Healthy soil, healthy food, healthy people: An outline of the H3 project

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This paper provides an outline of a new research project, funded through UKRI’s ‘Transforming UK food systems’ programme. The H3 project (Healthy soil, Healthy food, Healthy people) aims to transform the UK food system ‘from the ground up’, through an integrated programme of research at lab, farm, landscape, local, regional and national scales. This article introduces the H3 project with a particular emphasis on those parts of our work that have most direct relevance in terms of improving human diet and nutrition. Specifically, we seek to make early interventions in the food system through biofortification and other measures that reduce the need for costly interventions at later stages. Focusing on low-income populations and using a ‘health by stealth’ approach, we also seek to increase fibre consumption among the UK population by reformulating foods that are already an established part of people's diet. The paper concludes by assessing the likely impact of these interventions and the significance we attach to working with stakeholders in business, government and civil society.

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Item Type:	Article
Authors/Creators:	Jackson, P Cameron, D Rolfe, S Dicks, LV Leake, J Caton, S Dye, L Young, W https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2586-9450 Choudhary, S Evans, D Adolphus, K Boyle, N
Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information:	© 2021 British Nutrition Foundation. This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Jackson, P., Cameron, D., Rolfe, S., Dicks, L.V., Leake, J., Caton, S., et al (2021) Healthy soil, healthy food, healthy people: An outline of the H3 project. Nutrition Bulletin, 46, 497– 505., which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/nbu.12531. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions. This article may not be enhanced, enriched or otherwise transformed into a derivative work, without express permission from Wiley or by statutory rights under applicable legislation. Copyright notices must not be removed, obscured or modified. The article must be linked to Wiley’s version of record on Wiley Online Library and any embedding, framing or otherwise making available the article or pages thereof by third parties from platforms, services and websites other than Wiley Online Library must be prohibited.
Keywords:	biofortification; dietary change; fibre consumption; food systems; nutrient enhancement; soil health
Dates:	Published: December 2021 Published (online): 17 November 2021 Accepted: 18 October 2021
Institution:	The University of Leeds
Academic Units:	The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > School of Earth and Environment (Leeds) > Sustainability Research Institute (SRI) (Leeds)
Funding Information:	Funder Grant number BBSRC (Biotechnology & Biological Sciences Research Council) BB/V004719/1
Depositing User:	Symplectic Publications
Date Deposited:	02 Dec 2021 12:44
Last Modified:	17 Nov 2022 01:13
Status:	Published
Publisher:	Wiley
Identification Number:	10.1111/nbu.12531
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID):	oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:181017

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