We upskilled students to grow sustainable food enterprises

This February, the NUS Student Eats conference nourished students’ motivation and skills to plant the seeds for a better future. The day was held at the University of Leeds, and had over 100 attendees from colleges, universities and other interested organisations.

The day was a smorgasbord of workshops, talks and mentoring from people at the top of their foody field. Everyone also had the chance to tour Leeds’ University Union’s roof garden, originally funded by NUS’ Green Fund. The day began with some rousing speeches. Rob Young, NUS’ Vice President (Society and Citizenship) spoke about the vital and urgent need for ethical food production, saying “Sustainable food is vital for individual, social and planetary health – and thus crucial to NUS’ work”. Billy, a Leeds graduate and founder of Honest Edibles, said the conference was “A wonderful event – I thoroughly enjoyed the workshops, and meeting so many engaged people!”