The Biorenewables Development Centre, Kilnsey Park Estate and the Centre for Novel Agricultural Products have won funding from Innovate UK to develop a novel circular model for food production to produce resource-efficient, healthy and low-emission food such as leafy salads and vegetables.

Two University of York research projects have been awarded funding, as part of a £42 million programme, to work with industry partners in co-developing new sustainable technologies for health care, agriculture, cosmetics and wastewater treatment.

A new research project aims to help UK farmers and growers to target Net Zero and increase crop resilience.

Scientists from the University of York are collaborating on a new environmentally-friendly research project to use vertical farming facilities to grow amaranth - a new source of alternative plant protein.

Family, friends, colleagues and research partners came together on 1 April 2023, to remember and celebrate the life, career and research of Simon McQueen-Mason, who died in a cycling accident in June 2022.

Researchers are working to find a plant-based alternative for the recovery of gold, silver and copper nanoparticles from mining waste.