Anna Macready
@a_macready
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Astonishing comments from a Conservative MP about his party's leadership contest. I have long fought for equal representation in public life. Unfortunately, views like this are still held by some and only serve to damage women's prospects. @5050Parliament @fawcettsociety
NEW: Conservative MP Sir Christopher Chope says Kemi Badenoch is “preoccupied with her children” and “you can't spend all your time with your family at the same time as being leader of the opposition”. He was speaking on this month's @itvmeridian The Last Word. @itvnewspolitics
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🎪🌱🚜🦋🏛️LUNZ Hub Big Tent kicks off with Prof Mathew Williams on engaging policymakers on land system interconnectedness, trade-offs and levers of change supporting policymaking (and some cracking good artwork and films). @LUNZHub @UniRdg_Research
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Wowy! Just checked & 300+ sign ups for @AFNnetwork webinar tomoz -don't miss it! Wed 13 10-11am BST. 🏛️Can we reimagine government in the #foodsystem? 🚜What can previous agri-food revolutions teach us? 🇬🇧What's the inside story from Whitehall? 🎟️👉 https://t.co/G3h2TWtdbn
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Government needs a bold plan for net zero in agri-food. What can we learn from history and how the machinery of government works?
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1. Political leadership 2. Money (economic syst, funding, support payments, affordability, poverty) 3. Definitions (what is #netzero/ sustainable yield, how to measure it etc) = 3 top barriers to achieving sustainable yield maximum @AFNnetwork food syst stakeholder wrkshop
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Government leadership coming out strongly in the 'who or what would you need to change [towards net zero]' question at our @AFNnetwork Champion's event with @a_macready @Simon_Willcock @JacquieMcGlade. Asking food industry professionals.
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Being a Champion is a great way to expand your network! I recommend it!
Great opportunity to drive progress towards #NetZero within #agrifood. We're recruiting six new Champions from across industry, academia & the public sector to build knowledge & community around six themes. Apply by 7 September More info: https://t.co/iGliQ8oXCW
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Wonderful day @ComptonVerney for a fabulous @AFNnetwork workshop, big thanks to all the attendees for a really productive day! #NetZero #farming
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How the UK must change to combat the climate crisis - inews
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Summer heatwaves, heavy rainfall and long droughts are set to become the norm for the UK, but the country is well behind on the necessary adaptations to survive those changes
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How do you create the headspace to think about eating sustainably, when modern life means you've no time and money's tight? @ktfoodpalmer @foodsensewales & @a_macready discuss behaviour change, psychology and cost of food in our latest podcast. https://t.co/JudboJLz1u
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BREAKING: scientists confirm their growing fears of an ecosystem collapse vortex in the 2020s, '30s, and '40s due to activities of the industrial GDP growth economic system 🧵
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🚨New Podcast Alert🚨 Analysis: How do #psychology & #poverty impact healthy & #sustainablefood choices? Our Champion @a_macready & @ktfoodpalmer @foodsensewales dig deeper into the key messages from @CharlotteHardm3's webinar. #netzero #health #obesity
https://t.co/JudboJL1bW
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Thank you @UniRdg for recognising @EITFood TrustTracker(R) project on consumer trust at @UniRdg_Research awards🏅Really proud, amazing day, top quality projects on behaviour🔮 environment🌱 heritage🏛️👏👏👏
Find out more about each of the winners and shortlisted entries, including short films about each project at: https://t.co/SMp0Ol3R1J
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Many congratulations to the runners up in our 2023 Research Awards Research Impact category 👏 Find out more about their work: Rita Fontinha & James T Walker @HenleyBSchool ➡️ https://t.co/VCBwNtOkvt
@a_macready @UniRdg_SAPD ➡️ https://t.co/qMMSBqW0Fr
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Team @UniRdg_SAPD incl Dept. of Sustainable Land Management colleagues showcasing ✨️stellar research ✨️recognised @UniofReading @UniRdg_Research #2023ResearchAwards 🏅Congrats @jmwryalls @SDuddigan @alicemauchline @a_macready & Mike Garratt. Privileged to work with you all!
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Exciting PhD opportunity to join our active research team to investigate the role of dairy proteins in type 2 diabetes🥛🧀. @UniRdg_HSU @UniRdg_FNS @NutSoc_SC #nutrition #phd
🥛Funded #PhD opportunity investigating Milk Proteins and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes. Supervised by Prof Julie Lovegrove @UniRdg_FNS, Dr Les Crompton, Dr Kim Jackson & Prof Ian Givens. Apply now! 👉 https://t.co/e1aZZdedZ2
#foodscience #nutrition #diabetes #phdscholarship
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Well said @vickihird @UKsustain Head of Farming. Why on earth has the government ditched the Horticulture Strategy - just when we need it urgently - for health, for resilience, for sustainable and diverse production and for the economy?
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The Farm Minister Mark Spencer MP recently announced that the Government will not produce the Horticulture Strategy, promised in the Government’s food strategy. Sustain's Head of Farming Vicki Hird...
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Together with my wonderful team 👏Klaus Grunert @klg_klaus, @LiesbetVranken, #SophieHieke, #SzymonSzumiał, #MagdalenaKlimczukKochańska, #MalouReipurth, #MatthieuArnoult @EUFIC
Dr @a_macready developed an evidence-based model of what drives consumer trust in the food system, to create healthier, more sustainable food systems. TrustTracker(R) studied trust in farmers, manufacturers, retailers & authorities to shape global policy @UniRdg_IFNH @EITFood
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📢 Our application form for our funding call is now live! We've got £350k to give to projects that help reach #NetZero through agri-food. Apply now 👇 https://t.co/X4Cf10aA2Z
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Great day today with the Raising the Pulse team at the @UniofReading Community Festival! Lots of interest in our bread from the local community. Looking forward to seeing the faba bean bread on the market @UniRdg_SAPD @UniRdg_FNS @NutritionOrgUK @DefraGovUK @Hodmedods
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What's the link between UK #poverty and combatting #climatechange through our food system? According to Joseph Rowntree Foundation, around 20% of people in UK were in poverty (2020/21, before #costoflivingcrisis). Of these, 7.9 million were working-age adults, 27% were children
(1) In our next webinar (Fri 12th) @CharlotteHardm3 will cover: 🥦UK dietary inequalities, #health & #foodinsecurity 🍎#Psychology determinants of #healthy/ #sustainable food choices 🍗Role of #poverty, #inequality & the #CostOfLivingCrisis Get ya🎟️👉 https://t.co/7JbvgnPTV7
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