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16 January 2024
Eating is Knowing: Eten is Weten Podcast with Dr. Sigrid Wertheim-Heck
- Did you know that 75% of our daily food comes from abroad? Associate Professor Sigrid Wertheim-Heck (Environmental Policy) gives us some insight on... -
06 January 2024
Students turn waste into protein
- A group of Wageningen students won the Rethink Waste international student challenge with their idea for making high-quality protein powder out of... -
29 December 2023
2023: These are the most-read WUR stories
- As Wageningen University & Research, we publish articles, posts, videos, and podcasts every year about research and education. A lot happens in... -
20 December 2023
WUR PhD candidate wants to prevent extreme atrophy in IC patients
- Critically ill patients in intensive care often lose a significant portion of their muscle tissue, which increases the risk of complications and,... -
11 December 2023
Eating crunchier foods could be the secret to losing weight, study suggests.
- The secret to losing weight could be as simple as choosing crunchier foods. According to the findings of a study, we eat up to half as fast when we... -
06 December 2023
Annemarie Wagemakers: ‘Health inequities caused by social conditions are unfair’
- How can we support people in a disadvantaged situation to become healthier? That is the central question in the participatory action research of... -
04 December 2023
Healthy & Safe Food Systems research programme video
- A video has been released in which Gulden Yilmaz, Milou van der Schans, Nicole de Wit, and Wim van der Poel provide valuable insights into the... -
22 November 2023
Antibiotic resistance in livestock animals is stabilizing
- As the sales of antimicrobial veterinary medicinal products in the Netherlands declined over the years since 2009, so did the antimicrobial resistance... -
03 November 2023
Nature-inclusive farming requires different approach to one health
- “Nature-inclusive farming increases the risk of potentially zoonotic diseases,” warns researcher Ad Koets of Wageningen Bioveterinary... -
26 October 2023
Good news for coffee fans: a cup of joe seems to benefit kidney health
- Fish for a healthy heart, alcohol-free for the liver, fibre-rich for healthy intestines and no smoking to keep our lungs clean. We include health...
Radio, podcast & TV
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09 February 2022
Stacy Pyett on The Naked Scientist about Veganuary and its impact on climate change
- Stacy Pyett, programme manager Proteins for Life, was interviewed for BBC podcast The Naked Scientist last week. She discusses the end of Veganuary... -
02 November 2021
How to eat my way to a better world?
- Ever wondered if it helps to check for sustainability labels in the supermarket? In this explainer video produced by Universiteit van Nederland, Prof.... -
30 July 2021
Louise O. Fresco in Overnight about the future of food
- Louise O. Fresco, President Executive Board, talks about feeding the world, about smart technology, sustainable agriculture and answers... -
17 July 2019
Eelke Westra & Toine Timmermans about foodwaste on BBC
- Nearly 30% of all food products are wasted somewhere in the chain. In BBC's last episode of Follow the food, Eelke Westra and Toine Timmermans...