2010 - 2024

As food and agriculture became globalised, peasant organisations from the Global North and South came together and founded the global peasants’ movement, La Via Campesina (LVC), in 1993. La Via Campesina is now over 30 years old, unifies over 200 million peasants around the globe and comprises of over 180 member organisations. It continues amplifying the voices of peasants worldwide, fostering solidarity among diverse communities, inspiring hope and advocating for just and inclusive food systems.…

The Climate Change Committee has been clear that carbon dioxide removal will be key to reaching net zero. The way we approach this will have significant implications for our society – including for farmers, who are fundamentally important in helping achieve our climate targets. The challenge for farmers in this very busy space is to understand enough about the different greenhouse gas removal mechanisms available to ensure that they make the right decisions for their…

A model of low-intensive agriculture, sustainable, biodiverse, pluralistic: Has it, does it and can it feed islanders in the future? What can be drawn from crofting which could be applied wherever people have a corner of land. In this session you will hear from young crofters turning the tide by bringing crofting back to productivity in a contemporary context, drawing from the past and creating a good fit for the future. How does crofting sit…

Launching at ORFC24, the Nature Friendly Farming Network has produced a new toolkit for understanding and implementing farm management systems that reduce pest, weed and disease burdens. Looking at practical implications for reducing pesticides and baselining biodiversity on farm landscapes, three arable farmers will delve into their strategies for improving farm ecosystems, showing how they measure impact and success.

Following on from Tell Your Story PART 1: Make Yourself Heard you can choose between one of two smaller, intensive group workshops with the Just Farmers team. This is Workshop 2: Introduction to Filming on Your Phone with Alex Price. These sessions are specifically being offered to newer voices in the space to help develop more upcoming land workers as advocates and support those who might not yet be in a position to be a…

Back by popular demand! Join Dr Patrick McManaway as he explores the world of subtle energies in the landscape and recounts stories from working with farmers, growers and landowners across three continents. Patrick works to heal the geopathic stress that has been inflicted on a landscape as a result of historical or environmental trauma. He is able to show how the energies present in a landscape affect the health, fertility and productivity of both crops…

Understanding the landscapes that we inhabit can be paramount to cultivating healthy relationships with them. A knowledge of land heritage and folklore, how our cultures and nature are married together in mythologies and stories, can foster stronger connections and encourage a deeper sense of place. Underlying the hustle and bustle of the City of Oxford is a wealth of lore and learning, that not only teaches us about this ancient cultural centre, but also the…

Food is a basic need, but seldom a basic policy area. Drawing on agroecology for cohesive national food strategies can provide benefits across all these sectors: supporting public health, environmental sustainability, economic stability, social cohesion, and national security and sovereignty. Local farmers and communities are demonstrating the viability of nature- and climate-friendly small-scale production and supply chains and the positive impact of building relationships back into the food system. At the national scale, this agroecological…

Workshop targeted at smaller intensive growers. The session will lay out what you will require to support applications and give guidance on the information you should be recording from the moment you start your farming enterprise. Many people try to do it themselves or are bumped into an application unprepared when the council visit