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

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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