Exeter Food

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A University of Exeter research network exploring the role of food in human life and developing solutions to today’s most pressing food challenges. Join us: https://www.exeter.ac.uk/research/networks/exeterfood/

In Exeter First Thursdays poster introducing A Future of Sustainable Food. Four headshot photos of speakers sit within an illustrated colourful street scene with a lamppost, guitar headstock, a hand holding a wrap, and food icons including a plate, cutlery, a vegetable basket, and a seedling. A green banner reads 5-8pm Candy St. Text below reads: a conversation led by researcher Dr Rebecca Sandover, with Carolyn Dare, Jenny Archard, Martyn Bragg, and Harriet Bell. University of Exeter. First Thursdays. Dates listed: 4 Jun, 2 Jul, 6 Aug, 3 Sep. Website: inexeter.co.uk/firstthursdays.
Event poster for Roots & Routes, dated 20 June 2026, with a dark background. On the right, a man with long hair tied back, a beard and sunglasses on his head, wearing a black top, looks to the side beside a glass of coffee and a halved pomegranate. Text on the left names guest speaker Vadym Granovsky, an award-winning Ukrainian specialty coffee entrepreneur, barista champion and founder of the Kyiv coffee company Coffee in Action. His session is titled "Flat Red: Coffee, Cultural Diplomacy & Ukrainian Identity", with a tasting during lunchtime at Thirty Four, Exeter College. Partner logos run along the bottom.
Event poster for Roots & Routes, dated 20 June 2026. On the right, a woman with dark hair tied back, wearing a yellow and white floral shirt, stands with arms folded in front of bookshelves of cookbooks. Text on the left names guest speaker Olia Hercules and her talk "Strong Roots: A Ukrainian Family Story through War, Exile and Hope", describing her as an award-winning cookery writer sharing her journey of food, family and identity across borders. It notes a book signing courtesy of Bookbag Bookshop, Exeter, and the venue, Thirty Four, Exeter College. Partner logos run along the bottom.
Event poster titled "Roots & Routes: Food, Memory, Migration, Heritage", decorated with cornflowers, an olive branch, scattered coffee beans and a faded world map with red migration routes. The left column lists Friday 19 June 2026 at The Screening Room, University of Exeter, with a 7 to 9pm screening of the Ukrainian film "Taste of Freedom". The right column lists the Saturday 20 June programme at Thirty Four, Exeter College, running 10:30am to 6pm, including arrival and marketplace, welcome, talks by Vadym Granovsky and Olia Hercules, lunch, Food Stories from communities, a seeds session, a food entrepreneurship panel, Devon Food Futures, closing reflections and a networking reception. Partner logos appear at the foot.
Anna Taylor, Executive Director at The Food Foundation, smiling, outside in the sun, with brick walls, greenhouses and greenery behind.
Professor Harry West standing behind an information stall for the University of Exeter Centre for Rural Policy Research, speaking to an attendee. Branded banners and leaflets are displayed on the table.
Anna Taylor speaks at a podium, gesturing with one hand while wearing a dark dress and an orange lanyard with a conference badge.
People wearing gloves sort and pack donated food at a long table, handling tins of tomatoes, bananas and other groceries in a busy food-aid or community distribution setting. Photo by Joel Muniz on Unsplash
A bustling indoor food market filled with people sitting and eating at crowded stalls under bright hanging lights. A vendor, a woman in an apron, prepares food behind a counter piled with wrapped dishes and ingredients. The warm lighting contrasts with the darkened background, giving the market a lively yet intimate atmosphere. Photo by Robson Hatsukami Morgan on Unsplash.
A vibrant market scene with a woman vendor sitting among baskets of fresh vegetables, herbs, and eggs. Two customers, one handing her money, are buying produce. The stall is filled with colourful items including chillies, aubergines, cabbages, and leafy greens, all displayed neatly on the tiled floor. Photo by Alex Hudson on Unsplash
A poster for a seaweed eating archive with information on contributing and a photo of seaweed hanging from a rack, with other seaweed products in containers.
A speaker stands at a lectern in a modern lecture theatre, addressing an audience seated in purple chairs. A large screen behind him displays a presentation slide titled "A Place-Based approach: The importance of local food systems" alongside an image of fresh vegetables. Two orange banners reading "gather" flank the stage area. The audience listens attentively, with some taking notes.
A farm worker walks through a field with a tray of punnets. Others are crouched at work. Photo by Tim Mossholder on Unsplash.
A group stands holding a logo for the Gather summit in front of The Forum at the University of Exeter. They are Mark Girvan (Buddy Creative), Kate Ripen (Food Drink Devon), Prof Matt Lobley (University of Exeter), Greg Parsons (Food Drink Devon), Prof Harry G West (University of Exeter) and Tim Ball (Food Drink Devon).
A group stands holding a logo for the Gather summit in front of The Forum at the University of Exeter. They are Mark Girvan (Buddy Creative), Kate Ripen (Food Drink Devon), Prof Matt Lobley (University of Exeter), Greg Parsons (Food Drink Devon), Prof Harry G West (University of Exeter) and Tim Ball (Food Drink Devon).
Orange square logo with the word ‘gather’ in bold white lowercase text. Beneath it, the words ‘Food & Drink Summit’ in smaller white text. White leaf and dot shapes surround the text in a circular sunburst pattern.
An audience in an auditorium looks towards three people in discussion in front of a screen.
Three people talking in front of an audience with a large screen behind them.
A newsletter is shown on a tablet on a magenta surface surrounded by vegetables.
A wedge of blue cheese sits upright on a wooden surface in front of a painted brick background. Photo by Towfiqu barbhuiya on Unsplash.