Last week, I was lucky enough to be able to join a group of data geeks (I say that affectionately!) as they gathered in Manchester to explore two very different datasets.
The first was the National Diet and Nutrition Survey (NDNS – available from the UK Data Service), which collects information on the food consumption, nutrient intake and nutritional status of the india rcs data general population aged 1.5 years and over living in private households in the UK, based on around one thousand representative people.
The second was a Greenhouse Gas Emissions (GHGE) dataset created by researchers Neil Chalmers, Ruth Slater and Leone Craig at The Rowlett Institute (University of Aberdeen) which has the current best approximations of emissions for each food product in the NDNS.
The evening was organised by members of the Greenhouse Gas and Dietary choices Open source Toolkit (GGDOT) project funded by N8 Agrifood: Sarah Bridle, Christian Reynolds, Joe Fennell and Ximena Schmidt.
There was a good turnout with people breaking into three groups to explore the data and see what they could come up with.