ORFC 2027 7 – 8 Jan
ORFC 2027 7 – 8 Jan
Join us as the UK’s largest agroecology gathering returns for our 18th year!
The Oxford Real Farming Conference (ORFC) explores the questions at the forefront of the alternative food and farming movement, from farm practice deep-dives and the latest agroecological research, to exploring our reciprocal relationship with Nature and marginalised perspectives on food sovereignty and land.
This year, we’ll be talking about everything from the future of organic arable to practical lessons learned from the summer’s drought. We’ll be hearing about the fight of land defenders from the majority world, exploring the importance of the more-than-human in caring for the land, and discussing how agroecology can meet the challenges of AI, climate change and global shocks. Together, we’ll consider the innovative farm practice, policy developments, funding opportunities and community mobilisation needed to inspire change towards a future that truly nourishes people and planet.
Hope in a better food and farming system is more important than ever. We welcome farmers and growers, scientists, activists and policymakers, and anyone with an interest in food and agriculture to discuss a shared vision for a fairer food and farming system. Through music, performance, poetry, seed exchanges, practical demonstrations, book talks and thought-provoking discussions, we’ll be celebrating farmer stories, embracing indigenous learnings and exploring cutting-edge research. Beyond our scheduled sessions, you’ll experience the energy of ORFC in the in-betweens: the conversations in the streets, the interviews in the stairwells, the excitable exchanges in pubs.
ORFC 2027 promises to be the most inspiring, empowering and urgent yet, as we come together to forge connections with allies, exchange knowledge, and champion agroecology in practice across the UK and beyond. Whether you’ve been before or you’re new to the magic of ORFC, we welcome you to join our growing community shaping a stronger food system together.
Over two full days you can expect 145+ dynamic in-person talks and interactive workshops, including 50+ livestreamed sessions. Please note that this year, Listening to the Land, our programme to bring visibility to the sacred and reciprocal relationship we have with the Land, will be incorporated into the main ORFC programming, 7th-8th January 2027.
This year’s conference will explore inspiring, challenging and wide-ranging topics, including:
A note on capacity: For 2027, we’re exploring ways to improve access across the conference so that more delegates can attend the sessions that matter most to them.
ORFC in-person tickets always sell out, so early booking is essential to avoid disappointment. We offer tiered tickets to ensure that ORFC reflects the radical and diverse community it represents.
An online ticket will give you access to 50+ sessions livestreamed from Oxford. An in-person ticket will give you access to all the sessions in Oxford (145+), including all the livestreamed sessions, so that you can catch up on anything you missed after leaving the in-person conference.
In addition to sessions featuring leading experts from across the UK and around the world, the programme will feature a wide range of social events, musical entertainment, and delicious, sustainably sourced food.
To ensure ORFC 2027 reflects the radical and diverse community it represents, we offer tiered tickets. This sliding scale ensures that ORFC remains an equitable platform for the agroecological movement.
In gratitude and recognition for contributing to the radical spirit of ORFC, those who buy a Pay-It-Forward or Supporter Ticket will have their name or the name of their organisation printed in the ORFC programme and on this page, while those who buy an Online Supporter Ticket will have their name printed on our website.
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For more information on attending, applying for a bursary to attend ORFC, volunteering and exhibiting with us, please see below:
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From a fringe protest of 50 people to a gathering of thousands, ORFC continues to bring the grassroots agroecology and food sovereignty movement together to lead the way towards a fairer food and farming system in the UK and beyond.
The 2027 hybrid conference will run from Thursday, 7th January, through to Friday, 8th January, with in-person registration opening on the evening of Wednesday, 6th January.
Refund Policy and Transfer of Tickets
From Thursday, 5 November 2026, refunds will incur an administrative fee of 20% of the ticket price. Refund requests must be submitted in writing to caitlin@orfc.org.uk by Thursday, 3 December 2026. No refunds will be provided after this date, without exception. Please note booking fees are non-refundable. If you would like to transfer your ticket to another attendee, please contact caitlin@orfc.org.uk by Thursday, 3 December 2026.
Fraudulent ticket sales have been attempted in the past through setting up fake ORFC events. Please read our Fraud Protection statement to understand more about how what measures you can take to protect yourself from phishing and scams.
ORFC is a charitable programme of the Real Farming Trust. In pursuit of our charitable objectives, all income is used to cover the costs of ORFC. Any surplus funds are used to support the other unrestricted charitable activities of the RFT.