Farmers relying on ‘subtle energy systems’ for farm and livestock health, such as bio-energetic, biodynamic, homeopathic, radionic and other resonance systems, report a corresponding amplification of the health and vitality of the whole farm. This session shares the experiences of farmers achieving measurable results with such systems and explores the questions this raises.

Daphne Astor and Piers Torday are on a mission to awaken authors, publishers, booksellers, printers and everyone involved with making, selling, reading and buying books to the importance of producing books using more environmentally aware methods and materials.

Over five days in October, Gary Rumbold and Adam Lockyear travelled over 500km from Fowey in Cornwall to Cheltenham in Gloucestershire, visiting 10 farms in six counties and exploring the diversity of farming in the region. During the visit they explored the things farmers are doing to step up to the challenge of the climate and ecological emergencies; what inspires them to farm; and their wildlife highlights. Join the duo to share the experiences of…

Would you like to have an informal chat with landowners who have tried different ways of involving more people farming, growing and running other farm-related enterprises on their land?

The poet Trelawney is calling out for readers for a food and farming themed poetry session. Want to share your favourite poet’s work or have your own piece you want to share? Or just turn up to hear some great poems: from odes to the joys of eating together, the rich experience of life working the land, the impact on nature of the industrial food system; to famine and feasting, shopping to cooking.

Immerse yourself in a soundscape curated by the Landworkers' Radio and Farmerama. In this interactive, drop-in session, we invite you to listen to our audio exhibition exploring the topic of land justice, and consider questions and prompts around the room.

This session is a journey of stories told by four farmers about what land means to them and how they are fighting to defend their right to it.  They will show why land is common, not a commodity, and people, not corporations, must be able to enjoy it. 

Farms don’t just grow food, they grow opportunity. Research shows that communities surrounded by small farms benefit economically, as small farms circulate income among local establishments and generate jobs. The Hutson-Kadara family is using the power of farming to create opportunities for their town. Allensworth - located in California’s Central Valley - is a small, rural town whose promising trajectory as a Black agricultural haven was dashed by racism in the early 1900s. Today, the…

Building on the successful launch of the Sustainable Food Trust’s Feeding Britain from the Ground Up report in June, this session will explore the need to speed up the transition to more resilient and regenerative food and farming systems and reduce public confusion about healthy and sustainable diets. The panel will focus on how we can align what we eat with the output of genuinely sustainable farming systems, and explore what’s needed to enable this…