"food" blog posts

Rethinking waste: Our journey towards more sustainable food practices

Rethinking waste: Our journey towards more sustainable food practices

With its ambitious waste reduction targets and progress well underway to meeting these, this Sustainability Week we're looking at how the University is now turning food waste into valuable resources that cut greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

Posted on: 27 February 2024

Tackling food poverty and reducing food waste on campus

Tackling food poverty and reducing food waste on campus

World Hunger Day is observed on 28th May to raise awareness of chronic hunger at the global level and an opportunity for all of us around the world to play our part in ending world hunger, for good.

Posted on: 25 May 2023

Veg out on this! Supporting Vegetarian Week

Veg out on this! Supporting Vegetarian Week

Whether for the environment or other reasons, May is a great time to try vibrant, vegetarian options as part of National Vegetarian Week 2023. The University has a variety of vegetarian and plant-based items to choose from in the cafes and restaurants across campus.

Posted on: 16 May 2023

The importance of urban food production

The importance of urban food production

The Liverpool Food Growers Network (LFGN) brings together University of Liverpool researchers, food growing projects and partners from across the Liverpool City Region (LCR). Clara Steiner, former project manager for the Network, carried out research exploring the scale and scope of food growing in the region. Here’s what she discovered.

Posted on: 21 September 2022