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Positive Communication in Animal Agriculture
A few weeks ago, Emily Buddle, a PhD candidate here at University of Adelaide with the Food Values Research Group, met with a group of dairy farmers and managers from Western Victoria across to the Fleurieu Peninsula who are part of “TRACtion”.
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Does Nutrition Science (Mis)Inform Our Diets?
We are constantly receiving information on nutrition and food from scientists, government, media, marketers, and our friends and family. But still many of us make poor dietary decisions and fall for diet trends like Paleo, gluten free or superfoods. Does this onslaught of nutrition information (mis)inform our dietary practices?
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Animal Welfare and "Food Citizenship"
Food Values Research Group convener Professor Rachel Ankeny recently presented a keynote address on animal welfare and consumer attitudes at the Animal Intersections conference (3-5 July) at the University of Adelaide.
Seminar - April 2017
Designer Babies, Human-Pig Chimeras, and Mosquitos: How Gene Editing is Being Made Public in Australia/Othering via Food Choice: Anti-Halal Sentiment in Contemporary Australia
Understanding Consumer Attitudes to the Use of Genetic Modification
Speaking to delegates from industry, researchers, and investors at the Ag & Foodtech Symposium in Brisbane, Professor Rachel Ankeny explained that the future of genetic modification must include dialogue and debate with the public.
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Seminar - March 2016
Why 'Big Sugar' Survives: The Strange Case of Indonesia Since the 1930s
Seminar - February 2016
Nutritional Primitivism and Superfoods: Between Commodification and Critique/Media, Nostalgia and the New Food Industries
