Sustainable Food Production: Techniques and Practices
Join our postgraduate students on a CAT teaching week and explore how we can create more sustainable agricultural practices.
You will find what it is like to study on one of our postgraduate courses at CAT while exploring the potential of plant breeding and agricultural technologies to support a sustainable agriculture.
Key Information
- Duration: five days
- Upcoming dates: Monday 22 – Friday 26 June 2026
- Start and finish times: starts at 10am and ends at 3pm on the last day
- Fees: £700
- Includes: tuition, all materials, lunch (accommodation can be booked separately)
- What to bring: good boots and waterproof clothing is advised
- Terms and Conditions:
- You must be 18 years or over to attend our courses.
- For full list of terms and conditions click here
Attendees will receive a certificate of attendance for joining the course at the end of the week. If attendees wish to enrol on a postgraduate course at CAT and take the module within their future course, they will be able to receive a discount on tuition costs.
Who is this course aimed at?
This week is aimed at people who wish to have a taster of studying at postgraduate level at CAT, with an interest in making food production more sustainable.
What you will learn
During this short course participants will look the impacts of different production methods along with the key scientific advances, debates and uncertainties in the science of sustainable food production.
Topics covered includes:
- Potential use of plant breeding and agricultural technologies
- Impact of food production on greenhouse gas emissions, carbon sequestration, soil health, biodiversity, and ecosystem services
How will I learn
Through pre-reading and some pre-recorded introductory lectures, live in person lectures, discussions, group activities and practical activities at CAT and on field trips.
This short course is part of the teaching week for the MSc module Sustainable Food Production: Techniques and Practices.
Please be aware there may be some activities and content during the week only available to students, where an activity isn’t appropriate for the short course attendee, we will endeavour to arrange a replacement activity.
Tutors
Alexandra Hamer is a senior lecturer at CAT’s Graduate School, teaching students on our MSc in Sustainability courses. She teaches on our postgraduate modules focusing on ecology and food. She also contributes GIS support to other modules and is particularly interested in helping students to become confident in the use of GIS.
Dr Rebecca Kent – Senior Lecturer and SNFR Programme Leader
Rebecca Kent is a senior lecturer on the MSc Sustainable Food and Natural Resources course and teaches on the Food Consumption and Production, Restoration Ecology and the Science of Sustainable Food Production modules.
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