FOOD AND FARMING FOR OUR FUTURE
Live event and livestreamed
Wednesday 11th May 7pm | Dinton Village Hall, Wiltshire SP3 5EB
What could future land use look like? How can we develop healthy, resilient, fair, sustainable food systems for everyone? Set against the backdrop of climate change, massive biodiversity loss and an epidemic in chronic disease, join a panel to explore how we can move to a more positive future – and contribute ideas for change at a local level.
Main Speaker
Patrick Holden, CBE
Founder of the Sustainable Food Trust; internationally respected environmentalist and speaker; dairy farmer and cheese producer in Wales; former Director of the Soil Association. The Sustainable Food Trust is a charity with a global mission to accelerate the transition to more sustainable food and farming systems.
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Melanie Squires, MBE
Director, National Farmers Union (NFU) South West; Non-Exec Director, Heart of the South West Local Enterprise Partnership Board; Trustee of Farms for City Children.
The NFU is an ‘A’ political trade association with a membership of 9,000 family farming businesses across the South West.
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Dr Antonia Wrigley
Founder of the Real Food Campaign UK; Vice Chair, British Holistic Medical Association; lifestyle doctor; former GP.
The Real Food Campaign, works collaboratively to inform and empower citizens, communities and health providers to recognise that Food is Medicine, and to equip them to make Real Food choices for better health.
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Ped Asgarian
Director, Feeding Bristol; former Managing Director of The Community Farm, a CSA/social enterprise; Founding Member of Bristol Food Producers; Trustee Avon Wildlife Trust. Feeding Bristol works to address structural inequalities of the local food system in Bristol working with the most deprived localities and at-risk communities towards a shared vision of food justice.
chair
ffinlo Costain
Founder, Food & Global Security Network; Producer, Farm Gate, the regenerative agriculture podcast. The Food & Global Security Network, helps to identify threats, propose mitigation, and promote opportunities to ensure and improve global access to healthy, nutritious meals.
The event is organised by Positive Nature in partnership with the Real Food Campaign to contribute to their Ambassador programme to spread awareness of the importance of real food across different stakeholder groups at a local level in Wiltshire. Positive Nature’s time is given free. Proceeds from the event will be used to make a donation to Feeding Bristol, The Real Food Campaign UK and the Sustainable Food Trust (registered charities) and for project development.
With thanks for support:
Coombe Farm Organic, Nadder Valley Farmers Group, Pertwood Organic Farm,
All the Kit, Cools Organic Farm, Gutchpool Farm, Upper Leigh Farm, Wincanton Print, Leaf, The Refill Station Tisbury for running the bar
