Crops for Diet Diversification, Climate Change Mitigation

Professor Wendy Russell

Wendy is a Professor of Molecular Nutrition, her research focuses on developing healthy foods as part of a resilient food supply chain.

Dr Madalina Neacsu

Madalina is a Research Fellow at the Rowett Institute. Her research promotes diet, food and agriculture biodiversity underpinning health through development of functional foods, nutraceuticals and natural products.

Hemp seeds

Which healthy environmentally sustainable food crops have the potential to be grown in Scotland? Hemp has been identified as one crop that could meet these criteria.

Hemp Project

Hemp is a nutritious and climate positive crop. Through our research to better understand the nutritional profile we have partnered with organisations across the supply chain to create opportunities for the sector.

Taste of Plants Project

Alternative crops of high nutritional fibre and protein content have previously been grown in Scotland or could be introduced. Our research looks for ways to reintroduce crops back into our society, and food systems.

Sowing wild seeds

Experts in plant diversity, human nutrition and soil science have been exploring the health benefits of eating wild plants, and how they could help improve nutritional potential of our crops.

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