Dr Phil Howell
2025
Based in Cambridge, Phil leads Niab’s pre-breeding research in broad-acre crops, particularly cereals and legumes. Much of his research programme is in collaboration with breeders, growers and the food industry around crops and traits which can increase diversity into arable rotations whilst reducing growers’ reliance on inputs.
My Sessions
Alternative protein: opportunity, threat or both?
Tom Cackett
Dr Phil Howell
Bibi Rodgers Hunt
Rob Hodgkins
The ‘alternative protein’ sector covers plant-based protein, cultured meat, precision fermentation and other sources. It claims to be more sustainable than meat/dairy/egg production, with a generational and demographic dietary shift towards alternative proteins already beginning. A high proportion of UK farmland is currently used for either forage or feed production, so any significant reduction in […]