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World Food System Center, ETH Zurich @ethzwfsc.bsky.social · 13h

📢 𝗗𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝗰𝗼𝗼𝗽 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿!

Our new newsletter is out with a packed agenda of events, funding opportunities, and fresh research insights in #food and #agriculture.

Read it here: bit.ly/47no6N5

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Meet ETH @meeteth.bsky.social · 2d

In our latest ETH Ambassadors Blog, Natali Wulff and Maria-Luisa Gopsill share how teamwork, field trips, and design thinking at the World Food Systems Summer School 2025 sparked new insights, lasting friendships, and bold ideas for more sustainable food systems. @ethzwfsc.bsky.social @ethz.ch

Lessons from the World Food Systems Summer School 2025 - ETH Ambassadors

Natali and Maria-Luisa share how field trips, teamwork, and design thinking sparked new insights, lasting friendships, and fresh inspiration to shape food systems.

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World Food System Center, ETH Zurich @ethzwfsc.bsky.social · 7d

Where does irrigation #water really go?💧 A new @ethz.ch @eawag.bsky.social publication provides the data to link specific crop rotations to #groundwater replenishment in water-scarce regions like Campo de Cartagena in #Spain.

👉 Read more: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Aquifer recharge estimation and its origins in intensive irrigated agriculture

Intensive agriculture often occurs in water-scarce regions, relying on diverse water sources such as imported non-local water–water transfers, treated…

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World Food System Center, ETH Zurich @ethzwfsc.bsky.social · 7d

𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗴𝗿𝗼-𝗙𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆? 🚀

Don't miss the Agro-Food Job Dating 2025 event on October 16th at Technopark Zurich, organized by SVIAL ASIAT!

Register here: eventfrog.ch/en/p/fairs/f...

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World Food System Center, ETH Zurich @ethzwfsc.bsky.social · 7d

🎓 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗣𝗵𝗗 𝗢𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗴𝗿𝗶-𝗙𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗦𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆! 🌱

We are excited to share two open PhD positions within the Plant4Value project, based at the forthcoming @ethz.ch School of Public Policy.

🔗 Learn more about the positions & apply: jobs.ethz.ch/job/view/JOP...

PhD positions in Agri - Food System Policy and Plant-Based Value Chains

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World Food System Center, ETH Zurich @ethzwfsc.bsky.social · 15d

𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗽𝗶𝘃𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝘂𝗿𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲: 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗦𝘄𝗶𝘁𝘇𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 🎯

Our director Martijn Sonnevelt was recently featured in SFNV's news, highlighting his commitment to cross-sector collaboration for #SustainableFoodSystems.

Read more: swissfoodnutritionvalley.com/from-pivot-t...

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Prof. Sonia I Seneviratne @soniaseneviratne.bsky.social · 21d

SRF-Interview zum Deutschen Umweltpreis @umweltstiftung.bsky.social @alexbonde.bsky.social @grosseophoff.bsky.social @zisa-abc.bsky.social @ethz.ch @usyseth.bsky.social @ethzwfsc.bsky.social @energyscience-ethz.bsky.social @scnat.ch @srfnews.bsky.social
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SRF News Bot @srfnews.bsky.social · 21d

Portrait einer Forscherin, die herausfand, wie entscheidend bei Hitzewellen ist, wie viel Wasser noch im Boden steckt.

https://www.srf.ch/wissen/forschung/blick-in-den-boden-schweizer-klimaforscherin-erhaelt-deutschen-umweltpreis

Deutscher Umweltpreis geht an Schweizer Klimaforscherin Sonia Seneviratne

Portrait einer Forscherin, die herausfand, wie entscheidend bei Hitzewellen ist, wie viel Wasser noch im Boden steckt.

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World Food System Center, ETH Zurich @ethzwfsc.bsky.social · 23d

𝗦𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗻𝘂𝗻𝗴𝘀𝗳𝗲𝗹𝗱 𝗻𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗵𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗣𝗳𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘇𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗰𝗵𝘂𝘁𝘇: 𝗪𝗶𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝗿 𝗘𝗿𝘁𝗿ä𝗴𝗲, 𝗪𝗶𝗿𝘁𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗸𝗲𝗶𝘁 𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗨𝗺𝘄𝗲𝗹𝘁𝘇𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗲? 🌱

Nimm an unserem Workshop am Food Day teil, um in diese zentrale Frage einzutauchen.

Mehr Infos: worldfoodsystem.ethz.ch/outreach-and...

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World Food System Center, ETH Zurich @ethzwfsc.bsky.social · Sep 9

🌟 Congratulations to our members Serina Robinson and Lukas Fesenfeld for having been awarded a starting grant from the ERC! This is a great achievement and a testament to their innovative and impact-focused research.

Read more in @ethz.ch news: ethz.ch/de/news-und-...

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World Food System Center, ETH Zurich @ethzwfsc.bsky.social · Sep 1

𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗱𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺? 🌱

Registration for Food Day on 29 October 2025 is officially open!

This year, we're exploring "Planting Healthier Nutrition," focusing on how to co-create actionable solutions for our future food system.

Register here: bit.ly/4p2lkEF

Food Day 2025

The World Food System Center is holding its annual Food Day on 29 October 2025 at ETH Zurich focusing on

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World Food System Center, ETH Zurich @ethzwfsc.bsky.social · Sep 1

Congratulations to our chair @robertfinger.bsky.social for receiving the European Association of Agricultural Economists' (EAAE) Fellowship Award 👏

Robert Finger @robertfinger.bsky.social · Aug 31

Fellow of the European Association of Agricultural Economists🥳

I am beyond words and incredibly honored to receive the European Association of Agricultural Economists' (EAAE) Fellowship Award, the highest recognition in European agricultural economics.

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World Food System Center, ETH Zurich @ethzwfsc.bsky.social · Aug 28

4th call for proposals with @fenaco.bsky.social is open! 📣

Up to 200k CHF for PhD/Postdoc projects in sustainable agriculture, robotics, and AI at @ethz.ch. Deadline Oct 31. Join our Ideation Workshop Sept 4!

More info & call documents 👉 bit.ly/3HShcXf

#AgriTech #ETHZurich #Research #Opportunity

Smart Sustainable Farming Research Program

2025 call for projects for using AI and robotics for sustainable agriculture now open!

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World Food System Center, ETH Zurich @ethzwfsc.bsky.social · Aug 21

Assessing the trade-offs of regenerative agriculture!

A new @ethz.ch project is collaborating with 15 Swiss farmers, developing a framework to assess environmental, economic, and social factors. #RegenerativeAg #ETHZürich 🇨🇭🌱👩‍🌾

🔗 Read more: bit.ly/3UEw66k

@usyseth.bsky.social

Identifying trade-offs in regenerative agriculture

A new project brings together an interdisciplinary team of ETH Zurich researchers with farmers to collaboratively develop a scalable framework for assessing the interplay among environmental, economic...

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World Food System Center, ETH Zurich @ethzwfsc.bsky.social · Aug 20

𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝗮 𝗪𝗿𝗮𝗽! 🎬 Our Summer School "Design ideas for sustainable food systems" officially concluded last Friday.

Over 2 weeks, participants embarked on an intensive program, exploring and designing ideas for the food system of tomorrow.

Read more: bit.ly/45ucKak

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World Food System Center, ETH Zurich @ethzwfsc.bsky.social · Aug 19

𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀: 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝘁 𝗙𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗗𝗮𝘆!

Are you involved in food systems related research at @ethz.ch, or in partnership with ETH? Showcase your work at our poster session at Food Day on 29 Oct!

More info: bit.ly/4oJ3bf6

Submission deadline is 21 Sept 2025.

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Robert Finger @robertfinger.bsky.social · Aug 15

'A Scoping Review of Nudges for Enhancing Agricultural Policy'

New paper in Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, led by Nadja El Benni and with Yanbing Wang, Jeanine Ammann, and Gabi Mack

Open Access doi.org/10.1002/aepp...

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World Food System Center, ETH Zurich @ethzwfsc.bsky.social · Aug 12

Happy International Youth Day! 🌍

We're celebrating young leaders turning global goals into local actions. From [email protected] Incubator teams to our @worldfoodforum.bsky.social delegation & Summer School, youth are driving positive change. #YouthDay #SDGs

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World Food System Center, ETH Zurich @ethzwfsc.bsky.social · Aug 5

We kicked off our #SummerSchool with 26 participants from 14 countries! 🚀 Our "Pizza of Participation" challenge had teams playfully designing their ideal school experience, followed by a delicious pizza dinner. 🍕 Follow our journey for more highlights!
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World Food System Center, ETH Zurich @ethzwfsc.bsky.social · Aug 5

We are looking forward to having @robertfinger.bsky.social join and facilitate a session on agricultural policy at our Summer School this week!

Robert Finger @robertfinger.bsky.social · Aug 4

‘Policies to Transform the Agricultural and Food Systems‘

I am looking forward to giving a talk and facilitating group work at the World Food System Center Summer School at ETH Zurich this week

Details on the WFSC and the summer school worldfoodsystem.ethz.ch/education/su... @ethzwfsc.bsky.social

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World Food System Center, ETH Zurich @ethzwfsc.bsky.social · Jul 28

We are looking forward to visiting HofLabor next week with our Summer School! 🌱

Check out this recent SRF report highlighting HofLabor's work on regenerative mosaic farming, featuring our member Nina Buchmann. Prof. of Grassland Sciences at @usyseth.bsky.social.

🔗 bit.ly/3H4RZIG

«Die Idee»: Neue Lösungen für biodiverse Landwirtschaft - 10 vor 10 - Play SRF

Der Anbau von pestizidfreiem Gemüse ist aufwändig und mit viel Handarbeit verbunden. Ein kleines Team in Mönchaltdorf will das ändern: Im Hoflabor feilen sie an neuen Maschinen und Methoden, um den bi...

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World Food System Center, ETH Zurich @ethzwfsc.bsky.social · Jul 28

Swiss agricultural graduates! 🇨🇭

Final call for the SFIAR Award, recognizing Master's or PhD theses is in ag research for development, with up to CHF 5,000.

Deadline: 4 August 2025. Apply now!

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#SFIAR #AgResearch #PhD #Masters

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Call: SFIAR Award 2024

The Swiss Forum for International Agricultural Research (SFIAR) offers an annual Award for graduates and scientists of a Swiss institution who work in agricultural research for development. Deadline f...

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Robert Finger @robertfinger.bsky.social · Jul 28

‘Remote‐Sensing for Herbicide‐Free Agriculture: A Bio‐Economic and Policy Appraisal’

New paper in the Journal of Agricultural Economics led by Eileen Ziehmann and with Robert Huber @robehube.bsky.social

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Departement Umweltsystemwissenschaften (D-USYS), ETH Zürich @usyseth.bsky.social · Jun 30

Swiss female researchers! 👩‍🔬 Got a world-changing idea? The feminno program (PhD-Prof) is for you! Get 10 days of training on business models, pitching, fundraising & more. Connect with experts & mentors to launch your spin-off! 🚀

Apply by July 31, 2025: blogs.ethz.ch/feminno/appl...

Application | feminno – female innovation and career development in sciences

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World Food System Center, ETH Zurich @ethzwfsc.bsky.social · Jul 22

How can #FoodProcessing genuinely contribute to a healthier world? 🌱🌎

Congrats to our member Patrick Rühs & his team at @ethz.ch for their publication in @nature.com Food, "Unrefined plant raw materials are key to nutritious food" 👏

Read more: www.nature.com/articles/s43...

#FoodInnovation

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World Food System Center, ETH Zurich @ethzwfsc.bsky.social · Jul 15

A big thanks to all who joined our Science on Your Plate event at Food Zurich! 🌿🔬 @ethz.ch researchers presented their food systems work alongside a fantastic 4-course plant-based dinner by Michaela Frank. Food & science in sync!

Read more: bit.ly/3GLebHB

#FoodZurich #ETHZurich #Sustainability

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