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In Fodder this week
Illuminated fishing nets can help to reduce bycatch, according to new research, while lasers can be used in place of poison to keep birds away from crops. We also see that millions of UK households don’t currently spend enough on food to follow the government’s recommendations on healthy eating; announcements of impending marine reserves can cause even heavier fishing; and a report presents successful case studies in restoring landscapes and forests.
Blog post: Hacknights - a new way to explore food, diet and sustainability issues
In case you missed it, here is Christian Reynolds’ blog post from earlier in the week. Christian discusses how researchers and food experts can use “Hacknights” to explore data on dietary choices and climate impact.
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Opportunities
Job: Research associate/project manager - dietary guidelines for human and planetary health, WWF, remote Job: University academic fellow in urban food consumption, distribution and sustainability, University of Leeds, UK Competition: A healthier food additive, Innocentive MBA student opportunity: Campus fellow for plant-based food and cellular agriculture, Good Food Institute Job: Research and development automation bioengineer, New Age Meats, San Francisco, United States Job: Senior manager of global sustainability sourcing, PepsiCo, Chicago, United States
Events
Conference: A sustainable food future 2018 - Whose responsibility? Chatham House, London, UK Conference: Global soil security, Sydney, Australia Hacknight: Greenhouse Gas and Dietary choices Open source Toolkit (GGDOT), Manchester, UK Launch event: Internet of Food Things Network Plus, London, UK Food for thought – IFSTAL showcase, Oxford, UK
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Fishers increase their fishing activity prior to the establishment of a new marine reserve, a new paper claims. The study used satellite data to study one particular marine reserve, the Phoenix Islands Protected Area (PIPA). While fishing effort dropped to almost zero after the marine reserve...
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A new paper reviews the extent to which sustainable intensification has been achieved in England. It concludes that agricultural intensification drove environmental degradation during the 1980s. In the 1990s, however, yields became decoupled from fertiliser and pesticide use, meaning that some...
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News and resources
Writing in the Guardian, Isabella Tree of Knepp Castle Estate argues that vegan diets ignore the potential of wildlife-friendly livestock grazing methods. Tree claims that not using anti-worming agents or antibiotics allows cow dung to feed various soil organisms, contributing to soil...
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Lasers might replace poison or shotguns to stop birds from eating fruit crops, according to some farmers who have used automated laser systems to successfully defend their crops. The systems are also quieter than propane cannons and more reliable than trained falcons. However, it isn’t clear...
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The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) is recruiting a Research Associate/Project Manager to deliver a global report on diets in April 2019, addressing the environmental impacts of closing the gap between current eating patterns and guidelines on healthy diets.
The research associate will lead production of the report, recruit colleagues for country-level case studies, write some sections of the report, and organise the peer review process.
Candidates should have a relevant Masters degree, some working knowledge of sustainable food systems, experience with managing projects to a deadline, excellent English writing skills, numeracy, and the ability to manage data in Excel.
The research associate will be able to work remotely, and will be expected to work for 120 days between 15 October 2018 and 30 April 2019.
For the full job description and to apply, please contact Ana Claudia de Souza at asouza@wwfint.org. The deadline is 26 September 2018.
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The University of Leeds is advertising a vacancy on its University Academic Fellow scheme, which is a structured five year development programme, leading eventually to appointment as an Associate Professor. The successful candidate will contribute to knowledge around drivers and predictors of food security both nationally and internationally, focusing in particular on the urban environment and its impact on dietary behaviour.
For more details, see here. The deadline is 26 September 2018.
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Crowd-sourcing platform Innocentive is running a competition for ideas on healthier alternatives to maltodextrin and corn syrup in food products.
For more details, see here. The deadline for entries is 29 September 2018.
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Students on MBA courses are invited by the Good Food Institute to become “Campus Fellows”. Fellows will aim to increase the number of their classmates that pursue entrepreneurship in plant-based food or cellular agriculture, by networking on campus, organising panel events through industry contacts, meeting with key university contacts, and creating a publicity strategy for Good Food Institute events.
Campus Fellows will be paid $750 per semester for around 50 hours of work (flexible hours). The Good Food Institute is based in Washington, DC in the United States, but does not specify any limitations on location for this opportunity.
For more details, see here. Applications are open on a rolling deadline basis.
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New Age Meats, an early-stage start-up working on laboratory-grown meat, is advertising a vacancy for a research and development automation bioengineer to contribute to the creation and refinement of the automation pipeline.
Candidates should have experience of cellular biology lab automation, assembling bioreactors, data analysis, and software programming.
New Age Meats is taking part in the IndieBio start-up accelerator.
View the job posting here. No deadline is specified.
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Multinational food company PepsiCo is hiring a senior manager for sustainable sourcing. Responsibilities will include:
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Enhancing and implementing sustainable sourcing strategies
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Expanding sustainable sourcing and human rights programmes
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Working with agricultural teams to reduce food losses and waste
Candidates should have 7 to 10 years of experience in sustainability, ethical sourcing, sustainable sourcing, or procurement roles. Farm experience is encouraged. Candidates should also have experience of leading and managing complex projects, effective communications, and working with external stakeholders and NGOs.
For more details, see here. No deadline is specified.
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The annual conference of London-based policy think tank Chatham House will discuss practical solutions for creating a resilient food system and feeding everyone sustainably. Questions to be explored include:
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What are the latest challenges for food security?
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What are the implications of trade policies?
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What are the most viable agricultural strategies for balancing multiple uses of land, water and energy for food production?
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Are there new opportunities for technical cooperation between governments and the private sector as well as emerging and developed markets, in an era of disruptive innovation?
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Is there a responsible approach for influencing consumer food choice and global dietary trends?
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How might governments and businesses reduce food waste along the supply chain to bring both environmental and cost benefits?
For more details, see here. The conference is on 26 and 27 November 2018 in London, UK.
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The Sydney Institute of Agriculture and the Planetary Health Platform will host the 3rd Global Soil Security Conference on 4 to 6 December 2018 in Sydney, Australia. The conference will discuss the five dimensions of soil security, which are “capability, condition, capital, connectivity and codification”, and how soil contributes to food supply, fresh water, climate stability, biodiversity, human wellbeing, and more.
Read more here and register here. Early bird registration is available until 30 September 2018.
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The newly formed Internet of Food Things Network Plus will hold its launch event on 21 September 2018 in London. The new network is led by Professor Simon Pearson of the University of Lincoln and aims to bring together data and computer scientists, chemists, and economists to investigate how artificial intelligence, data analytics and emerging technologies can enhance the digitalisation of the UK food supply chain.
Register for the launch event here. You can also join the network’s mailing list here.
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This showcase event will present the activities of the Innovative Food Systems Teaching and Learning (IFSTAL) programme over the last three years. The event will share IFSTAL’s experiences in teaching food systems thinking. There will be workshops on how to apply IFSTAL’s methods in different contexts, including:
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Applying systems thinking
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Developing the curricula and approach
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Engaging the workplace
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Working across institutions
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Innovating methods of teaching, and
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Encouraging multi-sector experience.
Speakers will include John Ingram of the University of Oxford, Alan Hayes of IGD and Angela Wright of Compassion in World Farming.
For more details, see here. The event is on 27 September 2018 at Oxford Town Hall.
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