DELIVERING BETTER HEALTH THROUGH INTEGRATED RESEARCH
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Working together to find solutions across the food system
News stories about poor diets, the associated health issues and the resulting pressures on our national health care systems are never far from the headlines. Climate change and the impacts this is having and will continue to have on our weather systems, soils, food production and human health is also a major challenge.
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Avoid the sprout fights with your kids at Christmas! Familiarising kids with veg through eBooks
Amazing press coverage for this great initiative getting small children to eat healthy vegetables. Of interest to all as Christmas dinner approach!
Dr Natalie Masento has been busy talking to the media about the great new initiative to encourage young children to eat vegetables.
(more…)SeaCH4NGE – Seaweed supplementation to mitigate methane (CH4) emissions by cattle
Professor Chris Reynolds and Dr Dave Humphries hosted an EIT Food funded SeaCH4NGE project meeting at the Centre for Dairy Research. The aim of the SeaCH4NGE project is to investigate the potential of different forms of seaweed as feed supplements to reduce methane production by cattle with the secondary aim to study the effect on animal welfare and product quality.
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