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Christmas Dinner 2050: will we be eating alternative turkey?

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Online
Event date
Event time
14:00 GMT

Organiser's description (via Cambridge Global Food Security IRC Coffee Break Seminar series, and EIT Food’s #AnnualFoodAgenda project, supported by CambPlants)

An on-line panel event about alternative proteins, the future of food and ways to eat more sustainably hosted by the University of Cambridge. 

What will replace turkey at the Christmas dinners of the future? 

The UK’s population currently relies on animal products for protein, but meat alternatives could be more sustainable and less ecologically damaging, as a recent SMF report highlights. 

But what are they and do people like them? 

This webinar from the University of Cambridge will look at three alternative proteins: algae, sea-food and pulses, and ask, 

  • Are they much more environmentally friendly than animal proteins? 
  • Do people enjoy eating them? 
  • How much of our daily requirement of protein do they provide? 
  • Are they cheaper than meat? 
  • Will they be on the menu for Christmas dinner 2050? 

 

Speakers: 

Nick Saltmarsh, Co-founder, Hodmedod Ltd 

Hodmedod is an independent business working with a network of British farmers to sell a range of plant-based wholefoods from dried pulses, grains, seeds, flaked cereals and flour to canned and roasted beans and peas. 

Dr David Willer, Research Fellow, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge. 

Dr Willer leads research projects to find new, efficient ways to produce sustainable bivalve protein, and identify mechanisms to increase consumer uptake of this nutritious food. 

Ellen Harrison, PhD student, Algal Innovation Centre, University of Cambridge. 

Ellen will talk about her lab's research into ways to use microalgae to produce sustainable and nutritious food and feed products. 

Chair: Francesca Re Manning, Programme Manager, Cambridge Global Food Security IRC, University of Cambridge. 

 

Useful links: 

Bivalve protein (David Willer): The simple food that fights climate change (bbc.com) 

Pulses (Nick Saltmarsh): Full of beans: Hodmedod's discusses the growing appetite for grains and pulses (foodnavigator.com) 

Algae (Ellen Harrison): How we can adapt plants to save our planet (bbc.co.uk) 

General information about alternative protein: fact-sheet-alternative-protein-dr-wentao-liu.pdf (nottingham.ac.uk) 

 

For more information please contact Abigail Youngman, aby24@cam.ac.uk 

 

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