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4 - 6 January 2023

ORFC 2023 Online Programme

This three-day programme offers 70 sessions with incredible speakers from more than 100 countries. It includes a mix of online-only talks and sessions which are being live-streamed from the in-person ORFC in Oxford. All sessions will be recorded and available to watch on playback. Book tickets now.

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 Keep scrolling for the list of sessions. Please note the times in the online programme below should display in your local time zone.

We gratefully acknowledge the work of our global partners who have helped put together this programme: La Via Campesina, Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA), PAN Asia Pacific (PANAP), Real Food Media, the Agroecology Fund.

Oxford
Panel Discussion

Speakers

Jackie Pearce-Dickens

Miche Fabre Lewin

Eleanor Gallia

Flora Gathorne-Hardy

Chair

Julia Wright

Languages

English

Format

Audio, PDF

14:00 GMT
05/01/23

Intuitive Farming and Other Natural Ways of Knowing

On the one hand the agroecological farming movement petitions for transformation in the food and farming sector. Yet on the other hand, there is the sense that this can happen whilst we retain our familiar western mindsets and beliefs, our ways of knowing, feeling and communicating. Can we really have outer transformation without a parallel inner one?

Oxford
Panel Discussion

Speakers

Josina Calliste

Cel Robertson

Flavian Obiero

Naomi Terry

Chair

Dora Taylor

Languages

English

Format

Audio

14:00 GMT
05/01/23

Jumping Fences Report: Land justice, food justice, and racial justice in British farming

Jumping Fences is a collaboration between the Ecological Land Cooperative, Land in Our Names and the Landworkers’ Alliance which seeks to understand and address the barriers to access to land for Black people and people of colour(BPOC) in agroecological farming in Britain. The research was published in December 2022, and this session is an opportunity to hear the findings from the project, and join a Q&A with a panel of farmers, researchers and activists ideating…

Oxford
Panel Discussion

Speakers

Chantal Wei-Ying Clément

Pete Ritchie

Languages

English

Format

Audio

14:00 GMT
05/01/23

What’s at Steak? The role of livestock & alternative proteins to build sustainable food systems & sustainable diets in the UK

With the climate crisis and threats to food security and human health increasing by the day, meat and alternative proteins are now firmly in the spotlight. In the UK, policy change and increasing investments affecting livestock and plant-based alternatives are imminent, from support for a protein transition and regenerative livestock management, the commercialisation of lab-grown meat, to improvements to animal welfare legislation.

Global
Panel Discussion

Speakers

Chathu Sewwandi
Marcia Ishii
Cecilia Elizondo

Chair

Jayakumar Chelaton

Languages

English, Español

16:00 - 17:30 GMT
Thursday, 5 January 2023

From Sri Lanka to Mexico: Government failures and grassroots solutions to advancing agroecological policy

In this session, experts and activists promoting agroecology will share their experiences in advocating for public policies and initiatives that support these transitions from pesticide dependence to agroecology and initiatives that offer the opportunity to transform our food systems.

Oxford
Panel Discussion
16:00 - 17:30 GMT
Thursday, 5 January 2023

Humanity’s Herding Heritage: Perspectives on Pastoralism from India to Spain

Pastoralists are people all over the world who keep herds of livestock – ranging from alpacas to yaks - in mobile systems, producing food on the move, providing organic manure and recycling crop residues. They are amazingly efficient protein producers, conserve biodiversity and regard their animals as family members that they keep in ways that can be considered cruelty-free: without separating mothers from offspring, allowing them dietary choices, and freedom to move. Join an international…

Farm Practice
Oxford
Panel Discussion

Speakers

Rebecca Mayhew
Lizzie Rowe
Marthe Kiley-Worthington

Chair

Nikki Yoxall

Languages

English

Format

Video

16:00 - 17:30 GMT
Thursday, 5 January 2023

A Good Life: How animal welfare and sustainability go hoof-in-hand 

There is often a perceived conflict between animal welfare and sustainability. There is a belief that slower growing breeds are less efficient and so less sustainable; extensive systems have a decreased output per unit of environmental footprint so intensive systems are preferable; or that we should replace ruminants with monogastrics and apply intensification principles. In this session we will explore some of the misconceptions, trade offs and areas of positive practice that are being developed…

Oxford
Panel Discussion

Speakers

Sophia Doyle
Tallulah Brennan
Jesse Noon
Kelsey and Chelsea

Languages

English

Format

Video

16:00 - 17:30 GMT
Thursday, 5 January 2023

How Do Prisons and Policing Impact and Intersect with Our Struggles for Land Justice?

In this session, organised by the Justice Hub, speakers including transformative justice collective Cradle Community, urban mushroom farming cooperative Myco Manchester Coop and others will explore this question. The session will look at how the prison system, policing and punishment structure UK landscapes and geographies, and the multitude of ways that the racist prison state intersects with land justice issues, whether that be the bifurcation of rural and urban relationships, the imprisonment of protestors or…

Global
Panel Discussion

Speakers

Hsar Doe Doh Moo Htoo
Janene Yazzie

Chair

Milka Chekporir

Languages

English, Español

Format

Video

16:00 - 17:30 GMT
Thursday, 5 January 2023

Defending Indigenous Food Systems and Territories

Indigenous food systems are the foundation of agroecology and yet are very much under threat by mining and other extractive industries, land-grabbing and an increasingly homogenised industrial food system. Indigenous food systems safeguard agrobiodiversity – which is essential for ecosystems and human communities alike. In this session,we will explore how Indigenous Peoples are organising to defend their territories and their food systems. What strategies are they using to preserve and strengthen their food systems, culture…

Oxford
Panel Discussion

Speakers

Alex Fitton

Lydia Crimp

Tom Tibbits

Sam Leach

Chair

Isy Schultz

Languages

English

Format

Audio, PDF

16:00 GMT
05/01/2023

Forgotten Fruit: How craft cider is reviving traditional English orchards

Traditional orchards have declined by 81% since the 1900s. They hold great value for biodiversity (offering food as well as refuge), for climate change resilience, and for the local community. With a growing interest in craft cider in the UK, small-scale makers are proliferating - reclaiming old orchards, innovating low-impact methods in cultivation and production, and supporting each other in a movement that prides itself on creating natural products with a real connection to the…