The 11th annual Oxford Real Farming Conference took place on 8th and 9th January. Both the Biodynamic Land Trust and the Biodynamic Association were represented among the hundreds of participants. The conference highlighted that radical changes are needed to our food and farming system to meet the many challenges the world faces. A packed programme…Continue reading Transforming land ownership
Keeping it Real: Reflections on the Oxford Real Farming Conference January 6-7th 2014
Back in 1944, Walter Goldschmidt conducted research which showed a causal relation between industrial agricultural structures and deteriorating community conditions. “As you sow, so you shall reap”, he counselled. Food, and its production, has the potential to make or break connections between people. The Oxford Real Farming Conference is now in its fifth year, and…Continue reading Keeping it Real: Reflections on the Oxford Real Farming Conference January 6-7th 2014