No silver bullet for food security

Dr John Strak, Honorary Professor in Food Economics at The University of Nottingham, on how good communication contributes to food security. Recently I had three days in London listening to an array of speakers from far and wide about the future of farming and where the best investment prospects are in the world for agriculture. …

Farming may not always be just as we know it….

Dr John Strak, Honorary Professor in Food Economics at The University of Nottingham, talks vertical farming… A meeting on our Jubilee Campus last week gave me the chance to catch up on some new developments in science and, with about 100 others, to share ideas on what vertical farming can contribute to global food security. …

Is big the new small?

Dr John Strak, Honorary Professor in Food Economics at The University of Nottingham, investigates whether size really does matter… Small is beautiful and big is ugly – or so goes the rhetoric. And this sentiment typically triggers an avalanche of criticism for any big corporate (or public sector organisation) that suggests it may have some …