November Webinar Series: Routes to Food System Change

Price: 
IFST Members - Free, Non-members - £100
Date: 
Wednesday, 4 November, 2026 - 13:00 to 14:00
Location: 
Online

The November Webinar Series is a new programme of live, online sessions built around the topics that matter most to the food industry right now, from food safety and sustainability to innovation and emerging regulation. Each session is led by experienced voices from across the sector, giving you direct access to insight and thinking you won't find anywhere else. 

Every webinar stands on its own, so you can pick and choose the sessions most relevant to your work, your team, or your interests. There's no travel and no time out of the office. Just log in and take part from wherever you are. 

Whether you want to sharpen your technical knowledge, stay ahead of industry developments, or connect with the wider food science community, there's a session here for you. 

Routes to Food System Change:

Everyone agrees the food system needs to change. Far fewer agree on how. Tara Garnett of TABLE and the University of Oxford opens the series with a clear-eyed look at the three main levers for change: policy, markets, and community action. Drawing on years of research into sustainable food systems, she'll unpack where each lever has real power, where it stalls, and how the three interact in practice. 

This is the session to attend if you want a proper grounding before diving into the more specific topics later in the series. Expect sharp analysis, not platitudes, and plenty to take back to your own organisation's strategy conversations.

Price: IFST Members - Free, Non-members - £100

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Speaker:

Dr Tara Garnett - TABLE, University of Oxford

Tara is a researcher at the University of Oxford, and the Director of TABLE. TABLE explores visions for the future of food, and provides a platform for interdisciplinary knowledge and dialogue. 

Tara’s work centres on the interactions among food, climate, health and broader sustainability issues; she has a particular interest in livestock as a sector where many of these converge. She is also interested in how knowledge is communicated to and interpreted by policy makers, civil society organisations and industry, and in the values that these different stakeholders bring to food problems and possible solutions. Tara is keen to collaborate through TABLE with other organisations to undertake research, organise events and build and extend interdisciplinary, intersectoral knowledge in this field.

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