Category: Sustainability, Environment and Natural Resources

Kent scientists are working with companies to transform wasted cherries into healthy, nutritious food ingredients and using seaweed waste to boost agricultural crop health and … Read more

According to the UN Environmental Programme about 400 million tonnes of plastic waste is produced globally every year. If historic growth trends continue, global production of primary … Read more

Kent sociologist, Professor Joy Y. Zhang, has been awarded a £1.88 million grant from the Advanced Research + Invention Agency (ARIA) to lead a pioneering project which aims … Read more

On Thursday 8 May, researchers, brewers and hop growers from across England gathered on our Canterbury campus to celebrate British hops and beer made with … Read more

It’s estimated that 45% of root crops, fruit and vegetables produced globally is lost or wasted every year. To help change this, Kent researchers have … Read more

Professor Ben Lowe from Kent Business School is contributing to a major UKRI-funded research project aimed at tackling food inequality across the UK. The Food Systems … Read more

Kent has partnered with sustainably-focused packaging suppliers Priory Direct to create a service which will empower the fashion industry to reduce packaging emissions and wasted material. Senior … Read more

As a Right to Food university, Kent is committed to supporting food systems that advance human health and environmental sustainability in society. This starts with Kent … Read more

A pioneering collaborative project between University of Kent researchers and Wye Hops alongside National Institute of Agricultural Botany (NIAB), the British Hop Association, The Hop Plant Company and LGC genomics has been awarded … Read more

Kent is to become part of Space East, the rapidly growing cluster group for the space sector in the East of England, which has recently expanded … Read more