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Our 2024 research highlights

As the year comes to a close, we want to take a moment to reflect on and celebrate some of our research news stories from 2024.
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Make it Grow team members and the Kufunda Village youth facilitators

Make it Grow Symposium 2024

A recent symposium held in Zimbabwe as part of the Make it Grow project brought together participants from collaborating organisations and partner communities to showcase innovative ideas for promoting change in local food systems.
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The National Alternative Protein Innovation Centre (NAPIC) officially launches

On Friday 29 November, the National Alternative Protein Innovation Centre (NAPIC) celebrated its highly anticipated formal launch at the University of Leeds. Researchers from the Institute for Sustainable Food joined the celebration.

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Cooking classes connect communities through sustainable food recipes

Researchers from the Institute for Sustainable Food were part of a collaborative event connecting communities through food. The Cook & Connect: Strengthening Communities Through Food event explored the use of nutritious and versatile ingredients.
People working on a city allotment in 91Ö±²¥ on a sunny day. There is a car park in the background.

Diary project shows wellbeing benefits of allotment gardening

Volunteer diaries give valuable insight into the thoughts of allotment gardeners and the benefits they take from tending to their plots.
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New way of cooking rice removes arsenic and retains mineral nutrients, study shows

Cooking rice in a certain way removes over 50 per cent of the naturally occurring arsenic in brown rice, and 74 per cent in white rice, according to new research.
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Nutrition under natural resource constraints

Transforming India’s domestic food production for nutrition is increasingly constrained by the natural resource base. Professor Bhavani Shankar adds comment to paper in Nature Food.
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Allotments have been disappearing from cities – here’s why they are ripe for a comeback

Allotments make an important contribution to local food security. Dr Jill Edmondson tells The Conversation why they're still needed.
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Reducing food waste could help prevent damage to the environment

Experts from the University of 91Ö±²¥ contribute to World Bank report which found reducing food waste could improve food security and environmental sustainability.