ORFC GLOBAL 2021

We explore, through a sensory workshop, cycles of historical trauma embedded in the soil and reference narratives of global dispossessions harking back to early agricultural practice. Soil is ground to massacres, factory poisons, the site of struggles for survival. It remembers and re-members. Composting is degradation reparation: for soils, for damaged earth and for social fabrics. What makes good compost? Can we re-embody life in ways that can heal damaged ecologies? What is the place…

During this session we will dive into the littoral zone to cover algae 101. We will learn about wild algae forests, the evolutionary history of micro-algae, about the algae blooms caused by nitrogen/phosphorus loading of waterways, about algae as a fertiliser, algae carbon speculation and algae-industrialization for biofuels. We will share information on the global supply chains and seaweed workers, and the concerns about how these production methods will fare in a changing climate.  We…

Agriculture is one of the most dangerous occupations in the country, but workers in the US dairy, poultry, and livestock industries lack the basic protections that workers in most every other industry take for granted. A legal exemption prevents the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) from monitoring and investigating farms with 10 or fewer workers, which means the vast majority of animal agriculture workers have no protection from dangerous conditions and no recourse…

At the end of our time together in Oxford, please join us to reflect on what we have learned and what we will take away from ORFC23. There will be short summaries from leaders in the movement and the obligatory highlights video to ensure that any embarrassing dancing will remain on record forever! We will also be joined by representatives of our global community who have been participating online.

Join us for the closing plenary of the online conference with speakers from around the world.