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Join us as speakers from across the country, cover some of the MOST EXCITING farming and food production initiatives of our time. 

Get the conference dates in the diary

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0815 - 0900
Arrival

with tea and coffee
 

0900 - 0905
Take your seats

Launch of the Norfolk Rural Business Awards

0905 - 0910
Welcome and introduction

with
Dr Belinda Clarke OBE,
Conference Chair

0915 - 0945
Opening address

Rt Hon Emma Reynolds MP, Secretary of State DEFRA

0945 - 1030
Achieving more Value from our land

Jeremy Moody,
Secretary and Adviser, The Central Association of Agricultural Valuers

Session 1
0945 - 1030
Achieving more Value from our land

Philip Maddocks,
Founder and CEO PDM Salads

Session 1
0945 - 1030
Achieving more Value from our land

John Stapleton,
Entrepreneur and founder Covent Garden Soup Company

Session 1
1100 - 1130
Break

with tea and coffee

Session 1
1030 - 1100
Case study: Implications for Norfolk's farmers

Johnny Wake,
Chairman Environmental Farmers Group (Central England)

Session 1
1130 - 1215
Future needs for future farming farming systems

Prof Jules Pretty,
Emeritus Professor of Environment and Society University of Essex

Session 2
1130 - 1215
Future needs for future farming farming systems

Emily Rout,
Head of Strategic Accounts and Industry Collaboration Mondra

Session 2
1130 - 1215
Future needs for future farming farming systems

Tom Pearson,
Integrated food production
at Raynham Farms

Session 2
1215 - 1245
Case study:

David Cross,
Glovers Farm, Tenant Farmer

1245 - 1345
Lunch

and networking

1345 - 1415
Keynote address

Dr Rebecca Harding,
Supply Chain Economist

1415 - 1510
Landing the message - Enabling farmers to use their voice for positive change in UK farming

Olly Harrison,
Farmer and Agricultural influencer 

Session 3
1415 - 1510
Landing the message - Enabling farmers to use their voice for positive change in UK farming

Rebecca Wilson,
Winner of Influencer of the Year at the National Women in Agriculture Awards

 

Session 3
1415 - 1510
Landing the message - Enabling farmers to use their voice for positive change in UK farming

Colin Fernandez,
Former Daily Mail Environment Editor

Session 3
1415 - 1510
Landing the message - Enabling farmers to use their voice for positive change in UK farming

Lizzie McLaughlin,
Farming Journalist,
podcaster and content creator

Session 3
1415 - 1510
Landing the message - Enabling farmers to use their voice for positive change in UK farming

Ben Eagle,
Rural Pod Media

Session 3
1510 - 1530
Break

with tea and coffee

Session 3
1530 - 1600
Case Study 3

James Rebanks,
Farmer, author and presenter

1600 - 1635
Keynote Closing Address - Making sense of it all

Baroness Batters

1625 - 1630
Closing remarks

Conference Chair

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