A chance to find out more about alternative proteins and future foods, for anyone interested in more sustainable eating.
This on-line Coffee Break seminar series event will answer the question: What could replace turkey at the Christmas dinners of the future?
The UK’s population currently relies on animal products for protein, but meat alternatives could be more sustainable and less ecologically damaging, as a recent SMF report highlights.
But what are they and do people like them?
This webinar from the University of Cambridge will look at three alternative proteins: algae, sea-food and pulses, and ask,
- How much more environmentally friendly are they than animal proteins?
- How much do people enjoy eating them?
- How much of our daily requirement of protein do they provide?
- How much do they cost, compared with meat?
- Will they be on the menu for Christmas dinner 2050?
Organizers
Cambridge Global Food Security in collaboration with CambPlants Hub.
Event duration
14.00 – 15.00 GMT
Date
Friday 10th December, 2021
Place
Online hosted by the University of Cambridge.
Target audience
Register
Register here: https://bit.ly/3FCnSlz
Contact email
For further information, please contact:
Abigail Youngman, Events and Education Projects Coordinator, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge aby24@cam.ac.uk
Speakers
Our panel:
- Nick Saltmarsh, Co-founder, Hodmedod Ltd
Hodmedod is an independent business working with a network of British farmers to sell a range of plant-based wholefoods from dried pulses, grains, seeds, flaked cereals and flour to canned and roasted beans and peas.
- Dr David Willer, Research Fellow, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge.
Dr Willer leads research projects to find new, efficient ways to produce sustainable bivalve protein, and identify mechanisms to increase consumer uptake of this nutritious food.
- Ellen Harrison, PhD student, Algal Innovation Centre, University of Cambridge.
Ellen will talk about her lab’s research into ways to use microalgae to produce sustainable and nutritious food and feed products.
Chair: Francesca Re Manning, Programme Manager, Cambridge Global Food Security IRC, University of Cambridge.
This event is part of the Cambridge Global Food Security IRC Coffee Break seminar series, organised with #AnnualFoodAgenda, powered by EIT Food, supported by the EIT, a body of the European Union, in association with CambPlants Hub.
