FARM DAY (January 4th)
In Association with Pasture Promise TV
Sustainable agriculture and healthy, nutrient-rich foods are not distant goals to be reached only through new technologies and years of research. They are available now. Given favourable economic conditions – and a clear political will – they could quickly begin improving the health and welfare of the British people. They could also make farming more profitable and raise the biodiversity of our countryside.
Farm Day at the ORFC will bring together leading experts in ecological agriculture – farmers, consultants, scientists. Together they’ll show the farming systems and techniques that are already helping to make British agriculture sustainable and better able to meet the nutritional needs of the population. In the morning there’ll be two conference sessions, on pasture farming and soil fertility. The pasture session will focus on grassland as a key element in sustainable farming systems. Speakers will include John Turner, farmer and founder member of the Pasture-Fed Livestock Association; Ian Wilkinson, MD Cotswold Seeds; Jim Twine from The Story, a farming partnership marketing its own pasture-raised milk, poultry and pork ; and Henry Edmunds, Wiltshire organic mixed farmer using sainfoin and vetch in place of nitrate fertilizer.
The soil session will concentrate on biological methods of raising fertility, including carbon sequestration and such novel approaches as compost teas. Speakers will include agronomist and soil consultant Michael Harrington and farmer and Nuffield Scholar Robert Richmond. The morning conference sessions will be followed by “break-out” sessions including workshops on soil fertility and grazing management.
FOR THE FULL PROGRAMME PLEASE CLICK HERE: PROGRAMME
Venue: T.S. Eliot Theatre, Merton College (directions here)
Sustainable agriculture and healthy, nutrient-rich foods are not distant goals to be reached only through new technologies and years of research. They are available now. Given favourable economic conditions – and a clear political will – they could quickly begin improving the health and welfare of the British people. They could also make farming more profitable and raise the biodiversity of our countryside.
Farm Day at the ORFC will bring together leading experts in ecological agriculture – farmers, consultants, scientists. Together they’ll show the farming systems and techniques that are already helping to make British agriculture sustainable and better able to meet the nutritional needs of the population. In the morning there’ll be two conference sessions, on pasture farming and soil fertility. The pasture session will focus on grassland as a key element in sustainable farming systems. Speakers will include John Turner, farmer and founder member of the Pasture-Fed Livestock Association; Ian Wilkinson, MD Cotswold Seeds; Jim Twine from The Story, a farming partnership marketing its own pasture-raised milk, poultry and pork ; and Henry Edmunds, Wiltshire organic mixed farmer using sainfoin and vetch in place of nitrate fertilizer.
The soil session will concentrate on biological methods of raising fertility, including carbon sequestration and such novel approaches as compost teas. Speakers will include agronomist and soil consultant Michael Harrington and farmer and Nuffield Scholar Robert Richmond. The morning conference sessions will be followed by “break-out” sessions including workshops on soil fertility and grazing management.
FOR THE FULL PROGRAMME PLEASE CLICK HERE: PROGRAMME
Venue: T.S. Eliot Theatre, Merton College (directions here)
