Monthly Archives: January 2020

N8 AgriFood has pledged its support to the World Fair Trade Organisation’s #businessrevolution campaign after York Chair Bob Doherty co-authored a major report to launch the operation.

Professor Doherty, who is N8 AgriFood’s Chair at the University of York, along with the reports co-authors from the World Fair Trade Organisation (WFTO), Traidcraft Exchange, and Cambridge University, challenges leaders gathering at Davos this week to foster business models that put people and planet first.

Regional BBC news station Look North shone the spotlight on the how food choices impact climate change, turning to N8 AgriFood Knowledge Exchange Fellow Dr Christian Reynolds for expert advice.

As part of a week of special edition features looking at how average households can reduce their impact on climate change, the Yorkshire-based news programme started the series with a focus on food on Monday evening.

Dubbing him “the man with the climate change calculator”,

It is with great sadness that N8 AgriFood shares the news of the passing of Professor Martin Mortimer, who died aged 71 on December 22, following a short illness.

Professor Mortimer was one of the driving forces in putting together the N8 AgriFood project at the University of Liverpool, and played a major role in setting up the university’s Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Food Systems, engaging in food system science to improve health and the environment.