The Oxford Farming Conference

Partner Sessions

Future Farming: landscape diversity in 2050.

Hosted by Woodland Trust

Fieldwork Book Club, in partnership with OFC.

Adam Bedford, Anna Jones and Rebecca Smith.

“So what do we really want from food?"

Hosted by Food, Farming and Countryside Commission.

Financing a just and regenerative transition for UK agriculture

Hosted by WWF

The Agricultural Transition and Environment Land Management (ELM); Latest State of Play.

Hosted by Defra and Frontier

Farming a Greener Future – The diverse role of livestock.

Hosted by AHDB

UK Farming Land Tenure at a Crossroads?

Hosted by CAAV

Building climate resilience for the Biggest Job on Earth

Hosted by BASF

Bridging the labour gap – bringing new entrants into farming

Hosted by Lantra

Regenerative agriculture – hype or hope?

Hosted by NIAB

Latest news and developments with the Agri-Tech Centres

Hosted by Agri-Tech Centres

OFC24 Opening Video

OFC24 Opening Video and Welcome

The 2024 Oxford Farming Conference, themed "The Power of Diversity" kicks off with our opening video.

Conference Opening

OFC Chairman Will Evans welcomes delegates for OFC24

Politics Session

Steve Barclay

Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Steve Reed

Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Stuart Roberts

Farmer and advisor to the Liberal Democrats on Food and Farming policy

Caroline van der Plas and Politics Session Q & A

Party Leader of the Farmer Citizen Movement. Followed by the Q & A with Steve Reed and Stuart Roberts

Food Innovation and Opportunities

Andy Richardson

Chair, Welsh Food & Drink Industry and co-founder of Protein Challenge 2040

Dr Awal Fuseini

Senior Halal Sector Manager, Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board

Emma Niven

Farmer and Loch Leven's Larder Farm Shop Director

Food Innovation and Opportunities Q & A

Andy Richardson, Dr Awal Fuseini and Emma Niven

From Waste to Opportunity

Jim Shanks

Farmer

Vincent Doumezial

Senior Advisor for Ocean at United Nations Global Compact

Emma Brown

Commercial Manager in the Fresh Produce team at FareShare

How Diversity Can Strengthen Farmers’ Resilience in the Face of Climate Change

Andy Cato

Farmer and Co Founder Wildfarmed

Dr Diana Onyango

Veterinary Doctor and Programmes Specialist

Food and Drink - bringing people together

Jan McCourt
Tom Warner
Romy Gill

Frank Parkinson Lecture - Westmorland Family, A Story of Rural Diversification

Sarah Dunning OBE

Chair of Westmorland Limited

Diversified Leadership - Could Farming Do Better?

Diana Overton

Group Finance Director for Frontier Agriculture and a Trustee for RABI

Prof. David Hughes

Emeritus Professor of Food Marketing at Imperial College in London

Getting People into Agriculture - Could Diversity Fix Farming Recruitment

Question Time Panel Discussion

Professor Kenneth Sloan - Vice-Chancellor at Harper Adams University
Donna Edmonds - CEO of Farms for City Children
Rory Christie - Dairy Farmer and Vice Chair SAOS
Amie Burke - Inclusivity Programme Manager, Institute of Grocery Distribution
Nick Evans - Founder of First4Farming and co-founder of Oxbury

Inspiring Farmers

Polly Davies

Mixed Organic Tenant Farmer and AHDB Cereals and Oilseeds Sector Council Member

Doug Wanstall

Farmer

David Mwanaka

Farmer and founder of Mwanaka Fresh Farm Foods

Inclusive Farming

Michael Duxbury

Global head of diversity for the Vodafone group and co-founder of Inclusive Farm