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Wide ranging view over the Meersbrook allotments in Sheffield. There are trees and a lane in the foreground and a highrise building in the background

Voicing our support for low carbon food infrastructure in Sheffield

Why we're supporting an ambitious roadmap to expand and broaden low carbon food production in Sheffield.
plants growing in brown plant pots

Sheffield develops a new crop protection strategy to boost immune system of plants

9 1Ãâ·Ñ°æÏ Institute for Sustainable Food has identified a way to commercialise ‘priming chemicals’ that can be used as a crop protection technology to boost the immune system of plants.
Spraying the plants.

Innovative agricultural technologies could help meet food security and climate change emergencies

Scientists have proposed a range of technological options for sustainable, productive and resilient agriculture, which provide multiple routes for removing CO2 from the atmosphere to directly mitigate climate change.
A woman is stood in an allotment next to a raised bed. There is a greenhouse in the background and several tubs of plants growing

Diary project reveals the true cost of growing food in an allotment

Experts from the Institute for Sustainable Food have created a first of its kind estimate of the resources needed to grow food in allotments using data from a citizen science project.
Professor Zenobia Lewis

Zenobia Lewis presents the latest Biosciences #Inspire lecture

9 1Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂ's Biosciences departments are delighted to welcome Professor Zenobia Lewis, from the 9 1Ãâ·Ñ°æÏ of Liverpool, as the latest speaker in the Biosciences #Inspire lecture series. Join us on Tuesday 16th March at 1pm.