Food For Thought

Get inspired by and reflect on the major food topics that our Future Food Utrecht researchers are currently working on.

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  Planetary Health: a recipe for resilience

  This is how a team of food scientists in Utrecht want to turn homogenized landscapes into mosaics that breath and bustle with life, making our food chain resilient, one seed at a time.

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  'Structural barriers to a transition towards more ‘nature-inclusive’ dairy farming in the Netherlands'

  by Hens Runhaar, is Associate Professor of Governance of Nature and Biodiversity at Utrecht University and Visiting Professor at Wageningen University and Research.

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  'Pesticiden bedreigen de biodiversiteit. Wat moeten we doen? inspired by Silent Spring-Rachel Carson'

  by Jerry van Dijk, assistant professor of Restoration Ecology and Biodiversity Conservation at the Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development and Research fellow at the Future Food hub of Utrecht University. (in Dutch)

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  The future of our food

  Why our food system must radically change. Climate change, the corona pandemic and the war in Ukraine show how fragile our food system is. If we don't act, a global food crisis is looming. How do we stop it?
  This lecture series is in collaboration with Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development & Future Food Utrecht (UU). And part of the course Sustainability as a Worldview