In food we trust
If we are to eat more healthily and sustainably, we have to be able to trust the food system. Reading consumer behaviour experts have worked with an EU body and...Read More >
Sustainable Agriculture & Food Systems
Research Output Prize 2023 – James Ryalls
Anthropogenic air pollutants reduce insect-mediated pollination services Declines in the numbers and diversity of insects that pollinate our food crops and wild plants are currently considered to be the result...Read More >
Feeding Innovation
We are a major food and nutrition research university, with the connections, impact and facilities to improve the world’s food system.
Healthier milk with a lower carbon footprint
Changes in the purchasing policies of a major milk processor and a major retailer have led to thousands of dairy farmers across the UK and EU changing the ways they…Read More >
Defining the true value of bees
Bean, strawberry and apple crops all depend on bees and other pollinating insects. Reading research has identified which species do which jobs, their economic worth, and how to protect them…Read More >
Spurring world action to save bees
The pollinating insects that we rely on for food crops have a more secure future thanks to the research and UN policy work of a Reading bee expert. Bees and...Read More >
