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🌱 Meet Dr Maureen Murphy:

Dr Maureen Murphy is Research Fellow in the School of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences at the University of Melbourne, with a focus on the resilience of food systems. Maureen is part of the Foodprint Melbourne project, which is investigating the resilience of Victoria’s food system to climate and other shocks and stresses. Her PhD research, ‘Local food environments for a healthy equitable city: evidence to inform urban planning policy and governance in Melbourne, Australia’ contributed to the research program of the NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Healthy Liveable Communities.

✨ Hear Dr Murphy’s insights at our upcoming FLOW Partnership webinar:
Telling Regional Stories: Place-Based Food System Change
📅 Thursday, November 20, 2025
⏰ 4:00–5:30pm ET
🔗 Register here: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/wdSwF5D7RKSTndwFXLqZ2w

🌱 Interested in resilient and sustainable food systems?

Don’t miss your chance to register for the Agroecology in Action: Stories of Resilient Food Systems hosted by the FLOW Partnership this Thursday, Oct 9, 2025 from 10:00–11:30am ET.

Hear from global researchers driving change:
🌿 Laura Gómez (Mexico): Scaling agroecology with farmers and communities, centering social justice and local economies.
🌿 Chatura Pulasinghage (Sri Lanka): Strengthening networks, champion farmers, and policies for resilient food systems.
🌿 Samuel Gudu (Kenya): Promoting climate-resilient agriculture through farmer organizations and knowledge-sharing.
🌿 Jennifer Temmer (Canada): Integrating Indigenous perspectives to support community well-being and land stewardship.

🌿 Also joining us as a special addition to the conversation, we’re delighted to introduce our discussant Liesa Nieskens. Liesa is an advisor with the GIZ project on Resilient Rural Areas and will share her insights and reflections to deepen our conversation on agroecology.

✨ Discover lessons, barriers, and opportunities for advancing agroecology worldwide!

Agroecology in Action: Stories of Resilient Food Systems
📅 Thursday, Oct 9, 2025
⏰ 10:00–11:30am ET
🔗 Register here: https://lnkd.in/g65ejRdV
🔗 More info on our website: https://lnkd.in/gnak7AMn

Great sustainable tips to make everyday living more sustainable.

Amazing hydroponic initiatives in Toronto offer a look into the future of sustainable food systems.

Great reminders on sustainable food systems from the United Nations Sustainable Development.

Fast Facts – What are sustainable food systems? - United Nations Sustainable Development A sustainable food system is a food system that delivers food security and nutrition for all. The system encompasses everything from the processing, packaging and the transporting of food to consumers. Currently, these systems are not efficient or sustainable, and in 2022, about

Awesome food sustainability initiatives from Ontario!

Super cool food sustainability news from Denmark:

"At his new Copenhagen lab, Rasmus Munk is trying to make chocolate out of coffee grounds and tacos out of a canola-oil byproduct"

Awesome research from University of Victoria's postdoctoral researcher Rachel Friedman:

Sustainable food chains for global well-being - University of Victoria Rachel Friedman, a Banting fellow, investigates policies to mitigate environmental impacts of global food chains, connecting consumer choices to sustainability.

An important issue in food sustainability remains: food waste.

Despite Advances in Technology Aimed at Restaurant Sustainability, Food Waste Remains a Major Problem | As the world celebrates Earth Day 2024, it’s important to note that the restaurant industry is beginning to make progress in embracing green technology solutions. This shift is not only a response to the growing [...]

Very cool study on the potential impacts of a more sustainable food system.

"A shift towards a more sustainable global food system could create up to $10tn (£7.9tn) of benefits a year, improve human health and ease the climate crisis, according to the most comprehensive economic study of its type.

It found that existing food systems destroyed more value than they created due to hidden environmental and medical costs, in effect, borrowing from the future to take profits today."