Our launch event will be a fun and friendly session with plenty of time to ask questions.

You'll learn how the programme helps students* from different disciplines and backgrounds gains skills and connections that can support food system transformation.

Food systems in crisis – the need for transformation

17.15 (GMT+1) Event opens

17.30 Welcome | Dr John Ingram, University of Oxford

17.35 Food systems in a time of crisis – the need for transformation | Dr Barbara Haesler, RVC

17.45 Peas Please: a food systems approach to boosting veg consumption | Rebecca Tobi, Project Manager, Food Foundation

18.00 #TogetherLeeds - building on firm foundations during Covid | Sonja Woodcock, Coordinator, FoodWise Leeds

18.10 Searching for resilience in food & farming | Jimmy Woodrow, Acting Executive Director, Pasture Fed Livestock Association

18.25 BREAK

18.35 Alumni view | Kathy Wabnitz

18.40 Q&A | Prof Rosemary Collier, University of Warwick

18.55 Closing comments

19.00 Event ends

* Only current students from the 5 partner institutions are eligible to apply for the IFSTAL programme: University of Oxford, University of Warwick and LCIRAH – an interdisciplinary collaboration between: the Royal Veterinary College (RVC); the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) and the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS)

IFSTAL 2020/21 Launch