Category: <span>Meetings & Events</span>

SHEFS Hosts Successful Large Virtual Conference During COVID-19 Lockdown
25th April 20206th October 2020
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SHEFS Hosts Successful Large Virtual Conference During COVID-19 Lockdown

The onset of COVID-19 has prompted the re-thinking of how we operate as individuals, communities, academics and practitioners on a global scale.  The global pandemic has transformed our lives, and facilitated a process of deep introspection and re-imagination of how we live and work on a daily basis. The Sustainable and Healthy Food Systems (SHEFS)...

Aspen Ideas Festival: An ideal thinking workshop
11th September 201911th September 2019
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Aspen Ideas Festival: An ideal thinking workshop

On the 19th of June 2019, I landed in the middle of the United States, in a place called Aspen. I never heard of this city before but I knew that Colorado State was well known by its wild landscapes and its beautiful mountains. The taxi driver who picked me up from the Airport did...

SHEFS Annual Meeting 2018
12th July 20187th July 2019
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SHEFS Annual Meeting 2018

From 15 to 18th May 2018, the SHEFS Research Group held their annual project meeting in Kloof, Kwa-Zulu Natal. The meeting was organised by the SHEFS South Africa team, led by Professor Rob Slotow of UKZN. The SHEFS project started in May 2017 and the collaborative research-groups – in South Africa, India, and the UK –...