The Oxford Farming Conference
A Climate of Change: Agriculture - the solution not the problem
A Climate of Change: Agriculture - the solution not the problem
Speakers:
* Professor Myles Allen - Professor of Geosystem Science & Leader of the Climate Research Programme
* Professor Richard Pywell - Senior Principal Scientist at the NERC Centre for Ecology
* Andrew Voysey - Head of Business and Government Solutions at Soil Capital
Chair: Andrew Pitts, OFC Director and Farmer
SPECIAL OFC Bitesize in partnership with Defra
Roadmap for the transformation of farm support
Envrionment Secretary, George Eustice MP
Independent panel questions
Audience questions
Host: Sarah Mukherjee
OFC Chairman: Sally Williams
Farmers in Global Competition
Farmers in Global Competition
Speakers:
Tony Abbott – former Prime Minister of Australia, appointed adviser to UK Board of Trade
Minette Batters – President, National Farmers Union
Chair: MD of Hugh Lowe Farms Ltd and OFC Director, Marion Regan
The Paradox of Plenty
The Paradox of Plenty
Speakers :
* Chandrashekhar Bhadsavle, Farmer in India
* Daniel McGahey, Senior Environmental and Social Scientist at Earth Systems
* Konrad Brits, Chief Executive Officer at Falcon Coffees Limited
Chair: OFC Director and Chief Executive of IEMA, Sarah Mukherjee
The World, Its Food and My Farm
The World, Its Food and My Farm
Speakers :
* Terri Sarch, UK Ambassador to the UN Food and Agriculture Agencies in Rome
* Robynne Anderson, President of Emerging Ag
* Caroline Drummond, Chief Executive of Linking Environment and Farming (LEAF)
Chair: OFC Director and food safety and nutrition consultant, Alo Solutions, Barbara Bray
The Case for Expansion
The Case for Expansion
Speakers:
Managing Director, Grosvenor Farms, Mark Roach
Arable Manager, Grosvenor Farms, Charlie Steer
Chair: OFC Director, Tom Levitt
Towards Greater Self Sufficiency
Towards Greater Self Sufficiency
Speakers:
Prof. of Food Policy at London’s City University Prof. Tim Lang
Strategy and Policy Director at Soil Association Joanna Lewis
Agro-Ecological Farmer, George Young
CEO at RSPB Rebecca Speight
Chair: OFC Director, and Associate Director Farming and Land Use at Soil Association, Liz Bowles
The Business Organisation of Farming
Business Organisation of Farming
Speakers:
- CEO of the Tenant Farmers Association George Dunn
- Institutional Agricultural Investor and Nuffield Scholar Angus Selby
- Scottish Land and Estates CEO Sarah-Jane Laing
- Groceries Code Adjudicator Christine Tacon
Chair: OFC Director and Head of Rural Research at Savills UK, Emily Norton