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LandAlive
New South West Food and Farming Conference heralds a new era of ‘Climate Adaptive Farming’
LandAlive, 22nd + 23rd November, Bath and West Showground
A new South West conference aiming to help farmers manage climate extremes, following the wettest eighteen months on record, was announced today. Called LandAlive, the event will explore how what are known as ‘regenerative’ or nature-friendly methods can improve farm profits, while boosting local economies, opening up new markets and stimulating innovation and investment across the South West.
The new conference is to be held at the Bath and West Showground on the 22nd and 23rd November 2024. It will feature a two-day programme of talks by top experts in regenerative farming and sustainable food. They include: Martin Lines of the Nature Friendly Farming Network, Helen Coates (DEFRA), Phillip Lymbery (Compassion in World Farming), Caroline Grindrod (Roots to Regeneration), Tim Martin (FarmWilder, Devon), Tim Coates (founder of Oxbury Bank), and Sue Pritchard (Food, Farming and Countryside Commission).
Chief Executive of the Royal Bath and West of England Society Carol Paris said:
“After the wettest eighteen months on record, with reports from some farmers that 2024 would be ‘the first year without harvest since the Second World War’, there’s an urgent need for a resilient and ‘climate adaptive’ food and farming system.
‘Since our charitable objectives include educating in agriculture, we want to help advance regenerative practices as the best way forward for climate and food security. It’s also a huge opportunity for the food sector as a whole.’
Whilst primarily aimed at farmers, this is the first conference in the region to look at the place of regenerative farming within the wider food system. Organisers aim to ‘join up the dots’ across the supply chain, looking at ways to support farmers and local economies in the years ahead.
LandAlive, 22nd + 23rd November, Bath and West Showground
A new South West conference aiming to help farmers manage climate extremes, following the wettest eighteen months on record, was announced today. Called LandAlive, the event will explore how what are known as ‘regenerative’ or nature-friendly methods can improve farm profits, while boosting local economies, opening up new markets and stimulating innovation and investment across the South West.
The new conference is to be held at the Bath and West Showground on the 22nd and 23rd November 2024. It will feature a two-day programme of talks by top experts in regenerative farming and sustainable food. They include: Martin Lines of the Nature Friendly Farming Network, Helen Coates (DEFRA), Phillip Lymbery (Compassion in World Farming), Caroline Grindrod (Roots to Regeneration), Tim Martin (FarmWilder, Devon), Tim Coates (founder of Oxbury Bank), and Sue Pritchard (Food, Farming and Countryside Commission).
Chief Executive of the Royal Bath and West of England Society Carol Paris said:
“After the wettest eighteen months on record, with reports from some farmers that 2024 would be ‘the first year without harvest since the Second World War’, there’s an urgent need for a resilient and ‘climate adaptive’ food and farming system.
‘Since our charitable objectives include educating in agriculture, we want to help advance regenerative practices as the best way forward for climate and food security. It’s also a huge opportunity for the food sector as a whole.’
Whilst primarily aimed at farmers, this is the first conference in the region to look at the place of regenerative farming within the wider food system. Organisers aim to ‘join up the dots’ across the supply chain, looking at ways to support farmers and local economies in the years ahead.
The Showground, Shepton Mallet, Somerset BA4 5QT
Thu 3 Oct to Sat 23 November
Website:
www.landalive.co.uk/