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Sustain session on jobs in farming at the 2016 Oxford Real Farming Conference
Sustain are running the opening session of the Oxford Real Farming Conference, 10AM, Jan 6th. The session, chaired by Sustain, will include Colin Tudge, LANTRA, Unite the Union, the Soil Association and the Tennant Farmers' Association to discuss what a vision for a million better jobs in farming would look like for the UK.
To attend this session, please book your place at the conference now.
Better Jobs and Better Farming: What would it look like to have a million better jobs in UK farming?
Government and food industry policy, which affects farmers in the UK and overseas, fails to adequately protect nature and promote sustainable farming, and undermines the resilience of rural economies and the ability for farmers and others to make a good living on the land. With our panel we will discuss an alternative vision and debate whether a target of a million good jobs for better farming and land-use is feasible or helpful in the UK, and what impact would it have? And more broadly discuss what the structural reasons are –government policies and corporate practices– that undermine rural economic resilience and sustainable farming, that a plan for a million good jobs for better farming would need to challenge e.g. land policies, and subsidies, for sustainable farm/land management.
Speakers:
Chair – Kath Dalmeny, Sustain
Colin Tudge – Campaign for Real Farming
Bridget Henderson – Unite the Union
Rachel Harries – Soil Association
Chair – Kath Dalmeny, Sustain
Colin Tudge – Campaign for Real Farming
Bridget Henderson – Unite the Union
Rachel Harries – Soil Association
Marcus Potter - LANTRA
Stephen Wyrill - Tennant Farmers' Association
Published Thursday 3 December 2015
Sustainable Farming Campaign: Sustain encourages integration of sustainable food and farming into local, regional and national government policies.
