The Farming Maze - Environmental Conference

Friday 27 September
6-9pm
St Mary’s Church, Halesworth

TICKETS HERE - free but donations gratefully received.

Conference opened by Adrian Ramsay, MP

Host: The Revd Dominic Doble, Blyth Valley Team Rector

Chair: Josiah Meldrum (Hodmedods)

Opening song sung by Katherine MacRae

As in the Moral Maze, seven diverse ‘experts’ in the field of land and food will briefly present their case in relation to the following question:
“How can we feed ourselves affordably without destroying both our own health and the health of the planet?”

Globally the food system is the second biggest emitter of green house gasses, and food production is the primary cause of deforestation, drought, freshwater pollution, and depletion of aquatic wildlife (In ‘Ravenous’ by Henry Dimbleby)

Prof Peter Hobson

Professor of Biodiversity Conservation & Sustainability, Writtle

https://writtle.ac.uk/accordion/pdfs/The%20controversial%20topic%20of%20climate%20change.pdf

Becky Taylor

Greengrow

http://www.greengrow.org.uk/index

Richard Symes

Earlsway Farm, Bramfield

http://earlswayfarm.co.uk/

Fe Morris

Forestry Commission

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/forestry-commission

Glenn Buckingham

NFU Suffolk County Chair

https://www.nfuonline.com/

Rebecca Mayhew

Old Hall Farm

https://www.oldhallfarm.co.uk

At the end you are invited to join us for a glass of wine and some local cheese.