The Oxford Farming Conference
OFC Conference Close
OFC 2023 Close
OFC23 Chair Emily Norton closes the conference, and hands over to OFC24 Chair, Will Evans who reveals the 2024 theme.
Succeeding after adversity
Disrupting global food politics - a personal manifesto
Inspiring Farmers
Is consensus on land in Britain possible?
Is consensus on land in Britain possible?
Sir Charles Godfray, Director of the Oxford Martin School, including the Oxford Martin Programme on the Future of Food.
Farmers leading the battle for soil and soul
Farmers leading the battle for soil and soul
Sir Tim Smit, Executive Vice-Chair and Co-founder of the Eden Project
Scaling local food economies
Scaling local food economies
Mairi Gougeon ,Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and Islands, Scottish Government
George Burgess, Interim Director of Agriculture and Rural Economy, Scottish Government
Jannine McMahon, Moss Lane Farm.
The business case for nature-based solutions
The business case for nature-based solutions
James Alexander, Finance Earth
Beccy Speight, Chief Executive for RSPB
Jamie Butler from Meon Springs.
Farming Innovations
OFC Patron, HRH The Princess Royal
The Frank Parkinson Lecture
The Frank Parkinson Lecture
Advancing Climate Change and Food System Solutions, sponsored by Frank Parkinson Agricultural Trust
Speaker: Cynthia Rosenzweig, Senior Research Scientist and Head of the Climate Impacts Group at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies.
The Well-being of Future Generations Act
The Well-being of Future Generations Act
Jane Davidson, Author of #Futuregen: Lessons from a Small Country
UK Policy
Getting the rules right
Jojo Mehta & Kyle Lischak
Jojo Mehta, Executive Director and Co-Founder of Stop Ecocide International
Kyle Lischak, Head of UK, ClientEarth
The future of sustainable trade
Jason Hafemeister & Kimberley Botwright
Jason Hafemeister - Acting Deputy Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs and the Trade Counsel to the Secretary at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Kimberley Botwright - Head of Sustainable Trade for the World Economic Forum.
Fieldwork Book Club
Fieldwork Book Club, in partnership with OFC
Hosted in partnership with the Fieldwork Book Club, this session was joined by Adam Bedford who interviewed authors, Sarah Langford and Bella Bathurst, as they discussed their books and reflections on agriculture.
OFC 2023 Report
OFC 2023 Report Launch
Supply Chain Synergies: What is the appropriate role of supply chains in achieving responsible production at farm level?
Online Fringes (hosted on 8 December)
OFC Opening Fringe, with guest speakers from Ukraine
Ukraine Deputy Minister of Agriculture, and President of Ukraine Agricultural Advisory Services, Kyiv Lviv
Net Zero Future: A Global Perspective on transitioning to a sustainable farming future
Hosted by Map of Ag, the panel provided insights into how countries are dealing with the transition to a sustainable farming future including, commercial, political, trade and cultural challenges.
Keys to Securing Business Resilience in an Uncertain Era
Trinity Agtech and industry colleagues discuss what ‘farming a new future’ means in terms of farm-business resilience.
Roots to Farming - Attracting and Growing Future Talent
The 2023 Conference marks 10 years since OFC and McDonald’s partnered to support the OFC Scholars Programme, to support young people attend the conference while gaining valuable skills to foster leaders of tomorrow.
Can Insect Bioconversion help provide Feed Security and Lower Carbon Footprint amid the growing Demand for Protein?
Farmers are bearing the brunt of rapidly rising compound feed and fertiliser prices whilst also being challenged to manage their waste streams in productive and sustainable ways. Insect bioconversion may prove to be a solution.
Net Zero in Farming – Threat or opportunity for the sector?
Much talk and debate around farming moving to Net Zero by 2040 – how will this be achieved and, given the present inflation challenges and challenges around food security, is it right this should be our focus at the present time?
Farming a new future: From fundamental research to real world application.
The UKRI fringe event examined how fundamental research can lead to the practical implementation of real world solutions that will secure our farming future.