As a collaboration of seven higher education institutions, IFSTAL is pioneering a learning community and resource to enable a step change in food systems thinking. We have already built a large and diverse community of over 1200 food systems thinkers, including students from a wide range of backgrounds, alumni and workplace practitioners. IFSTAL is available to all postgraduate students enrolled at the participating institutions. The programme equips participants with the skills to apply critical interdisciplinary systems thinking to issues of long-term food security through fostering intra- and inter-institution activities, and the means for taking new learning to the work-place.
- Make change happen in the workplace
- See the bigger food systems picture
- Meet others who want to enact change
- Attend exclusive workshops and webinars
Find out more about IFSTAL and how IFSTAL works. Sign in to the IFSTAL portal now (requires access to your institution’s Virtual Learning Environment (VLE): Weblearn, Canvas, Blackboard or Moodle).
Latest news and blog posts
Summer school day 6 – The final presentations
On the last day of summer school, the groups rose admirably to the food systems challenges set at the beginning of the week, as Louise Whatford, IFSTAL Education Coordinator, explains. The final day... READ MORE
Summer school day 5 – Workplace speakers on collaboration, communication and connection
The inspiring words of our guest speakers were a reminder that the pathway to becoming a food system changemaker is not always linear. The food system is vast and complex; every IFSTAL student... READ MORE
Summer school: Field trip part two – A lot to digest
Rosina Borrelli looks back at her group’s field trip, which took in two organisations that operate at opposite ends of the food system. Our group was also assigned visits to witness two very... READ MORE
Report: N8 IFSTAL Food Systems Training Course in Ghana
In June the IFSTAL team returned to Ghana, bringing staff and students from N8 Agrifood to train alongside University of Ghana students and other food-systems professionals. “The world urgently needs more food systems... READ MORE
