Presentations

Keynote Presentations

Plenary talks from TUKFS

Parallel sessions

Symposia

  • Symposium 1.1: Expanding free school meal provision in England: economic evidence, auto-enrolment, and implementation for scalable, equitable policy reform 
  • Paper 1: Using cost-benefit analysis to estimate the economic value of a complex intervention: expanding provision of primary school meals in England. Bisola , Kesaite V, Yau A, Pokhilenko I, Loopstra R, Cummins S, White M, Frew E 
  • Paper 2: Auto-enrolment of Free School Meals. Maria Bryant, Mahdi S, Padgett L, Oxley R, Bremner M, Goudie S, Doherty B  
  • Paper 3: Policy options to increase the provision of Free School Meals (FSMs) in England: a qualitative exploration of policy implementation challenges through stakeholder. Emma Frew, Jones CP, Osifowora B, Kesaite V, Pokhilenko I, Cummins S, Loopstra R, Sawyer A, Yau A, White M
  • Symposium 1.2: Enhancing TUKFS programme level impact via three collaborative ‘Synergy Projects’: a critical discussion of process and outcome 
  • Paper 1: Interdisciplinary working in food systems research: lessons from the TUKFS programme. Peter Jackson, Kelly Parsons, Wells R, Fletcher I, Lemos D 
  • Paper 2: Bridging theory and practice for actionable change in transforming food systems (BRIDGE-ACT). Marta Lonnie, Hunter E, Didcock H, Puranik M, Norton V, Gardiner B, Bosseaux J, Edwards F, Mogeni B, Greatwood H, Johnstone A 
  • Paper 3: TUKFS ‘co-production toolkit’ – maximising its reach beyond academics, to project beneficiaries and policymakers. Clare Pettinger, Hardman C, Wells R, Ehgartner U, Morgans L, Boyle N, Shaw N, Howard L, Mumby H 
  • Symposium 1.3: From research to impact: using real-world supermarket transaction data to provide insights for policy and practice in the FIO and DIO food projects 
  • Paper 1: Learnings from working with industry partners – the Academic-Industry Partnership “AIP” framework. Victoria Jenneson, Stone, RA, Ennis E, Naisbitt R, Lomax N., Morris M 
  • Paper 2: The retailer perspective on implementing and evaluating interventions to support healthy sustainable food purchasing: challenges and opportunities. Charlotte Hardman, Stone RA, Brown A, Douglas F, Greatwood H, Griffiths C, Hunter E, Johnstone A, Lonnie M, Morris M, Skeggs H 
  • Paper 3: FIO Food: using supermarket transaction data to estimate environmental sustainability footprints of food and drink purchases, and their interplay with health, demographics and food and drink cost. Emma Wilkins, Green M, Gilthorpe MS, Johnstone A, Morris M 
  • Paper 4: DIO Food: using supermarket transaction data to evaluate the impact of the High in Fat, Sugar and Salt (HFSS) legislation on purchases of HFSS products and whether the legislation was equitable. Alice Kininmonth, Jenneson VL, Wilkins E, Chukwu I, Eselebor O, Pontin F, Naisbitt R, Johnstone A, Fildes A, Morris M 
  • Paper 5: From research to action: cross-collaboration learnings. Hannah Skeggs 
  • Symposium 1.4: Environmental and socio-economic impacts of transitioning to regenerative agriculture 
  • Paper 1: Measuring effects of stacking regenerative agriculture principles on environmental and socio-economic outcomes: Results from a drought year. Kellie Smith, Wade R, Gilpin M, Armitage H, Collins L, Doherty B, Chapman P 
  • Paper 2: The H3 Project: results of a four-year quasi-experiment measuring outcomes of regenerative agriculture transitions in England. Katherine Berthon, Jaworski CC, Beacham JD, Jackson P, Leake J, McHugh NM, Capstick L, Daniell T, Zhao Y, Watt PJ, Dicks LV 
  • Paper 3: Farmer perspectives on the transition to regenerative agriculture: barriers, opportunities and economic dimensions. Jonathan Beacham, Jackon P, Berthon K, Blenkinsopp A, Dicks L, Rogers K, Chapman P, Wade R  
  • Symposium 1.5: Drivers, impact, variation, and redistribution of food donations, surplus and waste: insights to balance conflicting aims in the UK food system 
  • Paper 1: Household spend on wasted food and environmental impact of food waste across household types: a cross-sectional analysis of data from an English consumer panel. Amy Yau, Hedges S, Ball T, Balmford A, Dicks LV, Adeosun P, Fu L, Kesaite V, Parsons K, Sawyer A, White M, Cummins S, on behalf of the Mandala Consortium  [slides not available for sharing]
  • Paper 2: The reliability of unsold fresh food as a source for redistribution: a case study by simulation comparing retail outlets by size and inventory level using data from British supermarkets. Owen Nicholas on behalf of the Mandala Consortium 
  • Paper 3: Managing fluctuations in UK fresh produce redistribution. Michael Bourlakis, Chadwick M, Hadley P, Sawyerr E, Doherty B, Wagstaff C  
  • Symposium 4.1: Methods to improve the sustainability and nutrition of school dinners for both planetary and population health 
  • Paper 1: Co-designed menu swaps to improve nutrition and environmental sustainability of primary school meals in socioeconomically deprived settings: early findings from the FixOurFood intervention. Zeynep Caferoglu Akin, Nixon N, Oxley R, Mahdi S, Bridle S, Kluczkovski A, Brunstrom J, Davison P, Harris N, Jemison A, Higginson P, Doherty B, Bryant M 
  • Paper 2: Acceptability of new school menus for population and planetary health: a proof-of-concept study. Sundus Mahdi, Caferoglu Akin Z, Nixon N, Padgett L, Doherty B, Bryant M 
  • Paper 3: Children’s acceptance and liking of novel UK-grown beans in primary schools: a quasi-experimental evaluation of the BeanMeals intervention. Charlotte A Hardman, Bayes N, Didier L, & Ingram J 

Individual papers 2.1: Consumer data 

Individual papers 2.2: System transformation 

Individual papers 2.3: Food insecurity 

Individual papers 2.4: Production & Formulation

Individual papers 2.5: Methods & Developments

Individual papers 4.2: Model-informed interventions 

Individual papers 4.3: Supply chains

Workshops

  • Workshop 3.1: Driving food system transformation: exploring legislative levers for change. Convenor: Tracey Duncombe, Parsons K, Brinsden H, Noussia K. Aims: 1. Provide an overview of the UK Food Bill Campaign and to share insights on regulatory tools research, political narratives and framing, the need for improved governance, and lessons from other nations including Scotland. 2. Discuss the role of legislation in enabling food system transformation.  3. Identify legislative opportunities to strengthen research and policy impact across TUKFS projects.  4. Co-create actionable recommendations for more effective legislative frameworks 
  • Workshop 3.2: Reframing legumes in UK food-system transformation: co-developing a research agenda for net zero, nature and nutrition. Convenor: Jing Zhang. Zurek M, Sykes R. Aims: 1. To use emerging insights from the UK Beans Roadmap (University of Oxford, Agile Science to Policy fund), building on BeanMeals and the Legume Initiative (June 2025, Reading), to examine the food-system conditions under which legumes would most effectively contribute to UK food-system transformation.  2. To engage the TUKFS community in identifying priority research gaps and system interactions linking land management, nature recovery, food-system coordination (e.g. production processing, procurement, etc.) and dietary change.  3. To co-develop a shared, forward-looking food-systems research agenda that can inform the next phase of TUKFS research and collaboration 
  • Workshop 3.3: English school food provision as a public service at risk: exploring emerging economic and structural challenges and their implications for food system transformation. Convenor: Clare Pettinger. Michaels L; Pearce B, Fletcher G. Aims:  1. Critically examine economic/other structural challenges in English school food provision and their implications for food systems research and intervention design.  2. Share empirical insights from TUKFS research projects and delivery partners working with schools and caterers.  3. Facilitate critical discussions on existing initiatives (incl. risk mitigation) and generate ideas for how researchers and stakeholders can design innovations and interventions that support healthy and sustainable school food, under conditions of system instability. 
  • Workshop 3.4: Rapid evidence synthesis for the Food Standards Agency of regulatory interventions to improve food system outcomes in deprived communities. Convenor: Bob Doherty. Bryant M, Nixon N, Garnett P, Kapetanaki A, Hamilton S, Ball P. Aims:  1. Share findings and recommendations from our rapid evidence synthesis. 2. Interpret findings for sense making 3. Review evidence gaps and rank recommended interventions based on APEASE   criteria. 
  • Workshop 3.5. Identifying critical components for food system change at scale. Convenor: Sam Buckton. Fazey I, Newman R, Bayoneta C, Everson R, Thompson J, Crossland A. Aims:  1. Build collective understanding of five critical components for aligning actors and action toward large-scale systems change 2. Identify priority areas of research and action that need to be strengthened for effective cohering 3. Generate actionable policy advice for food system transformation.
  • Workshop 4.4: Developing the ‘Food Systems Flower’ framework to support food systems approaches post-TUKFS. Convenor: Rebecca Wells. Parsons K, Duncombe T, Fazey I, Gardiner B, Lonnie M. Aims: 1. Hear from users of the tool about how it has supported a food systems approach in TUKFS projects; 2. Explore potential redesign, based on lessons from users and other participant input; 3. Identify what workshop materials and guidance could be developed to support wider usage
  • Workshop 4.5: Insights from the making of the Synergy Co-Production Toolkit: using illustrations to support communication between collaborators in co-produced, community food systems transformation research. Convenor: Lisa: Howard. Mumby H, Pettinger C. Aims: 1. Workshop participants will learn how the TUKFS Synergy Project research team worked with an illustrator, integrating unique visual imagery in the development of a toolkit to support co-produced community research  2. The team will gather feedback and views about the resource, using this intelligence to inform future use and dissemination of the toolkit 

Posters

Films: Watch the TUKFS26 video playlist (opens in YouTube)

  • 1. Martin White: Mandala Consortium: The Mandal Consortium – Transforming Urban Food Systems for Public and Planetary Health.
  • 2. Belinda Morris: Fix Our Food Yorkshire Stories of Sustainability – Yorkshire Rapeseed Oil
  • 3. Jean Adams: Mandala Consortium Stories from a Changing Food System: Change Kitchen
  • 4. Belinda Morris: Fix Our Food Yorkshire Grain Alliance – Leeds Bread Co-op
  • 5. Emma Frew: Mandala Consortium Stories from a Changing Food System: Pathways to Universal Free School Meals
  • 6. Tracey McNeilly: H3 H3: Healthy Soil, Healthy Food, Healthy People
  • 7. Alexia Sawyer: Mandala Consortium Stories from a Changing Food System: Evaluating a food hub model to redirect food to communities.
  • 8. Lynn Dicks: H3 Deep Seed: Prof Lynn Dicks talks about regenerative farming
  • 9. Marta Lonnie: FoodSEqual FIO Food Project
  • 10. Kelly Parsons: Mandala Consortium Stories from a Changing Food System: Designing more environmentally sustainable hospital menus.
  • 11. Marta Lonnie: FoodSEqual Bridge-Act project

Contact

TUKFS26@mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk

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