie S & Bryant, M). This included a breakdown of LAs that have expressed interest in FixOurFood research participation, those receiving implementation support, and all LAs that have been involved in FSM auto-e that have been in touch with FixOurFood. Breakdown is provided by region. Work on auto enrolment is funded through COIO AFS.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description Dining Right, Queen's College Oxford - SB 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact The 'Dining Right' programme is part of Sustainable Food at Queen's / SFQ. Dinner and after-dinner panel discussion at Queen's College, University of Oxford. Professor Sarah Bridle was invited to participate as panelist and dinner guest.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Direct Driller magazine article on FixOurFood - Ruth Wade 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Direct Driller is a new farming magazine, designed by farmers for farmers to educate and inform the industry about direct drilling and no-till techniques, soil regeneration and soil conservation in arable and mixed farming situations." Ruth Wade and Joseph Martlew (NIAB) wrote an article together about FixOurFood and the RegenAg trial at the University of Leeds for Direct Driller magazine.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://issuu.com/directdriller/docs/direct_driller_19_oct_22_new
 
Description Discussion of collaborative possibilities with WRAP - Sarah Bridle 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Exploration of potential collaborative work with Catherine David, Director Behaviour Change and Business Programmes for climate action NGO WRAP (The Waste and Resources Action Programme)
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description Diversifying arable rotations workshop - Ruth Wade 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Presented the FOF project and the activities of the RegenAg subsystem at a workshop with farmers, allied businesses and academics.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description ESRC funded event about sustainable school food - "A Meaty debate" 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Schools
Results and Impact FixOurFood (Maddie Sinclair, Grace Gardner) and Food Foundation (Annie Connelly) team members collaborated with the CONNECTS-Food project (also University of York) to create an event to engage local primary schools in sustainable school food. Children and teachers from 3 local primary schools attended, totalling 52 children. This involved a debate led by members of the NFU, academics working in food and pupils from a Leaders for Change school about whether we should have meat-free schools; an activity to learn about eco-schools, a vegetarian lunch and lastly an activity where pupils wrote letters to their headteachers about changes they want to see in their schools relating to food and sustainability. We then created a poster sent to all primary schools in York about what children want to see changed in relation to food and sustainability, based on the last activity of the day.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description ESSCA Business School, France Presentation "Urban local production" - Peter Ball 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Delivered an argument to mainstream MBA education that counters the 'big is beautiful' efficiency mindset. Presented how opportunities of changing demographics, urbanisation, hollowing out of city centres, digitisation, etc. could enable local, efficient production with broad sustainability benefits.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description EU Parliament Workshop - Michelle Cain 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Michelle Cain spoke at a workshop, which was organised for the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development, on "Reassessment of methane emissions: focus on biogenic methane emissions". Her talk was on the benefits to climate of reducing methane emissions. The audience was primarily MEPs who comprised the aforementioned committee, who received briefing materials in advance and asked questions of the whole panel after the speeches. Other MEPs also attended, and the online stream was open to anyone and is now online at https://multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstreaming/committee-on-agriculture-and-rural-development_20231128-0900-COMMITTEE-AGRI . Two blogs were also written: https://research4committees.blog/2023/11/28/digest-workshop-on-reassessment-of-methane-emissions-focus-on-biogenic-methane-emissions/ https://fixourfood.org/fixourfood-presentation-at-the-committee-on-agriculture-and-rural-development-28th-november-2023/
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstreaming/committee-on-agriculture-and-rural-development...
 
Description East Riding Council, Knowledge Exchange - GG 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact Met with 3 members of East Riding Council to share information about developing our FixOurFood in Schools network, and they agreed to help us with this process
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Engagement with Defra re NFS white paper 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Study participants or study members
Results and Impact An event was hosted at Spark York combining a workshop/meeting of our Leaders for Change children, our programme research team, business stakeholders and the National Food Strategy White Paper team. The NFS team (5 of them) engaged with the children and their activities and then met over for a 2 day meeting with the FixOurFood team and stakeholders to discuss our research activities and elements of the NFS strategy relevant to our expertise.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Expert panel for evaluation principles - Sam Buckton, Rebecca Newman and Suzanne Om 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact A select panel of experts reviewed principles of transformative evaluation that arose from Sam's systemic literature review. They assessed them in terms of known areas of transformative evaluation and commented on how to situate them within the field of evaluation.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description Exploiting the full value of your supply chains - Peter Ball 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Brief: To communicate what is a value chain and how the concept can be exploited by organisations to make more value from the resources that they have.
Abstract: Our simple view of a supply chain is where businesses use suppliers, grow or make products and sell these products to customers to generate profit. But what if we think about capabilities instead? What if we can use the capabilities of our fields, machinery, people and know how to do more? Could we see value chains rather than supply chains in which we use the capabilities in wider ways to sustain profits in the future? From AI services to carbon capture to exploiting 'wastes' there are many opportunities to make the most of the value of what we already have.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://www.niab.com/chcx3-crops-products-workshop-10-nov-23
 
Description FOF RegenAg newsletter - Ruth Wade 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact The intended purpose was to update farmers and interested people from the agriculture sector about the recent activities of the FOF RegenAg subsystem.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://sway.office.com/XOJjCnbyfoEsVRZk?ref=Link&loc=play
 
Description FSNet African summer school - RW 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact The summer school brought 60-70 partners (fellows, mentors, University of Pretoria hosts and project team, and FANRPAN team) over from Africa to be hosted at Leeds University for 2 weeks. FSNet-Africa aims to design and implement food systems research in partnership with stakeholders to identify solutions that can bring about sustainable change in African food systems.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://fsnetafrica.com/event/uk-summer-school-at-university-of-leeds/
 
Description Farm Advisory Service CropCast podcast - Ruth Wade and Pippa Chapman 
Form Of Engagement Activity A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Ruth Wade and Pippa Chapman were interviewed for the podcast episode entitled CropCast - Regenerative Agriculture (A View from Yorkshire)
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
URL https://www.fas.scot/publication/cropcast-regenerative-agriculture-a-view-from-yorkshire/
 
Description Farm visits to Grow It York - Alana Kluczkovski and Katherine Denby 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Around 60 DEFRA members, 15 international undergrad students of the SBS and 15 undergrad and postgrad students of the University of Bradford through FixOurFood Commission contact, attended for a farm visit, which brought questions and discussions. All groups reported interest in learning more about urban indoor farming.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
URL https://www.growityork.org/
 
Description Farmers guardian and farmers weekly reported on Groundswell talk - Ruth Wade 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact Ruth Wade's talk at Groundswell was picked up and reported on in Farmers Guardian and Farmers Weekly.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
URL https://www.fwi.co.uk/arable/land-preparation/soils/groundswell-research-projects-add-to-regen-farmi...
 
Description Farming Outlook radio programme - Bob Doherty 
Form Of Engagement Activity A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Bob Doherty was interviewed for the Farming Outlook radio programme in October 2024. The programme is funded by the UK Shared Prosperity Fund and is project managed by York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
URL https://farmingoutlook.co.uk/listen-again/listen-again-professor-bob-doherty-fix-our-food/
 
Description Feed the Planet podcast launched - Sarah Bridle 
Form Of Engagement Activity A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Professor Bridle's podcast Feed the Planet has launched on sarahbridle.net, with Professor Bridle hosting conversations with experts on food and climate change about how we can change our diets to eat more sustainably. Drawing on science and data they discuss the positive changes we can make, the barriers that get in our way and how we can overcome them.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
URL https://sarahbridle.net/podcast/
 
Description Feeding Yorkshire's Youth event - FixOurFood and Food Foundation 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact This joint event between FixOurFood and the Food Foundation was held to raise the profile of school food in the region and the lack of access by students living in poverty to free school meals. Some of the Leaders for Change students from Halifax Academy presented their work on the Free School Meal Allowance project. The event was held at the Mansion House in York and attended by the MP for York Outer Luke Charters, York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority Mayor David Skaith and councillor Webb (York). Undergraduate students from the Future of Food module at the University of York also attended.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description Feeding the future Nursery World article - Dayna Brackley (Schools team) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Article entitled Feeding the future written by Dayna Brackley and based on work of schools team was published in Nursery World, January 2025.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2025
URL https://www.nurseryworld.co.uk/content/features/research-feeding-the-future
 
Description FixOurFood Commission tour of the RegenAg trial - Ruth Wade and Pippa Chapman 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Ruth Wade and Pippa Chapman gave a talk and tour of the Regen Ag field trails to the FixOurFood Commissioners.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
URL https://x.com/FOFCommission/status/1798359790332305604
 
Description FixOurFood RegenAg Aug newsletter - Ruth Wade 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Ruth Wade sent out a newsletter updating stakeholders on the activities of the RegenerAg project.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://sway.office.com/5JpazkKaaILt6u59?ref=Link
 
Description FixOurFood RegenAg presentation - Ruth Wade 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Presented the FOF project and the activities of the RegenAg subsystem at Net Zero Agriculture group at the University of Leeds.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description FixOurFood in Schools postcard (based on student input) sent to all Yorkshire MPs - Annie Connolly 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Created postcard with findings from priority setting exercise done with 300+ children. Introduced FixOurFood in Schools.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description FixOurFood quarterly newsletter 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact FixOurFood issues a quartely newsletter to a diverse audience. The newsletter highlights recent activity on the programme with lots of links to articles and resources as appropriate.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023,2024
URL https://fixourfood.org/outputs/
 
Description FixOurFood winter newsletter 2025 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact The winter newsletter gave an update on activity and flagged new activity across the FixOurFood programme. The circulation is through a managed database of circa 700.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2025
URL https://0u3v2.mjt.lu/nl3/Jx6kZhJbcDQU8ANGmyLRRg?hl=en
 
Description FixOurFood: Sustainable and healthy diets family event - Sundus Mahdi (lead), Georgia Irving, Louise Padgett, Alana Kluczkovski and Sophie Stewart 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact This was a Festival of Sciences event developed by Sundus Mahdi through an ESRC grant (via University of York). The workshop was held in October half term for families with primary school-aged children at a community centre in Leeds. The event was fun, interactive and participatory with multiple activities, all based around the theme of healthy and sustainable food.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description FixOurfood Autumn 2024 Newsletter 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact The Autumn newsletter gave updates on programme activities and upcoming events. There is a ciculation of over 500 for the newsletter.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description Focus group with North Yorkshire Council - Rebecca Newman, Ioan Fazey and Sam Buckton 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact The focus group involved council members, researchers and the rural farming network. Results from scoping interviews were presented and participants organised 'current ways of working' into 'enables transformative change' and 'prevents transformative change'.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description Food Foundation Quick Bites Podcast - Annie Connolly 
Form Of Engagement Activity A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Short podcast on the Free School Meal Allowance project.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://open.spotify.com/episode/5aBx2nyTR79YyAkTmQ75Q1?si=d_SV0jqxQr6ibHkgxorQLw&nd=1
 
Description Food Foundation Quick Bites podcast - Free school meal allowance (Annie Connolly) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Annie made a podcast on the free school meal allowance project as part of the Food Foundation Quick Bites podcast series.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://open.spotify.com/episode/5aBx2nyTR79YyAkTmQ75Q1?si=d_SV0jqxQr6ibHkgxorQLw&nd=1
 
Description Food for Futures Three Horizons workshop (1) - Ioan Fazey, Sam Buckton and Rebecca Newman 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Ioan Fazey and Sam Buckton facilitated a workhop with North Yorkshire Council and stakeholders to support their learning journey for the development of a food strategy using the Three Horizons process. Rebecca Newman supported.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Food for Futures Three Horizons workshop (2) - Ioan Fazey, Sam Buckton and Rebecca Newman 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Ioan Fazey and Sam Buckton facilitated a workhop with North Yorkshire Council and stakeholders to support their learning journey for the development of a food strategy using the Three Horizons process. Rebecca Newman supported.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Food for the Future Governance Workshop - Chris Yap, Rebecca Newman, Sam Buckton, Ioan Fazey 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact The workshop consisted of researchers, council officers and third sector and explored the values and principles needed for governance to support transformative change in the food system. Christopher Yap gave a presentation on networked approaches to food systems governance as part of the workshop that was convened by Ioan Fazey.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description Food, Farming and Countryside Commission:The Food Conversation citizens assembly - Sarah Bridle 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact The Food, Farming and Countryside Commission invited Professor Bridle to be an expert speaker for their workshop: The Food Conversation, to introduce the food system, and orient citizens into the food system and all of its impacts (including climate, nature and health), helping our participants develop their understanding of this complex topic. The Food Conversation will bring in people from all over the UK through robust, deliberative dialogues across all four nations of the UK. In June 2024 The Food Conversation released a recorded version of Professor Bridle's presentation on their website.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
URL https://thefoodconversation.uk/host-a-conversation-films/food-and-climate
 
Description Framework for Action - Food for the Future Partnership Event - Rebecca Newman, Sam Buckton, Ioan Fazey, Bob Doherty 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact On 14 November 2024, Rebecca Newman, Ioan Fazey and Sam Buckton (with support from Angela Crossland, Ruth Everson, Jenny Thompson and Catharine Thornton of North Yorkshire Council) facilitated a full-day in-person workshop at the Priory Street Centre in York for North Yorkshire Council and its wider stakeholders in its major 'Food for the Future North Yorkshire - Partnership in Action' food strategy launch event. Attended by over 50 people, including representatives of North Yorkshire Council (officers and Cllr Paul Haslam), Defra, FixOurFood, the FixOurFood Commission, Soil Association, Yorkshire Food, Farming and Rural Network, Community First Yorkshire, Age UK, FareShare Yorkshire, Rethink Food, and Good Food York (amongst others), this event focused on identifying priority actions for transforming the North Yorkshire food system towards a regenerative future, which the Food for the Future partnership would take forwards. Bob Doherty was one of the speakers and the Chair and Vice Chair of the FixOurFood Commission attended. The session also shared ongoing work supported by Sam via his PhD to co-design a transformation-focused evaluation framework for the food strategy, and aspects of the framework were applied during the event. Rebecca Goodman, Nikhil Ghosh and Declan Jackson also participated.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description Free School Meal auto-enrolment workshop (Maria Bryant and Annie Connolly) COIO AFS 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Workshop to share best practice from Sheffield Council in auto-enrolment process. Work on auto-enrolment is funded through COIO AFS.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Free School Meal auto-enrolment workshop - Annie Connolly and Myles Bremner (COIO AFS) 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Annie Connolly and Myles Bremner ran workshop with possible auto-enrolment action research participants. Presented and discussed the Toolkit. Work on auto-enrolment is funded through COIO AFS.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Free school meals trial feeds 20,000 more children BBC online news article - Maria Bryant and Myles Bremner (COIO AFS) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact This extensive article covered the research into auto-entrolment as part of FixOurFood, the lived experience of school student, comment by Myles Bremner and head teacher Marvin Charles. This article sparked a number of requests for additional interviews and several requests for more information about auto-enrolment. The work on auto-enrolment is funded under COIO AFS.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
URL https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp8egkp8y90o
 
Description Future Farmers of Yorkshire Autumn Debate 2024 - Pippa Chapman and Hannah Fraser (FixOurFood Commission) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Pippa Chapman was invited as a Debate Panellist to represent FixourFood and talk about the role of soil health and regenerative agriculture for improving farm resilinece. Hannah Fraser, FOF Commission, also presented at the event on the nutrient density of crops.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
URL https://yas.co.uk/future-farmers-autumn-debate-2024/
 
Description Futures Innovation Collab (FIC) program - WWF Innovation Team - Albert Muleke 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact The Ideation Sessions involved crafting and providing innovative ideas for transforming food systems for project teams in Brazil, Malaysia, Philippines, Zimbabwe, Cameroon and Indonesia. Albert Muleke, from FixOurFood, who attended as a Creative Catalyst, provided evidence based ideas and findings from regenerative agriculture component of FixOurFood program.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2025
URL https://sites.google.com/impacthub.net/innovation-wwf/get-involved/futures-innovation-collab?authuse...
 
Description Futures Innovation Collab (FIC) program - WWF Innovation Team - Albert Muleke 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact The kick-off event for the Futures Innovation Collab program featured a virtual session focused on exploring innovative approaches to transforming food systems and showcasing projects already advancing groundbreaking concepts. Albert Muleke, an invited panelist from the FixOurFood team, shared insights into the FixOurFood program, ongoing regenerative agriculture modelling research at Cranfield University, and opportunities for future collaboration with teams working on sustainable transformation of food systems.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
URL https://sites.google.com/impacthub.net/innovation-wwf/innovation-wwf?authuser=0
 
Description GAAFS Talk, journal club, Edinburgh - SB 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Undergraduate students
Results and Impact Global Academy of Agriculture and Food Security at the University of Edinburgh (Journal Club with fortnightly events/speakers)

Talk by Professor Sarah Bridle about work with Food Systems Metrics in FixOurFood to GAAFS journal club in Edinburgh. This fortnightly event brings together school students and staff members, and researchers from different countries to share and discuss their recent food and nutrition security-related work.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description GFEI seminar series (Ruth Wade) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Ruth gave online presentation on FOF and RegenAg subsystem for GFEI seminar series
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vv11k3TOtpk&list=PLrL1fbLLq-czuTx0Y0tk7B9GX3gVF4SVT&index=2&t=1770s
 
Description GFEI spotlight twitter and LinkedIn feed - RW 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Shed a spotlight on social media about the project and key staff in the regen ag team
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://twitter.com/GlobalFoodLeeds/status/1544969094566395911
 
Description Game Development Workshops for Public Engagement Tool and materials - Sarah Bridle 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Professor Bridle's initiative to develop a new public engagement tool. In person workshops with a games specialist and academic colleagues from TakeABiteOutOfClimateChange, other UK universities including the Centre for Food Policy and Fix Our Food, as well as an online session.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description Global Food Security 'Research Storytelling Masterclass' 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Grace Gardner from FixOurFood won a place on the UKRI Global Food Security 'Research Storytelling Masterclass', and made it to the final five participants to present a story about school food to a live audience of judges and members of the public. The final event was called 'Food vs Climate: Five Stories for Change'
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL https://fixourfood.org/shining-a-light-on-the-food-system-through-storytelling/
 
Description Global warming metrics in livestock farming systems: Interpretation and policy advice - Michelle Cain 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Webinar run by Re-Livestock and CIHEAM Zaragoza
Michelle Cain was invited to deliver a webinar (45 min) followed by a panel Q&A (1h15) on ' : '. The audience was targeted at the Re-Livestock (EU funded project working with farmers on re-thinking how they manage livestock) community, and the CIHEAM (International Centre for Advanced Agronomic Mediterranean Studies) community. It will appear on YouTube in due course.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2025
URL https://www.linkedin.com/posts/iamz-ciheam_webinar-activity-7276919219579944960-LfmN?utm
 
Description Good Food York meeting at the University of York (Sarah Bridle) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Discussion of mapping tools in production relating to nutrition in the context of food vulnerability in connection with Good Food York.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Government Office for Science Rountable Meeting - Sarah Bridle 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Expert roundtable - by invitation - on the use of technology to maintain food supply in the UK in scenarios where global agricultural production has been severely affected due to severe ecosystem degradation or collapse.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2025
 
Description Government food strategy blog - CY 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Blog post entitled, "Leaked strategy vs published strategy: a side by side analysis", by C Yap published by the Food Research Collaboration and FixOurFood websites.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://foodresearch.org.uk/blogs/leaked-strategy-vs-published-strategy-a-side-by-side-analysis/
 
Description Grains for Change: Building a Sustainable Food Future in Yorkshire - Pint of Science 'Lay it all on the table' event (Ulrike Ehgartner) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Ulrike presented at a Pint of Science event 'You are what you eat and food policies just don't cut the mustard!' The talk was entitled Grains for Change: Building a Sustainable Food Future in Yorkshire and was held in the centre of York at FortyFive Vinyl Café.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
URL https://pintofscience.co.uk/event/lay-it-all-on-the-table
 
Description Great Yorkshire Show (Multiple team members) 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact From 11-14 July, we exhibited in the Meet the Farmer area of the Great Yorkshire Show engaging with the public, farmers, food businesses and local politicians. We took a demonstration version of our vertical farm, complete with two beds of microgreen crops growing aeroponically, as well as virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) experiences of our farm (Grow It York). These were particularly popular at the show with younger visitors.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Great Yorkshire Show - RW 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact FOF stand at Great Yorkshire show to showcase the project and speak with industry experts about RegenAg in Yorkshire.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://greatyorkshireshow.co.uk/
 
Description Great Yorkshire Show Exhibit in Innovation Zone - Ruth Wade and Pippa Chapman 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact The Regenerative Agriculture team (Ruth Wade and Pippa Chapman) exhibited at the Great Yorkshire show in the Innovation Zone - with an exhibit that focused on soil health and environmentally friendly farming. A soil health clinic was included as part of the exhibit.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
URL https://greatyorkshireshow.co.uk/soil-doctor/
 
Description Great Yorkshire Show talk: Introduction to the Yorkshire Grain Alliance - David Kerfoot (FixOurFood Commission) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact FixOurFood arranged a talk with the Yorkshire Food, Farming and Rural Network under the Pie and Policy talk series at the Great Yorkshire Show. Panelists were from the Yorkshire Grain Alliance and the session was chaired by David Kerfoot who is Chair of the FixOurFood Commission. Panelists were Catherine Howell from the Seed Sovereignty Programme, Hester Webb from Carr House Farm and Alexandra Vaughan from Crow's Rest Bakehouse. There were a lot of questions from the audience who were also able to sample some of Alexandra's bread.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description Great Yorkshire Show talk: Regenerative agriculture: the latest research insights - Pippa Chapman and Ruth Wade 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Pippa Chapman and Ruth Wade gave a presentation as part of the Tea and Tech talks series at the Great Yorkshire Show in the Innovation Zone, along with Jonathan Leake from the H3 project. The session was chaired by Dr Dave George of the Farmer Scientist Network.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description Great Yorkshire Show tour and discussion - Bob Doherty 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Bob Doherty was part of a select group who toured the Great Yorkshire Show with David Skaith (Mayor of York and North Yorkshire), politicians (including Robbie Moore MP), VIPs and the Country, Land and Business Association.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description Greener Futures (Bob Doherty and Ulrike Ehgartner) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact This webinar was part of the York Festival of Ideas and was in collaboration with Frank Boons from Maastricht University. The event introduced tools which are being developed to assist small, local businesses that want to help transform our food system into one that is fairer, more resilient and fit for a Net Zero future.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwwuBCzHEt8
 
Description Groundswell - RW 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact FOF represented at Groundswell to advertise the project, outline the activities we are doing and have conversations with people in the sector about challenges and opportunities. Stand and 30min workshop ran in collaboration with Uni of Newcastle. Attendance of over 5500.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://groundswellag.com/exhibitor-info-page/
 
Description Groundswell - Ruth Wade 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Ruth Wade gave presentation and sat on panel for Groundswell.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
URL https://groundswellag.com/speakers/ruth-wade/
 
Description Grow Yorkshire: Introduction to Food and Drink Commercial Agreement - BD 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact In the webinar, which took place on 30th March, FixOurFood Consortium Director Prof Bob Doherty was as a panellist alongside representatives from Crown Commercial Service, DEFRA and the Cabinet Office, as well as the government's Small Business Crown Representative. Government speakers shared an overview of steps that have already been made towards this new model of procurement and outlined timelines for the coming months.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Guardian article on free school meals auto-enrolment - Maria Bryant (COIO AFS) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact An article appeared on the Guardian on the auto-enrolment project - with announcement that 20 local authorities in England signed up for the scheme - reaching 20,000 students. Maria Bryant was quoted in the article. This area of work is funded under a COIO AFS.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
URL https://www.theguardian.com/education/2024/dec/25/free-school-meals-auto-enrolment-scheme-has-fed-20...
 
Description Guest Scientist at Downside School (Sarah Bridle) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Schools
Results and Impact Professor Bridle invited as guest scientist for part of Downside School's Future of Food program, took questions from pupils on the issue of food and other waste in light of climate change.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Guest Speaker at Cheltenham Science Festival (Sarah Bridle) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Professor Bridle invited speaker to be 'in conversation' with George Monbiot, Tasha Mhakayakora and Daze Aghaji at the Science Festival including discussion of Monbiot's latest book Regenesis.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://twitter.com/GeorgeMonbiot/status/1665593687911415808
 
Description Guest Speaker at Radix Big Tent Ideas Festival (Sarah Bridle) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Professor Bridle invited to be a member of panel discussion Food Glorious Food: How do we feed ourselves sustainably, affordably and securely? Chaired by Anna Taylor: Executive Director, The Food Foundation with Professor Bridle and Lord Oates, CEO: United Against Malnutrition and Hunger, and Chloe Smee: Food for Life (Soil Association) and Laiba Mahmood: Young Food Ambassador, Food Foundation.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://www.radixbigtent.org.uk/programme/food-glorious-food/
 
Description Guest Speaker to United Nations Uzbekistan Staff Group (Sarah Bridle) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Professor Bridle asked by United Nations Uzbekistan staff group to address the group at a webinar on food and carbon impact as part of their Carbon Free Me program. Talk followed by Q&A.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKEg5F77n8A
 
Description Guest speaker at the Humanists Society (Sarah Bridle) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact The Humanist Society asked Professor Bridle to address the York Chapter. Professor Bridle spoke under the title Fix Our Food - Food System Transformation followed by Q&A.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://york.humanistbranches.uk/past-events/
 
Description Guest speaker, Centre for Food Policy, City University of London webinar - Sarah Bridle 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Sarah Bridle was guest speaker at a webinar organised by the City University of London's Centre for Food Policy. Webinar was recorded and is available online.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://youtu.be/htpJ1YaKiWA?si=ii8rcfhCZPB-NVIZ
 
Description Guided visit the Leeds Farm plot trial - Ruth Wade 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact To discuss the RegenAg field trials with visiting researchers from FSNet-Africa.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6te0VQ9FXVQ
 
Description Hadfield Institute Theory of Change Workshop (Rebecca Wells and Chris Yap) 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Rebecca Wells and Christopher Yap delivered a Theory of Change workshop for the Hadfield Institute
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description Halifax Academy, Knowledge exchange - GG 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Schools
Results and Impact Met with Glynn and Fi from Halifax to learn about their school and try to get them on board with our FOFIS network. Also opportunity for young food ambassadors
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Harrogate Countryside Days - GG 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Schools
Results and Impact Attended both Harrogate Countryside Days and did 2 activities each day with 11 schools - to learn about children's priorities with school food and changes they would like their headteacher to make (Grace and Maddie)
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description HedgeFest - Pippa Chapman 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Pippa Chapman gave a presentation on Farming with Nature: Planting hedgerows for climate, biodiversity, and hydrology.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
URL https://www.tickettailor.com/events/hedgefest/1381357
 
Description Imagine5 Interview - Sarah Bridle 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Interviewed guest for Imagine5, a sustainability foundation with global reach that publishes stories about people and organisations doing positive, constructive things for the world and environment.
To feature Professor Bridle, their book and work around food and climate change for Imagine5's High 5 series in which they feature people driving meaningful change, working on innovative solutions or educating and inspiring others to take positive action for the climate. In sharing these stories, Imagine5 celebrates the ways people are making a difference, and believe these stories can inspire others to take action too.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://imagine5.com/
 
Description Inclusion of FixOurfood policy and governance research on MSc Food Policy, City University. 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact The approach to policy coherence analysis developed within the FixOurFood programme core a central element of teaching and assessment on the MSc Food Policy programme run by the Centre for Food Policy, City University. The approach forms part of a core module entitled, "Food, public health, and the environment."
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://www.city.ac.uk/prospective-students/courses/postgraduate/food-policy
 
Description Industrial sustainability: Developing new habits (1) - Peter Ball 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Face-to-face / in Natal, Brazil - Local reach within Natal region.

To local industry association, FIERN. Attendees online and in person 100. Covered global practice, global/local production, system transformation, research on system problems and solutions with particular reference to food systems (a shared interest). English, simultaneous translation. Discussion around waste solutions, breaking away from dominant entrenched linear economy, isolated workers/cooperatives, ability to capture all of the wastes in the system reliably/cleanly/fairly
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://www.fiern.org.br/
 
Description Industrial sustainability: Developing new habits (2) - Peter Ball 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Sao Paulo, Brazil
Keynote presentation: ENGEMA Conference Day 1
International Meeting on Business Management and the Environment of FEA/USP - Faculty of Economics, Administration and Accounting of the University of São Paulo with the support of FIA - Fundação Instituto de Administração - is annual event held annually to promote exchange and the discussion of scientific-technological production developed on the theme of Ecological and Socioeconomic Sustainability Management, involving contributions from Brazil and abroad.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://engema.org.br/24/
 
Description Interview (recorded) for Heatons SustainableFood event - Sarah Bridle 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Professor Bridle with Stockport Councillor: interview format Q&A (recorded) as part of Heatons Sustainable involvement in the local council's initiative Climate Action Now (Stockport) for Food event on February 1 and shown at the event on that day (recorded 18 January 2023).
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://www.slheatons.org/
 
Description Interview for BBC FUTURE (website) series - Sarah Bridle 
Form Of Engagement Activity A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Interview as part of the work to produce the BBC Future series on sustainable food and a specific segment on which protein is lowest-carbon.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://www.bbc.com/future/bespoke/follow-the-food/
 
Description Interview for BBC Look North 
Form Of Engagement Activity A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Interview and filming about the vertical farm research being undertaken in FixOurFood programme
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Interview for BBC Radio 4 Series - Sarah Bridle 
Form Of Engagement Activity A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Interview as part of work for the BBC Radio 4 series Net Zero: A very British Problem and particularly in relation to research on the agri-food industry's progress to netzero.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001c45q
 
Description Interview with Greatest Hits - MB 
Form Of Engagement Activity A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Maria Bryant did an interview with Greatest Hits Radio linked to the BMJ Open Paper re Free School Meals
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Interview/conversation with Christina Adane 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Maria Bryant had a conversation with Christina about the food system - talking about processed foods, including the early introduction of these foods in feeding practices, and the success of reducing the intake of sugar through interventions including tax (SDIL as an example). Maria also talked about her work with children about what a school food system looks like, the school journey and workshops with children. As this was disseminated via the BBC and part of a wider BiteBack 2030 talk, the impact is likely national.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000z5vl
 
Description Invited Speaker, Interdisciplinary Built Environment Seminar Series - Katherine Denby 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Invited Speaker, Interdisciplinary Built Environment Seminar Series, University of York, Feb 2023
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Invited talk about regenerative systems (Sam Buckton) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Sam Buckton gave an invited talk to the Complex Systems, Big Data and Informatics Initiative research centre at Lincoln University (New Zealand) about his research on regenerative social-ecological systems.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description Keynote at the International Food Regulatory Conference March 9-10th 2021 in Plenary 4 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Keynote speech on Food Systems resilience
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL https://fsaifra2021.co.uk/home
 
Description Keynote presentation at World Conference on Basic Sciences and Sustainable Development - Ioan Fazey 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact Ioan Fazey gave a keynote presentation to senior international scientists at the 'World Conference on Basic Sciences and Sustainable Development', Belgrade. The presentation raised the challenge for a need for more action oriented research and included fixourfood as an example.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Keynote speech at The Royal Society of Medicine- event Food Crisis Fact or Fiction 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Keynote at the Royal Society of Medicine Annual Food debate
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://www.rsm.ac.uk/events/food-health/2020-21/fhp50/
 
Description Keynote speech at Transformations conference July 2023 - Ioan Fazey 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Ioan Fazey gave a keynote at the Transformations Conference 11-14 July about the need for transformative system change and mechanisms to achieve this.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Knowledge-policy interfaces blog - Chris Yap and Tanya Zervian 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact How can we best use our knowledge to achieve change in food systems? Food Research Collaboration blog.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://foodresearch.org.uk/blogs/how-can-we-best-use-our-knowledge-to-achieve-change-in-food-system...
 
Description LEAP 2023 conference keynote speech - Sarah Bridle 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Sarah Bridle keynote speaker, presented to general, academic and agrifood audience with Q&A panel following talk on 'Is agrifood research in shape for 2023?'.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://www.leap.ox.ac.uk/
 
Description Land-food governance -CY 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact C Yap has participated in a number of meetings with civil society organisations working to understand and enhance the contribution of land governance and planning to fairer and more sustainable food systems. These organisations include Shared Assets, the Ecological Land Cooperative, Sustain, and the Real Farming Trust.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Land-food governance blog - CY 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Blog post entitled, "Why the issue of land must be central to UK food systems transformation" by C Yap, published by the N8 Agri-food Policy Hub and FixOurFood websites.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://fixourfood.org/why-the-issue-of-land-must-be-central-to-uk-food-systems-transformation/
 
Description Launch of 'A better deal for free school meals' report in Parliament - Citizen Scientists and Schools team 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Parliamentary event run and presented by young researchers who conducted/participated in the FSM allowance citizen science research. The event launched the publication of the Food Foundation report, in collaboration with FixOurFood - A better deal for free school meals. Young researchers presented the findings, and also performed poems that they wrote to describe their experiences of being on free school meals and issues they've had with the current allowance. Attendees at the event included 16 MPs, 4 Peers, civil servants from the Department for Education, campaigners, academics and civil society organisations. Georgia Irving helped organise the event with the Food Foundation, Sundus Mahdi and Maria Bryant attended (co-authors of report).
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Launch of ShefFood's Local Food Action Plan for Sheffield (Chris Yap) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Christopher Yap chaired the launch of ShefFood's local food action plan for Sheffield. The event brought together over 150 people from the public, private, and third sector.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Le Devoir, Montreal. Interview - SB 
Form Of Engagement Activity A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Interview of Professor Sarah Bridle by journalists working on a story about the impact of BBQs on the environment. Having read up on 'Take a bite out of climate change' Le Devoir had questions re study itself and findings on potential impacts of changes to our diets.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Learning through Land - a Confluence event (Belinda Morris and David Kerfoot) 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Yorkshire Food Farming and Rural Network event. David Kerfoot presented on the FixOurFood Commission. Belinda Morris chaired a breakout session on the Commission's areas of action.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description Lecture for University of Leeds Masters students - Ruth Wade 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Ruth Wade gave two lectures on regenerative agriculture and FixOurFood to Masters students at the University of Leeds.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Lecture on regenerative agriculture and FixOurFood project (Ruth Wade) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Lecture to Masters students about the FixOurFood project in particular regenerative agriculture and its aim of delivering multiple benefits
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Leeds Agriculture Alumni Reunion - RW 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact Past agriculture students at Uni of Leeds on the FOF project and activities in the research area today. Approx 20 alumni attended, sparked many questions and discussions afterwards on the future of agricultural research. Many attendees were excited to hear about the project and are looking forward to seeing the outputs.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Leeds City Council Food Workshop 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Organised by Leeds City Council to begin the process of developing a food strategy, which will also help the city collect evidence to support the Silver Sustainable Food Cities award application in 2023.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Leicestershire Food Summit (Chris Yap) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Christopher Yap was an invited panellist at the Leicestershire Food Summit, convened by Good Food Leicestershire, where he presented work on the local food action plan in Sheffield.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Living Lab Workshop - Pippa Chapman and Ruth Wade 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact The Living Lab workshop was hosted at the University of Leeds Research Farm with representatives from range of ongoing agricultural 'living labs' to feed into our report on the feasibility of setting up a network of Living Labs across the UK in order to speed up the transition to sustainable agriculture. This work has been commissioned by Defra via the Land Use for Net Zero Hub and representatives from Defra attended the workshop. The workshop was successful in understanding the current landscape for living labs, knowledge exchange around management, governance and scale of a network of living labs, and impact, scaling up and future partnerships
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
URL https://lunzhub.com/
 
Description Local Food Partnerships Horizontal Learning Exchange (Chris Yap) 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Third sector organisations
Results and Impact As part of the Synergy funded project on enhancing knowledge exchange led by University of Sheffield, Christopher Yap participated in a workshop with local food partnerships from Sheffield, Rotherham and Bristol, as well as Sustsinable Food Places secretariat, to share experiences of different governance arrangements of local food partnerships.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Local Food Partnerships Horizontal Learning Exchange - Chris Yap 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Third sector organisations
Results and Impact As part of the Synergy funded project on enhancing knowledge exchange led by University of Sheffield, Christopher Yap participated in a workshop (16.08.23) with local food partnerships from Sheffield, Rotherham and Bristol, as well as Sustainable Food Places secretariat, to share experiences of different governance arrangements of local food partnerships.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Local Food Partnerships Horizontal Learning Exchange - Chris Yap 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Third sector organisations
Results and Impact As part of the Synergy funded project on enhancing knowledge exchange led by University of Sheffield, Christopher Yap participated in a workshop with local food partnerships from Sheffield, Rotherham and Bristol, as well as Sustainable Food Places secretariat, to share experiences of different approaches to EDI issues. (12.10.23)
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Local food production and circularity - Peter Ball and Rebecca Lait 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Webinar on Local food production and circularity, Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society. 25 general public attendees. Purpose to inform and debate on changes needed in our food production.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Love British Food podcast: The two roses - Great Yorkshire Show and Lancashire Show - Bob Doherty 
Form Of Engagement Activity A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Bob Doherty was interviewed by Derek Wright from Love British Food whilst at the Great Yorkshire Show. The interview was released in their podcast entitled 'The two roses - Great Yorkshire Show and Lancashire Show'. Bob talked about the work of FixOurFood and school food.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
URL https://www.lovebritishfood.co.uk/podcasts
 
Description Low carbon agriculture conference - Ruth Wade 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Ruth Wade at others from UoLeeds had a stand at the conference, speaking with those attending the conference about RegenAg field trial at UoLeeds farm
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
URL https://www.lowcarbonagricultureshow.co.uk/
 
Description MSc Food Policy Lecture drawing on FixOurFood - Christopher Yap 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Christopher Yap delivered a lecture to ~35 postgraduate students on the MSc Food Policy programme that drew on WP4 research regarding political economy approaches to food systems governance.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://www.city.ac.uk/prospective-students/courses/postgraduate/food-policy
 
Description MSc Food Policy Lecture drawing on FixOurFood - Christopher Yap 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Christopher Yap delivered a lecture to 35 postgraduate students on the MSc Food Policy programme that drew on WP4 research with local food partnerships in the Yorkshire and Humber region. The session sparked debate about different scales of networks and responses to current food systems challenges.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://www.city.ac.uk/prospective-students/courses/postgraduate/food-policy
 
Description MSc Food Policy Lecture on Sheffield Local Food Action Plan - ChrisYap 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Christopher Yap delivered a lecture on the local food action plan for Sheffield to postgraduate students as part of the MSc Food Policy programme. (07.11.23)
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description MSc Food Policy Lecture on Synergy project - Chris Yap 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Christopher Yap delivered a lecture on knowledge-policy interfaces (Synergy-funded project) to postgraduate students as part of the MSc Food Policy programme. (31.10.23)
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description MSc Food Policy lecturing - Chris Yap 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Christopher Yap delivered a lecture on the local food action plan for Sheffield to postgraduate students as part of the MSc Food Policy programme
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Manchester Literature Festival guest host and presenter - Sarah Bridle 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Presented and hosted 'In conversation' with George Monbiot event, as part of the festival.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://www.manchesterliteraturefestival.co.uk/events/george-monbiot-in-conversation-with-sarah-brid...
 
Description Marches Real Food and Farming conference webinar - Chris Yap 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Christopher Yap was invited to speak at the opening plenary of the Marches Real Food and Farming conference in September 2023. When he was not able to attend, he was invited instead to take part in a webinar to follow on from the conference where he presented work on the local food action plan for Sheffield and regional approaches to land and food governance. (26.10.23)
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/webinar-with-dr-christopher-yap-tickets-728285681077?aff=oddtdtcreato...
 
Description Masters field trip talk - RW 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact To tell University of Leeds for Masters students about the FOF programme and associated field trials.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Meeting with DEFRA (regen ag) - RW 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Presentation to relevant DEFRA departments about the FOF programme so they can understand work already being done in the RegenAg area
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Meeting with David Johnson (DWP) - Bob Doherty (COIO AFS) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Bob Doherty met with David Johnson (Head of Poverty and Disadvantaged Groups Strategy at DWP) to discuss free school meal auto-enrolment (COIO AFS). David Johnson requested a policy brief which Maria Bryant worked on with Bob.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description Meeting with Education Policy Institute (Sundus Mahdi and Maria Bryant) COIO AFS 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Sundus and Maria had a meeting with a research team at the education policy institute to discuss our work on FSM auto-enrolment. Work on auto enrolment is funded through COIO AFS.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description Meeting with Future Farmers to talk about regenerative farming at Angus Gowthorpe's Approach Farm 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Event stimulated discussion around Regenerative Farming and included Future Farmers and members of the FixOurFood team.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Meeting with farmers from Future Farmers group - RW 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Meeting with local farmers who are members of Future Farmers to discuss the FOF programme and how it is supporting farmers. Also to gain deeper understanding of the challenges and opportunities the farmers in the region face with RegenAg.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://twitter.com/FutureFarmerYAS/status/1544062554955202562
 
Description Meetings with mayoral candidates (Bob Doherty, Jan Thornton, David Kerfoot) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Meetings took place with the candidates for the York and North Yorkshire Mayoral election. Bob Doherty explained the work of FixOurFood and Jan Thornton and David Kerfoot talked about the aspirations for the FixOurFood Commission.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description Met Office Food Security SuperRAP in-person workshop - Sarah Bridle and Bob Doherty 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Building resilience of the UK food system to weather and climate shocks: workshop held at University of Reading Henley campus over two days. Professor Bridle invited to attend and participate as well as chair group sessions and provide pre-event input. Bob Doherty also attended and Bob and Sarah presented the work of FixOurFood.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description Monitoring and evaluation working group - Sam Buckton 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Sam Buckton established a multistakeholder working group with North Yorkshire Council and partners to design a monitoring and evaluation approach to support the Food for Futures strategy.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Monthly contribution to the Grow Yorkshire/Yorkshire Food Farming and Rural Network newsletter 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact FixOurFood provides a monthly article for the Grow Yorkshire/Yorkshire Food Farming and Rural Network newsletter.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Multiple FixOurFood blogs 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact We have published 9 blogs since July 2021, these focus on a variety of topics from across our subsystem, (eg Schools, hybrid business models, soil health, transformation). The aim of these is to inform and contribute to the debate on these topics to influence change in the food system.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021,2022
URL https://fixourfood.org/news/blog/
 
Description My Food Scoping Meeting, City University of London - Sarah Bridle 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Sarah Bridle convened significant players in the food, climate and education spaces to address pedagogic and entertaining ways of making food and climate change significant features of school curricula.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description My Yorkshire piece in Yorkshire Post - Bob Doherty 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Piece appeared in Yorkshire Post and highlighted Bob Doherty's work on FixOurFood.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description NFU environment team visit the RegenAg trials - Ruth Wade and Pippa Chapman 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Ruth Wade and Pippa Chapman hosted the NFU environment team at the University of Leeds farm to see the RegenAg trials and hear about their research.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description NIAB landmark article on FixOurFood - Ruth Wade 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Landmark is a corporate publication from NIAB, published three to four times a year, featuring in-depth technical articles on all aspects of NIAB crop research, comment and advice." Ruth Wade and Joseph Martlew (NIAB) wrote an article together about FixOurFood and the RegenAg trial at the University of Leeds for the landmark special edition on RegenAg.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://www.niab.com/sites/default/files/imce_uploads/Landmark/NIAB%20Landmark%20Autumn%2022%20web%2...
 
Description National FSM Auto-Enrolment Session - School Food Review and FixOurFood (Sundus Mahdi) COIO AFS 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Sundus presented updates on FixOurFood research. Session discussed next steps for policy and advocacy of FSM auto-enrolment. Work on auto enrolment is funded through COIO AFS.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description National School food review Auto-E 'Engine Room' meeting (Sundus Mahdi) COIO AFS 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Sundus presented research updates on FSM auto-enrolment. Meeting was attended by policy and advocacy groups and local authorities. Work on auto enrolment is funded through COIO AFS.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description National press articles about Free School Meal Allowance - Maria Bryant and Sundus Mahdi 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Articles appeared in the Guardian, Daily Telegraph, Public Sector Catering and Education Business following a presentation by Maria Bryant and Sundus Mahdi at the European Congress of Obesity of the work undertaken by the Leaders for Change citizen scientists on the Free School Meal Allowance.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
URL https://www.theguardian.com/education/article/2024/may/15/free-school-meal-allowances-healthy-lunche...
 
Description Natural England Three Horizons workshoo - Ioan Fazey and Sam Buckton 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Ioan Fazey and Sam Buckton co-facilitated a Three Horizons workshop with Natural England at Foss House to help the organisation develop a new research agenda to support a transformation towards nature recovery in farming systems. Rebecca Newman supported.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Natural England social science research needs workshop - Chris Yap 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Christopher Yap was invited to participate in a one day workshop to co-develop a social science research agenda for Natural England, facilitated by Ioan Fazey. (24.10.23)
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Neeli Mosque Rochdale Climate & food workshop guest scientist and speaker - Sarah Bridle 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Guest scientist at workshop as part of project coordinated by Imperial - Our World Our Collective Future: We are the first to feel the effects of climate change and the last capable of addressing it. Workshop looked at solutions with Professor Bridle discussing food and climate for 20 minutes, followed by an artistic budgeting exercise where half the participants focused on energy planning (Prof David MacKay style) and half on food-carbon budgeting, creating posters of their discoveries.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Net Zero Project Board - University of York - Sarah Bridle 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Professor Bridle invited to contribute to the University of York's Net Zero Project and bring expertise to the board's discussions.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description North York Moors farmer cluster group - Ruth Wade and Pippa Chapman 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Ruth Wade and Pippa Chapman met with farmers from North York Moors to discuss identifying the most suitable herbal ley mix for their soils and environment. The group has applied for 'Farming in Protective Landscapes Funding' and as part of this work, Pippa and Ruth will be supporting the group with experimental design and soil testing.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description North York Moors farmer group meeting - Ruth Wade and Pippa Chapman 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact A group of farmers in the North York Moors were successful at applying for some 'farming in protected landscapes' money to explore cocksfoot as an alternative to ryegrass in their swards. They asked Ruth and Pippa to advise on experimental design and have paid for bulk density and C/N analysis of soil samples from their different treatment areas. This was a meeting after 1 year of the project to discuss how the project will continue.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description North Yorkshire Councillors visit the trial - Pippa Chapman and Ruth Wade 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact A cross-party group of North Yorkshire councillors visited the University of Leeds research farm near Tadcaster to learn about pioneering regenerative agriculture research. During the visit, councillors discussed the environmental and socio-economic benefits of these practices with university researchers. The visit was reported in 'Richmondshire Today' and 'Northern Farmer' -
https://www.richmondshiretoday.co.uk/councillors-make-fact-finding-visit-to-regenerative-agriculture-research-farm/
https://www.northernfarmer.co.uk/news/24887745.north-yorkshire-councillors-visit-regenerative-agriculture-farm/?ref=rss
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
URL https://www.richmondshiretoday.co.uk/councillors-make-fact-finding-visit-to-regenerative-agriculture...
 
Description Northern Crops Board visit to University of Leeds farm - Ruth Wade and Pippa Chapman 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Ruth Wade and Pippa Chapman presented FixOurFood and the regenerative agriculture trials to the Northern Crops board.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Northern Farming Hub (with NIAB and Catchment Sensitive Farming Initiative Yorkshire)- Cover Crops event - Pippa Chapman and Ruth Wade 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact The Northern Farming Hub is a new collaboration between Catchment Sensitive Farming, The University of Leeds and Niab to bring the very best speakers to north-east England. The project will evolve over time, covering a wide range of topics that will be guided by attendees. The event format is informal, with discussions are encouraged and different opinions welcome. This first event was on the topic of cover crops. Ruth and Pippa led a tour of the plot trials for the attendees to initiate discussion around cover crops.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2025
URL https://www.niab.com/northern-farming-hub-cover-crops-29-jan
 
Description Northern Power Grid workshop (Ruth Wade) 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Northern Power Grid subcontracted Uni of Leeds to deliver scoping workshops to understand barriers to renewable energy use in rural communities. Ruth helped facilitate the workshops.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Not Just Dinners! Food in a School Setting webinar - Tuesday 21st February 2023 - Maria Bryant and Annie Connolly 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Maria Bryant and Annie Connolly spoke about the free schoolmeal auto enrolment project.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description NutriWeb Sustainability Roundtable - Sarah Bridle 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Professor Bridle invited as panelist for special edition Nutriweb roundtable podcast. Topic: nutrition and sustainability are interrelated issues that should now be considered in tandem. Achieving a healthy and sustainable food future is an urgent matter that depends on collaborative efforts, learning and leadership.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
URL https://mynutriweb.com/sustainability-in-nutrition-and-dietetics/
 
Description Office for Health Improvement and Disparities Invited Speaker - MB 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Maria Bryant was an invited speaker to the webinar : Public Health Approaches to the changes in the cost of living-building food resilience in communities
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Ongoing engagement with Yorkshire and Humber Climate Commission 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Christopher Yap was invited to discuss the Sheffield local food action plan and emerging research areas with the secretariat of the Yorkshire and Humber Climate Commission. (05.10.23)
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Open Innovation Team Policy School 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Undergraduate students
Results and Impact Policy School is an example of a collaborative work-based learning challenge led and delivered by the Open Innovation Team (OIT) from within the Civil Service, supported by Careers and Placements and academic colleagues at York University. A topic is chosen for the students and this time they invited FixOurFood to set the scene regarding challenges in the food system for them to focus on, giving context to the challenge of policy making for the students to consider. Prof Bob Doherty delveied the introduction to the topic and other team members judged the final challenges.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Opening keyote talk at Livestock, Environment and People conference 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Describing structural issues in the field and how the UKRI AgriFood Network+: AgriFood4NetZero: Plausible Pathways, Practical and Open Science for Net Zero Agrifood can help, and work of FixOurFood
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://www.leap.ox.ac.uk/event/leap-conference-2022
 
Description Opportunities for the local circular economy through urban vertical farming - Peter Ball 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact University of York, One Planet Week: Opportunities for the local circular economy through urban vertical farming. May have been previously reported. Purpose was to highlight to a public and academic audience the potential to rethink how we produce and challenge the idea that everything has to be big in scale. 20 attendees. Local/regional.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Oral presentation on FixOurFood at ISCRAES conference - Ruth Wade 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact Ruth Wade presented a talk titled "FixOurFood: The impact of regenerative farming on soils in Northern England" at the International Symposium on climate-resilient agri-environmental systems ISCRAES, Dublin.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Oxford Farming conference - Sarah Bridle 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact Presentation on how different foods contribute to climate change, and therefore the role that farming plays in this - metrics work from FixOurFood informed the content. Audience will have been farmers but also wider across the food system.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://www.ofc.org.uk/conference/2022/programme
 
Description Oxford Real Farming Conference - Rebecca Wells 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Rebecca Wells chaired a panel on food systems resilience at the Oxford Real Farming Conference.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2025
 
Description Pan-London Auto enrolment in-person workshop - Sundus Mahdi and Myles Bremner (COIO AFS) 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact This in-person workshop was held at the London Grid for Learning. Sundus and Myles discussed the research being undertaken around FSM auto-enrolment (Sundus on FixOurFood research and Myles on policy and national advocacy). Followed by interactive activities where local authorities got to brainstorm and discuss with one another solutions to some of the key barriers to successful implementation in London (e.g. out of borough issues). Sundus recruited some LAs onto the FixOurFood research. Work on auto enrolment is funded through COIO AFS.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description Panel discussion at York St John's University film screening event for students - Ulrike Ehgartner 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Undergraduate students
Results and Impact "Imagining Food Futures"
A screening of the inspiring film KISS THE GROUND, followed by a panel of speakers on better food systems:
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Panel discussion on regenerative systems - Sam Buckton 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Sam Buckton took part in a panel discussion about regenerative systems at the Transformations conference.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Panel speaker at the AHDB event 'Ecological principles and system-based decision making in agriculture' - Ruth Wade 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Ruth was invited speaker on panel for AHDB 'Ecological principles and system-based decision making in agriculture' event
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description Panellist at Deliciously Yorkshire Breakfast Networking Event - Ulrike Ehgartner 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Invited panellist on a morning that brought members and friends of "Deliciously Yorkshire", i.e. local food SMEs together to talk about sustainable and purpose-driven businesses, Feb 2023
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Participation in Biohub open day - Rebecca Newman 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Rebecca Newman took part in a multistakeholder open day for a regenerative farm in Harrogate, representing FixOurFood and making connections with the Climate Commission, Grow Yorkshire and the sustainability direction of Levy's.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Pathways to Sustainable Land Management Workshop@ The 2023 City Food Policy Symposium (Chris Yap) 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Christopher Yap chaired workshop on sustainable land use transitions with practitioners, policymakers, students launch of ShefFood's local food action plan for Sheffield. The event brought together over 150 people from the public, private, and third sector.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Peter Frankopan podcast (Sarah Bridle) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Podcast interview, shared knowledge on climate change and diet choices, shared info on FixOurFood at the end of the programme.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL https://podcasts.apple.com/cy/podcast/ep22-the-environmental-footprint-of-food-choices/id1573942113?...
 
Description Pilot project provides free school meals to thousands more children article University of York website - Maria Bryant (COIO AFS) 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact An article appeared on the University of York website about the auto-enrolment project and its success to date. This work if funded through COIO AFS.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
URL https://www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2024/research/school-meal-pilot/#:~:text=The%20Universit...
 
Description Pint of Science "Fixing York's Food and Water" - KD 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Alana and Katherine participated in a Pint of Science event at Spark. Gave presentation on food systems and how urban vertical farming could play a role in sustainable food systems. Provided produce for audience to taste and showed the farm (from the outside).
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Plantproof podcast - SB 
Form Of Engagement Activity A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact The Plant Proof Podcast is all about breaking down the science and listening to stories from doctors, nutritionists, dieticians, athletes and inspiring people from across the world.Invited to share insights on environmental and nutritional impacts of different dietary options with the audience.The Plant Proof Podcast aims to help people become more mindful and conscious of how we are living and the impact our food choices have on our health and the planets health. Interview with Professor Sarah Bridle.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Plymouth sustainable earth 2021 conference (Sarah Bridle) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact Guest speaker to deliver presentation on how food choices impact on climate change - shared info on FixOurFood during session.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/research/institutes/sustainable-earth/se21
 
Description Podcast interview for series with Babita Sharma Mum will the planet die before I do (Sarah Bridle) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Interview with journalists Katie Glassborow and Babita Sharma for their podcast series Mum will the planet die before I do?
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://mumwilltheplanetdie.captivate.fm/episode/22
 
Description Poster presentation at conference on poverty - Sundus Mahdi 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Sundus Mahdi presented a poster at the Association of Directors of Public Health Yorkshire and the Humber Sector Led Improvement Conference on Poverty.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Presentation at GFEI advisory board meeting (Ruth Wade) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact GFEI advisory board invited to Uni of Leeds farm and Ruth delivered a talk about the FOF project and the subsystem regenerative farming systems
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Presentation at Groundswell 2023 (Ruth Wade) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact Ruth gave a presentation on the FOF project and RA work package at NIAB tent at Groundswell
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://groundswellag.com/sessions/the-importance-of-independent-research-to-deliver-effective-agron...
 
Description Presentation at Leeds Sustainability Conference (Beckie Lait) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Beckie presented her PhD research to other PhD, post grad and undergrad students as well as academics in the fields of sustainability and related areas at Leeds' annual sustainability conference. She presented for 15 minutes and then answered questions from the audience for about 15 minutes. She was pleased to be asked questions about whether she was going to write papers about her methodology and other aspects of her work, as it showed interest.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
URL https://www.york.ac.uk/about/sustainability/student-sustainability-opportunities-hub/news/2024/stude...
 
Description Presentation at London Sustainability Conference (Beckie Lait) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Beckie presented her PhD research to other PhD, post grad and undergrad students as well as academics in the fields of sustainability and related areas at London's annual sustainability conference. She presented for 15 minutes and then answered questions from the audience for about 15 minutes. She was pleased to receive questions from audience members that said how interested they were in her topic and pleased to have heard her speak.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description Presentation at World Congress of Soil Science - Ruth Wade 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact Ruth Wade presented a Poster at the World Congress of Soil Science on the FixOurFood regenerative agriculture project. Pippa Chapman also attended the event.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://22wcss.org/
 
Description Presentation at Yorkshire First Business Club event - Bob Doherty 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Bob was invited by Baroness Anne McIntosh to present Fix Our Food at Yorkshire First Business Club event on 28th June 2024.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description Presentation at the Royal Geographical Society/Institute of British Geographers Annual conference - Christopher Yap 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact Christopher Yap delivered a presentation entitled, "Emergent territorial formations of food systems governance: the case of Yorkshire" to a session at the RGS/IBG annual conference. The presentation drew on primary research with local food partnerships across the Yorkshire and Humber region.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://www.rgs.org/geography/news/rgs-ibg-annual-international-conference-2022/
 
Description Presentation of FixOurFood to Coop Food Policy Team - BD 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Presentation on activities in FixOurFood to explore routes for collaboration on Yorkshire level
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Presentation of FixOurFood to Defra team 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Overview of the whole FixOurFood project - Bob Doherty, Sarah Bridle and Grace Gardner
Presentation given to a team at DEFRA including their Senior Policy Advisor - Food Exports, Promotion and Partnerships Division. Event was also live-streamed to wider DEFRA colleagues across the country. Event purpose was to find commonalities and potential for future collaboration
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Presentation of FixOurFood work at YESI event 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Maria Bryant (Co-PI) presented an overview of FixOurFood, specifically the schools work, to a group of researchers who attended a workshop about Sustainable Food. The purpose of the talk was to contribute to informing the attendees about sustainable food, to encourage discussions about emerging issues, to identify future research priorities, and to develop networks to support future interdisciplinary collaboration.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Presentation of FixOurFood work at YorkTalks 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact YorkTalks is a series of events organised by the University of York for academics to share presentations about their work to staff, students and members of the public. This took place virtually this year. Maria Bryant's (Co-PI) talk about fixing our food systems led to the head of external relations at the University getting in touch about organising the Festival of Ideas, where we are now planning to have a panel and stall as a result of this.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNkXoO5Iutc&feature=emb_title
 
Description Presentation of HAF key findings to APPG 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Gave an overview of our preliminary HAF key findings and recommendations from our report in collaboration with The Food Foundation. Opportunity to share our findings while learning about other research in this area as well as different approaches to the planning and delivery of HAF. All useful to take learnings forward and embed best practice into future programmes
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Presentation of the HAF Yorkshire findings at UK Conference on Obesity (Lancaster) - Grace Gardner 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Grace Gardner presented the HAF Yorkshire findings at UKCO conference in Lancaster.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Presentation on FixOurFood in academic food research workshop - UE 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Presented on FixOurFood to academics of different disciplines based at University of Manchester, University of Toronto and University of Glasgow,
Shared empirical findings and conceptual approaches
Discussed potential for collaboration
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Presentation on synergies to support transformation (2) - Suzanne Om 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Suzanne Om from work package 5 presented her work on synergies at CSIRO, Canberra
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Presentation on synergies to support transformation (3) - Suzanne Om 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Suzanne Om presented her work on synergies to support transformation at the Sustainability Science Days conference in Helsinki
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Presentation on synergies to support transformation (4) - Suzanne Om 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Stewarding transitions and transformations to sustainability research group- Presentation
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Presentation on synergies to support transformation - Suzanne Om 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Suzanne Om from work package 5 presented her work on synergies for transformation at the Transformations conference in Sydney Austraila.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Presentation on the potentials of regional land governance to the Yorkshire and Humber Climate Commission Panel on Land, Water, Nature and Food - Christopher Yap 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Christopher Yap delivered a presentation on the potentials of regional land governance to the Yorkshire and Humber Climate Commission Panel on Land, Water, Nature and Food. This was part of a session of regional practitioners and policy-makers that are trying to build a case for a regional land strategy. The presentation and following discussion made the case for a regional strategy that promoted regional economic development as well as environmental land outcomes, and which operated beyond rural-urban divides.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://yorksandhumberclimate.org.uk/
 
Description Presentation to Ass. Directors of Public Health for Yorkshire and Humber - Annie Connolly and Maria Bryant 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Annie Connolly and Maria Bryant outlined wider FixOurFood programme and plans for auto-enrolment project. Asked them to start conversations in their local authorities about auto-enrolment and to attend upcoming webinar.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/149UbpbWq6gpbpP1ThhQaTebSJs9VcN-A/edit#slide=id.g1c7633fb76e_...
 
Description Presentation to COBALT - Sam Buckton 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Sam Buckton gave an online presentation to participants of the COBALT Fellowship Programme about his research on transformation-focused evaluation and how this is being applied in the evaluation of North Yorkshire Council's food strategy.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description Presentation to Greater London Authority on auto-enrolment project - Myles Bremner (COIO AFS) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Myles Bremner presented on FSM auto-enrolment and the FixOurFood research. Showcase of impact from London LA partners. Work on auto-enrolment is funded through COIO AFS.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Presentation to Stakeholder Advisory Board - Sundus Mahdi 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Sundus Mahdi presented to the Stakeholder Advisory Board on FixOurFood in Schools.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Presentation to York and North Yorkshire Growth Hub (Bob Doherty) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Bob Doherty was invited to present to the York and North Yorkshire Growth Hub on the work of FixOurFood/regional food system change.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description Presented poster at the University of Oxford's Livestock, Environment and People Conference (Beckie Lait) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Beckie presented a poster at the University of Oxford's Livestock, Environment and People conference. It involved a range of PhD students and academics viewing the poster, as well as Beckie engaging in discussions with them both when standing next to the poster as well as at other points during the conference.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description Prince Henry School Newsletter - MS 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Schools
Results and Impact Maddie Sinclair held a Leaders for change event which she wrote about in the newsletter confirming to readers that learning would be shared with the wider school community
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Procurement meeting with City of York Council and Grow Yorkshire - Bob Doherty 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Bob met with City of York Council, including Councillor Jenny Kent and members of Grow Yorkshire. They discussed the possibility of setting up a trial with a school that focuses on local food procurement.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2025
 
Description Public Sector Catering article on free school meals and auto enrolment (schools team) COIO AFS 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Article in Public Sector Catering resulted from a letter sent to Schools Minister Damian Hinds co-ordinated by School Food Review, Bremner & Co, FixOurFood and The Food Foundation. The work on auto enrolment is funded through COIO AFS.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
URL https://www.publicsectorcatering.co.uk/news/research-finds-250000-eligible-children-missing-out-free...
 
Description Public Sector Catering article: Newcastle City Council to introduce auto-enrolment for free school meals - Maria Bryant (COIO AFS) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact An article appeared in the online update for Public Sector Catering about the applicatoin of auto-enrolment by Newcastle City Council. This is a result of the auto-enrolment project being led by Maria Bryant and funded under a COIO AFS.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
URL https://www.publicsectorcatering.co.uk/news/newcastle-city-council-introduce-auto-enrolment-free-sch...
 
Description Putting recommendations in practice event school event - Maria Bryant, Rob Oxley and Michelle Scaife, Jan Thornton and Fiona Black (FixOurFood Commission) 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Schools
Results and Impact Maria Bryant, Michelle Scaife & Rob Oxley attended Halifax Academy along with Sir Thomas Wharton School from Doncaster each with pupils from their school councils where they were to pick and plan an issue in their school that related to: access to healthy, tasty and sustainable food/drink in their school. They then have till 4 April to produce an application for funding to implement idea in their school.
This was a follow-up activity on the Free School Meal Allowance citizen scientist work - offering the chance for the students to come up with an idea to implement something based on the recommendations from the report.
Members of the FixOurFood Commission attended (Jan Thornton, Fiona Black) and they will be judging the recommendation ideas.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2025
 
Description RSPB Regen Ag trial tour - Ruth Wade and Pippa Chapman 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact RSPB held second day of their group away day at the UoLeeds farm and had presentation and tour of the RegenAg trial.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description Rank Symposium presentation - Ruth Wade 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Ruth Wade was an invited speaker, gave a presentation, sat on panel and facilitated a section of the Cultivating Wisdom: Agroecology Innovation from Experts in the Field meeting. The event was held at Birch Community Centre in Manchester and was organised by the Association of Applied Biologists, Organic Research Centre, Landworkers Alliance adn Archeological Research Collaboration.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description RegenAg trial walk (Ruth Wade and Pippa Chapman) 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Ruth and Pippa hosted local farmers and agri business to walk the RegenAg trials and discuss the future management practices. Ruth outlined the FOF programme.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description RegenAg trial walk for University of Leeds researchers (Ruth Wade) 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Ruth hosted researchers from UoLeeds to visit the RA trials and learn about the research we are doing
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Regenerative Agriculture Trial Walk (Ruth Wade and Pippa Chapman) for local farmers and agribusinesses 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact Ruth and Pippa hosted local farmers and agri business to walk the RegenAg trials and discuss the future management practices. Ruth outlined the FOF programme.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Regenerative Agriculture stand at Great Yorkshire Show (Ruth Wade and Pippa Chapman) 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact Ruth and Pippa had a regenerative agriculture stand at the Great Yorkshire Show to discuss soil health and how to regenerate soil using different Ag practices.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Regenerative Lens Workshop (3) - Ioan Fazey, Sam Buckton, Rebecca Newman, Suzanne Om, Declan Jackson 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact On 5th December, Ioan Fazey and Sam Buckton hosted the third workshop (online) in the FixOurFood team's Regenerative Futures Workshop Series, facilitated by Bill Sharpe and co-facilitated by Sam, to help develop a forthcoming toolkit for regenerative futures practice. A mixture of researchers and practitioners attended, including representatives from North Yorkshire Council, Joseph Rowntree Foundation and Soil Association, a regenerative farmer (Hannah Fraser), and participation of Rebecca Newman, Lee Eyre, Suzanne Om, Declan Jackson and Christopher Lyon from E&G.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description Regenerative Lens workshop (2 of 4) - Bill Sharpe, Ioan Fazey, Sam Buckton 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Bill Sharpe facilitated the second of four workshops hosted by FixOurFood at the University of York to explore concepts, tools and methods relating to regenerative practice and regenerative systems, building on previous research by Sam Buckton and others (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2023.06.006). The workshop brought together a diverse group of researchers and practitioners, with most involved in food systems. Represented organisations included North Yorkshire Council, the Soil Association, Good Food York, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, International Futures Forum, and an organic farmer. Ioan Fazey and Sam Buckton were co-facilitators. Rebecca Newman, Lee Eyre and Suzanne Om were other participants from FixOurFood.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description Regenerative agriculture open event - Exploring on farm challenges and opportunities 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact 140 registered farmers attended an open session to explore on-farm challenges and opportunities in adopting Regenerative Agricultural practices. The aim was for farm businesses, researchers, and regional stakeholders with an interest in Regenerative Agriculture to gather, make new connections and learn about the challenges and opportunities ahead as we strive for sustainable food production while tackling the challenges of climate change. Farmers, researchers and retailers gave presentations which sparked questions and discussions afterwards.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://yas.co.uk/fsn-regenerative-agriculture/
 
Description Regenerative agriculture workshop - Rebecca Newman 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Rebecca Newman organisation involvement of Ulrike and the Health department of North Yorkshire Council to take part in a regenerative agriculture workshop ran by Levy's at the regenerative agriculture biohub.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://www.linkedin.com/posts/angela-crossland-mfph-0b030a92_agriforestry-sustainablefoodsystems-he...
 
Description Regenerative agriculture workshop - Ruth Wade, Pippa Chapman, Bob Doherty 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact This workshop was a collaboration with the H3 projects and ran over two days. The first day was for researchers to share their findings and tour the field trails at the University of Leeds and the second day was open to a wide audience to discuss latest thinking and look at challenges faced by farmers and others working in regenerative agriculture. A report was issued pulling together the discussions/finding from the workshop and making recommendations for futher research.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description Regenerative systems working group - Ioan Fazey 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Third sector organisations
Results and Impact Collaborative research group discussing the concept of regenerative systems, including in FoF food system context, supporting Sam Buckton's research. FoF team members involved include Suzanne Om, Sam Buckton and Ioan Fazey. Several online meetings have taken place, sharing Sam's research and inviting feedback and collaboration from the working group. The working group will co-author a paper led by Sam on the concept of regenerative systems. There has been lots of interest and dedicated engagement from the working group in this research, with plans to continue meeting in the future.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Reimagining York's future 2040 (Maria Bryant) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Maria took part in this event as part of the Big Tent Festival of Ideas.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Research week (Ruth Wade) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact For research week in civil engineering, Ruth gave a talk on FOF and regenerative farming subsystem
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Running a food business (two films) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Two films for young people were made with The Yorkshire Pasta Company and Acorn Dairy to highlight what it is like to set up and run a food business where sustainability is an essential component. Research in FixOurFood has highlighted the need to show young people what it can be like to work in the food industry, which was the motivation behind the films.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
URL https://www.youtube.com/@fixourfood688
 
Description SHIFT Advisory Board inaugural meeting - Sarah Bridle 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Professor Bridle invited to be a member of the Advisory Board for SHIFT (Sustainable and Healthy Interventions for Food Transitions), a 3-year project funded by Wellcome's Advancing climate mitigation policy solutions with health co-benefits in G7 countries funding stream. The SHIFT project will produce a policy toolkit for reducing meat consumption in the UK.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
URL https://wellcome.org/grant-funding/people-and-projects/grants-awarded/shift-sustainable-and-healthy-...
 
Description SPF annual conference 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Study participants or study members
Results and Impact Annual conference bringing together the teams across the Transforming food systems programme. The impact was the programme teams came away understanding more about the other SPF programmes, identifying opportunities, synergies and aims.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Sainsbury's and Cranswick visit at Universtiy of Leeds farm - Ruth Wade 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Agriculture sustainability managers at Sainsbury's and Cranswick visited the University of Leeds farm. Ruth Wade took them on tour of the regenerative agriculture field trials.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description School Food Alliance presentation - Myles Bremner (COIO AFS) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Schools
Results and Impact Myles Bremner presented on behalf of FixOurFood, Bremner & Co and The Food Foundation to the School Food Alliance on auto-enrolment. The work on auto-enrolment is led by Maria Bryant and is funded through COIO AFS.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description School Observation days - GG 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Schools
Results and Impact School observation days by the schools team observing school lunchtime and to collect data for their research
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Shadow Defra round table meeting 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Shadow DEFRA round table discussion event attended by Daniel Zeichner MP and food system experts pulled together from within and outside the Unviersity of York. Three Horizons approach applied to the discussions. Report created containing recommendations.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Shared Experiences of Regenerative Agriculture workshop 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact This event was held over two days and was delivered jointly by the H3 and FixOurFood programmes. Day one was for the researchers from the two teams to share their findings and was held at the University of Leeds farm. The day concluded with a farm tour. Day two was open to farmers, stakeholders, third sector organisations etc and looked at different aspects of regenerative farming with an aim of understanding the current situation and looking for areas where more research is necessary.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description ShefFood Local Food Action Plan Anniversary event - Chris Yap 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact In collaboration with ShefFood, the local food partnership for Sheffield, FixOurFood organised an anniversary event for the launch of the Local food action plan for Sheffield. The event aimed to celebrate a year of action towards the delivery of the plan and also to make visible ongoing work between FixOurFood and ShefFood to make a more inclusive food movement and more inclusive food policy in Sheffield. The event was chaired by Christopher Yap and Selena Treuherz. It included a panel discussion with the Director of Public Health and a FixOurFood collaborator from the Hadfield Institute that supports Sheffield's Yemeni community. Attendees, included multiple staff from Sheffield city Council.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description Sheffield HAF Visit - GG 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Third sector organisations
Results and Impact Volunteering for the day (Grace and Maddie) at Easter Holiday Activities and Food Programme with activity provider (voluntary and community sector)
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Sheffood / BAMER5 Workshop (Rebecca Wells) 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Rebecca Wells facilitated a workshop with Sheffood and representatives from a consortium of community groups in Sheffield known as the BAMER5 group.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description Short name for the engagement activity Developing a local food action plan for Sheffield: Good Food Economy and Procurement Working Group (Chris Yap) 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact FixOurFood is collaborating with ShefFood, the local food partnership for Sheffield, to develop a local food action plan for the city, which builds upon the forthcoming food strategy produced by the City Council. The process involves 12 open workshops with a diverse range of organisations across the city including policy-makers, private businesses, residents, NGOs, CBOs, growers and farmers, food banks, universities, and public sector organisations.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Spoken Word Workshop at Jamie Oliver HQ - Annie Connolly 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact Spoken word workshop which involved FOFIS partner school Halifax Academy
Part of Feed The Future FSM campaign led by Food Foundation.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Sponsorship and attendance at Deliciouslyorkshire Taste Awards 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Sponsorship of awards with Bob Doherty acting as a judge. Profile gained through promotion of awards in press and on social media. Profile at the awards ceremony. Chance to raise profile of FixOurFood to regional food SMEs.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Sponsorship of an monthly contribution to Grow Yorkshire/Yorkshire Food, Farming and Rural Network newsletter - FixOurFood team 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Articles appear monthly from FixOurFood - reporting on progress across different parts of the programme each month.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022,2023
 
Description Stakeholder Advisory Board Meeting - Chris Yap 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Christopher Yap presented work to develop the local food action plan for Sheffield to the FixOurFood Advisory Board. (16.10.23)
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Stand at YPO Food and Catering Show - Nicola Nixon, Belinda Morris, Sophie Stewart, Ben Fletcher 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact FixOurFood and the FixOurFood Commission had a stand at the show which attracted businesses across the public food sector. Engaged in conversations with visitors and other exhibitiors.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description Superpowers of Free School Meals - Annie Connolly 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Campaigning and engagement event in Westminster. Annie leading on youth element of event
FixOurFood in Schools partner school Halifax Academy involved in event
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://vimeo.com/768735010/0f379415ae
 
Description Supply Chain design Lab - Bob Doherty, Ulrike Ehgartner and Rebecca Lait 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact 20 practitioners from organisations involved in the local food supply chains (farmers, manufacturers, procurement officers) to discuss challenges and identify possible ways to collaborate. Short presentations, discussions, networking. This was a half day workshop in the city center of York which took place in November.
The content of this workshop spanned across the SS areas of the programme (farming, economy, schools) and specifically included Phd and early career researchers on the programme.

Organised and hosted by UE and BD,
with BM, BF, BL, NN, RW attending, BL presenting
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Sustain Farming Working Party Meeting (Chris Yap) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Christopher Yap participated in a meeting of the Sustain farming working party meeting that brings together NGOs and practitioners to discuss and develop collective strategies to enhance food and land policy impact.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Sustain Farming Working Party Meeting - Chris Yap 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Christopher Yap has been invited to join the Sustain farming working party that brings together NGOs and practitioners to discuss and develop collective strategies to enhance food and land policy impact. (Meeting 20.09.23.)
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Sustainable Agriculture Masters students tour of trial - Ruth Wade 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Ruth Wade led a trial tour for a group of Sustainable Agriculture Masters students at the University Farm.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description Sustainable Food Masters students tour of trial - Ruth Wade 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Ruth Wade led a trial tour for a group of Sustainable Food Masters students at the University Farm plot trials.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description Sustainable Food Places Counties Group - Chris Yap 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Third sector organisations
Results and Impact Christopher Yap was invited to give a presentation to the Sustainable Food Places sub-network on regional approaches to food governance. (03.10.23)
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Sustainable Food Trust Conference: A Roadmap to Sustainable Farming - SB 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Fir Farm Conference: A roadmap to sustainable farming, attended by Professor Sarah Bridle.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://firfarm.co.uk/fir-farm-conference-a-roadmap-to-sustainable-farming-15-16-june/
 
Description Sustainable use of natural resources - Peter Ball 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Undergraduate students
Results and Impact Presentation to students (mostly UG and some PG) as well as food system researchers at Instituto Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (IFRN), Natal-Central, Brazil (in person at Natal)
Focused on global practice, global/local production, system transformation, research on system problems with particular reference to food systems
English, asynchronous translation.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Synergies working group - Ioan Fazey 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact Collaborative research group discussing synergies, including in FoF food system context. FoF team members involved include Suzanne Om, Sam Buckton, JP Cordero Garayar and Ioan Fazey. Several online meetings have taken place, sharing different research and inviting feedback and collaboration from the working group. A draft paper has been produced on the concept of synergy. There has been lots of interest and dedicated engagement from the working group in this research, with plans to continue meeting in the future. This has met 3 times in this period
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Synergy project - local food partnerships - Chris Yap 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Third sector organisations
Results and Impact Christopher Yap was part of a knowledge exchange workshop jointly organised by H3, Mandala and FixOurFood with food partnerships from Bristol, Birmingham, Sheffield, and Rotherham.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description TUKFS Annual Meeting Synergy Presentation - Chris Yap 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact Christopher Yap delivered a short presentation on the Synergy funded project examining Knowledge Policy interfaces at the TUKFS annual meeting
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description TUKFS Synergy Outreach project workshop 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Workshop led by Sarah Bridle with ECR and related professionals in agrifood and food education to determine training required for public and media engagement among wider ECR community, to be delivered in March 2023.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description TUKFS annual meeting January 2025 - FixOurFood team 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact FixOurFood hosted the Transforming UK Food Systems Annual meeting for 200 delegates on the University of York Campus 6-7 January 2025. The delegates came from research, government, NGOs, third sector/charities, regional organisations, stakeholder groups, farming, etc
During the event there were keynotes from Defra Minister Daniel Zeichner, FSA Chair Susan Jebb, Henry Dimbleby, Nicky Milner and Tim Lang.
From the FixOurFood team, Chris Yap took part in a panel session on place-based policy change and Declan Jackson and Rebecca Lait gave ECR lightning talks. Several colleagues presented posters.
Content for the conference included a workshop, facilitated by Defra, to discuss the Food Security Report 2024.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2025
URL https://fixourfood.org/tukfs-annual-conference-6-7-jan-2025/
 
Description TUKFS programme board presentation - Chris Yap 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact Christopher Yap was invited to present work on knowledge-policy interfaces (Synergy-funded project) to the TUKFS programme board comprising representatives from BBSRC, ESRC, MRC, NERC, Innovate UK, Defra, DHSC, and FSA.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description TUKFS programme board presentation - Chris Yap 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact Christopher Yap was invited to present work on knowledge-policy interfaces (Synergy-funded project) to the TUKFS programme board comprising representatives from BBSRC, ESRC, MRC, NERC, Innovate UK, Defra, DHSC, and FSA. (08.11.23)
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Talk at Campden BRI Millers Day - Ulrike Ehgartner 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact UE spoke at this event to industrial millers, R&D professionals and bakers audience about her work on local food economy initiatives and their potential to transform production and consumption practices, with a particular focus on the wheat supply chain.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
URL https://www.campdenbri.co.uk/millers-day-2024.php
 
Description Talk to Newton Project visitors - RW 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact To tell Newton project visitors about the FOF project and associated field trials. Lots of questions about the project.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://environment.leeds.ac.uk/food-safety-security-sustainability/dir-record/research-projects/170...
 
Description Tang Hall Ready Steady Cook - Alana Kluczkovski and Ulrike Ehgartner 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Based around growing edibles and cooking with local food, Edible York is held Ready Steady Cook. Young people produced delicious dishes that visitors could taste. At the same time there were games, competions and a lucky dip on the edibles theme. Held at Tang Hall Community Centre local residents were encouraged to take part to have fun, meet their neighbours and find out more about what Edible York does in that part of York.

FixOurFood (Ulrike Ehgartner and Alana Kluczovski) had games about food and climate.
Was part of The Great Big Green Week events
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://greatbiggreenweek.com/events/tang-hall-ready-steady-cook/
 
Description Team visit to Johnny and Freddie Watson's St Helens Farm (Organic Pantry Ltd) 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Members of the FixOurFood team were hosted by Johnny and Freddie Watson's of St Helens Farm (Organic Pantry Ltd) to discuss Organic Farming methods and innovative approaches for farm businesses.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Technical expert on food systems at UN Food Summit Dialogue 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Pre dialogue before the summit, conclusions fed into the final summit. Asked to speak on some of the challenges in the UK food system to inform the main session.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description The Ditchley Foundation Ideation Platform talk - SB 
Form Of Engagement Activity A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Platform hosts interesting discussions by various people. Talk summary on this occasion: Food causes a quarter of all climate change, and this is increasing. However, different foods cause very different climate impacts. Professor Sarah Bridle, author of Food and Climate Change -- Without the Hot Air, talks about how different food choices contribute to climate change and what we can do about it.

This platform was set up initially to try and tackle issues around covid, but has evolved into a discussion forum for a range of complex long-term issues in society. Group is a mix of around 60 people from different companies and sectors, with around 20 people joining on any given week. Invited speakers present to the platform, giving them an opportunity to outline the difficult problems their field faces and to engage in a simulating discussion with a diverse mix of clever people. One of the big themes for the platform is climate and the food industry.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description The role of meat and livestock reduction in tackling the food system's impact on climate change - Pint of Science Presentation (Beckie Lait) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Beckie presented at the 'Lay it all on the table' Pint of Science event in FortyFive Vinyl Café for 20 minutes and answered questions for about 10 minutes. Audience included students, the general public, farmers, fellow PhD students etc. She received good questions that challenged the points she had raised in a healthy way and this led to multiple interesting conversations afterwards.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
URL https://pintofscience.co.uk/event/lay-it-all-on-the-table
 
Description Third Regenerative Futures Workshop - Sam Buckton and Ioan Fazey 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact On 5th December 2024, Ioan Fazey and Sam Buckton hosted the third workshop (online) in the FixOurFood team's Regenerative Futures Workshop Series, facilitated by Bill Sharpe and co-facilitated by Sam, to help develop a forthcoming toolkit for regenerative futures practice. A mixture of researchers and practitioners attended, including representatives from North Yorkshire Council, Joseph Rowntree Foundation and Soil Association, a regenerative farmer (Hannah Fraser), and participation of Rebecca Newman, Lee Eyre, Suzanne Om, Declan Jackson and Christopher Lyon from Environment and Geography at the University of York.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description Three Horizons Forum (Ioan Fazey and Sam Buckton) 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Ioan Fazey and Sam Buckton facilitated a Three Horizons conversation in an online executive forum ('Mastering Disruption in the Exponential Age', hosted by Jonah Larkin) with CEOs of tech, financial and other companies, to explore the challenge of adapting to advances in AI and what future AI-aligned companies would look like. E&G Honorary Fellow Kris Kluver also participated.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description Three Horizons integrative workshop - Ioan Fazey 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Workshop held over two days to pull together the Three Horizons work that had taken place over previous two years. Stakeholders and FixOurFood colleagues participated from across all work packages. Outputs fed into preparation of Yorkshire Food System Summit. Relationships with stakeholder were strengthened.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Three Horizons workshop - Ioan Fazey and Sam Buckton 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact On 6th February 2025, Ioan Fazey and Sam Buckton facilitated an in-person Three Horizons workshop for North Yorkshire Council's Transformation Team and senior strategy officers to explore how NYC's approach and culture of innovation could be transformed to deliver organisation-wide transformation in a context of Local Government Reorganisation, and respond to the major crises and rapid change facing North Yorkshire. Prof Katy Roelich (Faculty of Environment, University of Leeds) also participated, as well as Lee Eyre (Environment and Geography Department, University of York).
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2025
 
Description Tour of RA field trials to attendees of Food, Farming and Countryside: Entrepreneurial Opportunities and Challenges (Ruth Wade) 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact Ruth told attendees about FOF and research done on RA at the Uo Leeds farm.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/food-farming-and-countryside-entrepreneurial-opportunities-and-challe...
 
Description Towards inclusive food policy meeting - 'BAMER 5' - Chris Yap 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact FixOurFood hosted a workshop-meeting, with ShefFood, the local food partnership for Sheffield and the self-titled, 'BAMER 5', an informal consortium of health and wellbeing-focused third sector and professional practice organisations in Sheffield and the surrounding region that specifically support minority ethnic groups. The aim of the meeting was to reflect on issues of inclusion within local food policymaking in Sheffield and identify opportunities for future collaboration, including the development of an amendment to the local food action plan for Sheffield.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description Towards inclusive food policy meeting - Dryden Food Pantry - Chris Yap 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Third sector organisations
Results and Impact FixOurFood hosted a workshop-meeting, with ShefFood, the local food partnership for Sheffield and Dryden Food Pantry, a food pantry and support centre in one of the most deprived areas of the city. The aim of the meeting was to reflect on issues of inclusion within local food policymaking in Sheffield and identify opportunities for future collaboration, including the development of an amendment to the local food action plan for Sheffield.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description Towards inclusive food policy meeting - S6 Food Bank/SOAR - Chris Yap 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Third sector organisations
Results and Impact FixOurFood hosted a workshop-meeting, with ShefFood, the local food partnership for Sheffield and S6 Food Bank with other food provision organisations in Sheffield. The aim of the meeting was to reflect on issues of inclusion within local food policymaking in Sheffield and identify opportunities for future collaboration, including the development of an amendment to the local food action plan for Sheffield.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description Traction for pre-prints of papers (Sam Buckton, Ioan Fazey and wider team) 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Pre-prints of two academic papers received high levels of tractions:
A pre-print of a paper authored by Sam Buckton, Ioan Fazey, Suzanne Om, Rebecca Newman and many others in the FixOurFood research programme has consistently been in the top ten most downloaded papers (measured over the last 60 days) on SSRN for a number of its 'eJournals' or research themes, since the paper was uploaded on 12 April. The paper, titled 'Transformative action towards regenerative food systems: A large-scale case study', based on a Three Horizons process with stakeholders in the Yorkshire food system, is currently under review at PLOS Sustainability and Transformation.
The pre-print of the paper 'Transformative action towards regenerative food systems: A large-scale case study' authored by Sam Buckton, Ioan Fazey, Suzanne Om, Sarah Bridle, Rebecca Newman and many others in the FixOurFood research programme continues to be one of the most downloaded papers on SSRN (as measured over the last 60 days).
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description Transformational evaluation presentation - Sam Buckton 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Sam Buckton gave an online presentation to North Yorkshire Council's Public Health team about transformation-focused evaluation and how it has been applied in the evaluation of NYC's food strategy.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description Transformations and Kangaroos: more questions than answers - Suzanne Om 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Suzanne Om is in the third year of her PhD, and recently had the opportunity to spend some time in Australia as part of her studies. In the blog she reflected on her experiences in Australia and engagment with the transformation community.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://fixourfood.org/transformations-and-kangaroos-more-questions-than-answers/
 
Description UKRI Building a Green Future congress - Westminster - Sarah Bridle 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Professor Bridle invited by the Executive Chair at the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) as part of UKRI, to participate at this UKRI showcase and engagement event on Building a Green Future event.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description Understanding nutrient intake in schools: The gap between served and consumed meals - Schools team 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact The schools team presented at the Nutrition Society Winter Conference 2025 on understanding nutrient intake in schools: The gap between served and consumed meals.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2025
 
Description University of Leeds Masters students visit the field trial - Ruth Wade 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Students from Sustainable Food Systems and Food Security MSc and Sustainable Agriculture and Food Production MSc visited the regenerative agriculture trials at University of Leeds farm.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description University of York Global Summer School - Katherine Denby and Alana Kluczkovski 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Schools
Results and Impact University of York Pre-University Global Summer School "Feeding the Future" module. An introduction to vertical farming and nutritional analysis of leafy vegetables. Alana Kluczkovski and Katherine Denby.

For students aged 16-18 in secondary or further education, who are ready to get a taste of what it means to study at a top university in the UK.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://www.york.ac.uk/global-summer/
 
Description University of York's Geographical Society invited speaker - Sarah Bridle 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Undergraduate students
Results and Impact Student-led Geography Society in the Department of Environment and Geography at the University of York invited Prof Bridle to address their membership.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description Using science and tech to turn York and North Yorkshire carbon negative (Katherine Denby) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Katherine Denby took part in a talk/debate at the Big Tent Festival of Ideas
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Vertical farming within the local circular economy - Peter Ball 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Webinar on Vertical Farming, for World Food Day (SFN+, STFC Food Network+), Vertical farming within the local circular economy. 30 academic and practitioner attendees. Purpose was to highlight the potential for reducing food waste through circularity at a mico/local scale.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Visit to vertical farm - Nesta and Community Shop - Alana Kluczkovski 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact On August 8th, 2024, representatives from Nesta and Community Shop visited the Grow it York community farm to explore the innovative practices we have implemented and discuss potential future collaborations. As organizations focused on innovation for social good, especially in systems like food production, Nesta and Community Shop are keen to understand how our vertical farming techniques could inspire and support their work. They also expressed interest in our Aqua Pods project, which aligns with their commitment to sustainable food solutions. This field visit is part of their ongoing research to inform future funding activities in the food space, and we see this collaboration with such respected organizations as a valuable opportunity to influence positive change. We remain open to exploring creative outcomes that could arise from this partnership, potentially driving transformative impact in our communities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description Webinar to launch Food procurement and provision in early years setting: A Yorkshire Case Study report - Maria Bryant and Dayna Brackley 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Maria Bryant and Dayna Brackley presented the findings from the research presented in the Food procurement in early years setting report. The webinar was well attended to a diverse audience and there were lots of questions. We received positive feedback after the webinar from several attendees who were impressed with the quality of the content and delivery.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
URL https://fixourfood.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Food-Procurement-and-Provision-in-Early-Years-Sett...
 
Description Westminster forum keynote 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Westminster Food and Nutrition Policy Forum - Keynote speech 'Food Supply in Building Back Better'. The aim of this was to widen participation and knowledge on the topic and FixOurFood and to generate discussion.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description White Rose Circular Economy To Soil Health Workshop tour of RegenAg plots - Ruth Wade 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Ruth showed attendees of the White Rose Circular Economy To Soil Health Workshop around the RegenAg plots and talked about the FixOurFood programme
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description Women's Health magazine interview - Sarah Bridle 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Professor Bridle was interviewed for an article about veganism in the September issue, and specifically requested to address ways to be more planet friendly in diets.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
URL https://www.womenshealthmag.com/uk/food/a62593636/has-wellness-cancelled-veganism/
 
Description Women's institute - SB 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Talk by Professor Sarah Bridle on Food and Climate Change to members of the Women's Institute.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Workshop about decision making processes to support transformation (Rebecca Newman) 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Rebecca Newman faciliated a workshop in the York Law School with members of North Yorkshire Council and its wider stakeholders, to explore dimensions of transformational governance around the Council's new food strategy. Ioan Fazey, Sam Buckton and Suzanne Om were co-facilitators. Matthew Darby produced a workshop report. Rebecca Goodman and Lee Eyre also participated.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description Workshop exploring how governance can support food system actors to connect and cohere action towards transformation (Rebecca Newman, Ioan Fazey, Sam Buckton, Suzanne Om) 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact FixOurFood hosted a workshop with members of North Yorkshire Council and its wider stakeholders to explore the value of actors in the food system working together towards system transformation, and how such partnerships could be enabled by governance. The workshop was facilitated by Rebecca Newman, with Ioan Fazey, Sam Buckton and Suzanne Om as co-facilitators. Lee Eyre and Rebecca Goodman also participated.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description World Food Day Media (Tillage Live) - Ruth Wade and Pippa Chapman 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Ruth Wade and Pippa Chapman had stand at Tillage live (www.tillage-live.com) which was at the UoLeeds farm. They used it to link to comms on World Food Day.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
URL http://www.tillage-live.com
 
Description World Soils Day - Ruth Wade, Pippa Chapman and Steve Banwart 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact Ruth Wade, Pippa Chapman and Steve Banwart recorded videos for World Soils day media focus. Ruth was also interviewed for a website piece.

Videos can be found here https://www.youtube.com/@GFEILeeds
Twitter feed can be found here https://twitter.com/GlobalFoodLeeds/status/1731976761171140704
Interview here https://biologicalsciences.leeds.ac.uk/biological-sciences/news/article/431/what-can-soil-teach-us-about-sustainability
LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/posts/gfei_worldsoilday-activity-7137751403728363520-Qi5e?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://www.youtube.com/@GFEILeeds
 
Description Writers rebel interview - SB 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact The group publishes a weekly selection prose, non-fiction, poetry, videos and podcasts by authors/artists/experts who have produced works relating to the climate and ecological emergency. This was an interview Q&A with Professor Sarah Bridle for transcripted publication.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description York Festival of Ideas - FixOurFood team 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact The Schools team led the delivery of an event within the York Festival of Ideas event 2022. 'Sustainable, healthy and tasty food for all'. This was a public engagement event with a live streamed panel debate chaired by Prof Bob Doherty, featuring Prof Sarah Bridle from the team, 2 young people from Bite Back and the founder of ReThink Food. The afternoon was then spent delivering interactive activities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3Qdf2FwZ_A&t=279s
 
Description York Food and Drink Festival - Katherine Denby and Alana Kluczovski 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact We had a stand about Grow It York at the Food and Drink Festival - in Coppergate. Talked to the public about vertical farming and had free tasting of produce. Many people engaged.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description York Sustainability Week event (Ulrike Ehgartner and Sarah Bridle) 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact York Sustainability Week event on theme of responsible food production and consumption (Ulrike Ehgartner and Sarah Bridle)
Ulrike Ehgartner was a panel member at York for Life online panel discussion focusing on the theme of responsible food production and consumption.
Sarah Bridle was the chair of the event.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
URL https://www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/events/public-lectures/sem2-23-24/food-production/
 
Description York Talks - Alana Kluczkovski 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Alana Kluczkovski presented a talk on vertical farming as part of York Talks 2024 - an event for the general public.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
URL https://youtu.be/2qrB8R9nLv8
 
Description York Talks 2023 presentation - Sarah Bridle 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Sarah Bridle presented to general audience with Q&A panel following talk on 'Food for thought: how what we eat is critical to meeting our net zero goals'.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_egUuMfb5EU&list=PLqL9vrHSa70OE9W4PheeZg0uHptnn5TQQ&index=5
 
Description York Unlocked - Alana Kluczkovski and Katherine Denby 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Grow It York participated in the annual event "York Unlocked" where buildings that are usually not open to the public are opened up. We ran four tours of the farm for the general public which were all fully booked up.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description YorkTalks: Clean, green manufacturing's coming to town - Peter Ball 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact University of York, YorkTalks: Clean, green manufacturing's coming to town. May have been previously reported. Purpose was to highlight to a public and academic audience the potential to rethink how we produce and challenge the idea that production is polluting, big and nasty and that there is potential for small scale production using local people to supply local needs.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Yorkshire Ag Society and Education Introduction, Knowledge Exchange - GG 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact Met with the Yorkshire Agricultural Society to learn about future collaborations we could do to link schools with farms etc
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Yorkshire First Business Network event - Bob Doherty and David Kerfoot 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Bob Doherty and David Kerfoot (Chair of the FixOurFood Commission) presented to a Yorkshire First meeting that included farmers and food businesses. Yorkshire First is a network that is aligned to Westminster policy developments. Bob spoke about the place-based nature of the FixOurFood research and on the FixOurFood Commission.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2025
 
Description Yorkshire Food System Summit (whole FixOurFood team) 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact The Yorkshire Food System Summit brought together actors in the sector to network, share experiences and focus on the actions which need to take place in order to transform the Yorkshire food system.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Yorkshire Post article 'Nurseries need help to maintain nutrition as a key cornerstone of a child's development' - Maria Bryant, Dayna Brackley 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact The article picked up on the issues that were highlighted in the report: Food procurement and provision in early years settings: A Yorkshire case study.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
URL https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/opinion/columnists/nurseries-need-help-to-maintain-nutrition-as...
 
Description Yorkshire Post article - 'Mission to create a bread basket' - Bob Doherty 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Piece in Yorkshire Post covered key areas of FixOurFood reserach and highlighted Yorkshire as the engine room for a rnge of ground-breaking innovations transforming food production from farm to fork.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description Yorkshire Post article - Bob Doherty 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Bob Doherty interviewed for the My Yorkshire section of the weekend Yorkshire Post. Profile raising for FixOurFood.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Yorkshire Post article How Yorkshire Fix Our Food scheme is working to improve human health and health of planet - Bob Doherty 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Bob Doherty was interviewed by Yorkshire Post as FixOurFood was about to enter its fourth year. The article covered the main research areas and outputs of the programme. The article appeared in the physical newspaper and is still available to read online.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/environment/how-yorkshire-fix-our-food-scheme-is-working-to-imp...
 
Description Yorkshire Stories of Sustainability (three films) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Films were created based on the three highest scoring companies from the Deliciously Yorkshire Taste Awards Best Sustainable Product award (judged and sponsored by FixOurFood). These short films include the business owners talking about how they have incorporated sustainability into their businesses. The films were well recieved are available on the FixOurFood YouTube channel, have been promoted on social media and also use in undergraduate teaching in the University of York School for Business and Society. The companies involved were Yorkshire Pasta, Sloemotion Gin and Acorn Dairy.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
URL https://www.youtube.com/@fixourfood688
 
Description Yorkshire: Getting a sense of place blog - Sam Buckton and Juan Pablo Cordero 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact A blog by Sam Buckton and Juan Pablo Cordero about some recently created land use maps of Yorkshire, using FixOurFood's AgriFoodPy package, was published on the FixOurFood website.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
URL https://fixourfood.org/yorkshire-getting-a-sense-of-place/
 
Description Young persons 3 Horizons workshop - GG 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Schools
Results and Impact In-person workshop with young people and the schools team for the 3 horizons learning journey
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description ZOE Science and Nutrition podcast - how your food choices affect the planet 
Form Of Engagement Activity A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Podcast with ZOE co-founder Jonathan Wolf; guest Professor Sarah Bridle.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://joinzoe.com/learn/podcast-food-choices-and-the-environment
 
Description ZOE Science bulletin (internal ZOE team) - SB 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact The ZOE Science Bulletin provides short and snappy dives into nutrition-science related topics that are of interest to the whole ZOE team and comprises a talk followed by Q&A. On this occasion Professor Sarah Bridle talked through how food production and the choices we make as individuals are impacting Climate Change.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description iNews article How RFK Jr's views on UPFs could change British diets - Bob Doherty 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Bob Doherty was interviewed for and quoted on an article for iNews 'How RFK Jr's views on UPFs could change British diets'.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
URL https://inews.co.uk/news/rfk-jr-upf-views-change-british-diets-3383908