Interdisciplinary food systems training to address global food security challenges
We are a collaboration of five higher education institutions pioneering a learning community and resource on food systems thinking. Available to all post-graduate students at the participating institutions, IFSTAL – Innovative Food Systems Teaching and Learning programme – fosters a range of cross-disciplinary, intra- and inter-institution activities, as well as skills for taking new learning into the workplace.
Through IFSTAL we aim to build a cohort – and a community – of professionals from a wide range of post-graduate backgrounds with skills in applying critical interdisciplinary systems thinking to issues of long-term food security.
- 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, Blackboard or Moodle).
Latest news and blog posts
Food Systems Training – University of Ghana
Monday 23 July 2018 – ‘Food Systems’ By the end of this day you will be able to Describe the food systems challenges and the basic elements of food system thinking; Identify... READ MORE
IFSTAL goes to the Global South!
John Ingram, IFSTAL Programme Leader IFSTAL’s reach is continuing to grow. This week sees the very first 1-week intensive IFSTAL course outside the UK! Many students from the Global South have been among... READ MORE
Summer School Field Trips
Group 1 We drove to Sheepdrove Organic Farm (http://www.sheepdrove.com) in Berkshire near the village of Lambourn where we were welcomed warmly by owner Peter Kindersley. The farm is situated on 2300 acres of... READ MORE
Eating Smart in Oxford’s Department of Geography and the Environment
A study of environmental education as a driver of dietary habits It’s no secret that the students of the University of Oxford’s School of Geography and the Environment (SOGE) are passionate about environmental... READ MORE
