UK will aim to end long-distance animal and livestock transport and exports pledges Theresa Villiers
#ORFC20 ORFC
Philip Lymbery Compassion in World Farming
Both Oxford Farming Confs were, at the end of the day, about people
Have the debate, robustly, respectfully, preferably face to face #ORFC20 #OFC20
#reconciliation #countryside
With farming gathering in Oxford for Oxford Farming Conference & #ORFC20 , timely to thank the 1000s of farmers who have planted trees with Woodland Trust🌳 and the 1000s that will in the future. #EveryTreeCounts National Farmers' Union Country Land & Business Assn Soil Association TFA Helen Chesshire
Learning about soil observation at #ORFC20 Soilmentor Empowering farmers to learn what works on their land. #NatureMeansBusiness Nature Friendly Farming Network
At the Nature Friendly Farming Network session #ORFC20 Practical ways to achieve Net Zero in UK. Great to hear from Caroline Lucas we CAN demand the change we need to see from our politicians #NatureFriendlyFarming
“The very last thing we need is more processed food” 👏 Sustainable Food Trust’s Richard Young challenging #apocalypsecow at #ORFC20 . Radical change is needed across our food system but whole foods are more than their nutrient parts & must form the basis of a healthy diet
We agree with George Monbiot that radical change is needed to fight the #ClimateEmergency . But not the dismissal of extensive farming like #organic & #agroecology . A study by IDDRI shows this can feed the population & protect nature & climate 🚜💚 #ApocalypseCow #ORFC20
‘Carbon is important but soil structure even more so’
Prof Jonathan Leake Institute for Sustainable Food @SheffieldAPS says visual soil structure assessments are easy and vital as can lead to real improvements in #soilhealth & carbon storage
#knowyoursoils #ORFC20
