Countryside COP Programme 2021

Nature-based Solution to Climate Change

LEAF’s Nature-based Solutions to Climate Change project brings together 10 farms across England, to address one of the most important questions for the industry now: how can we farm in a way that enhances nature to the best of its ability whilst mitigating climate change and ensuring resilience in farming businesses? Alongside industry advisers and experts, the farmers are developing practical approaches and methods to demonstrate how this can be possible, to be published at case studies in early 2022.

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• LEAF (Linking Environment and Farming)
• Helen Mathieu, Germinal
• Charlie Curtis, Progressive Agriculture Ltd
• Johnny Wake, Courteenhall Farms

LEAF

NOMAD: Mobile Digestate Management – Supporting the Future of Sustainable Farming

NOMAD is a unique, mobile solution producing high-quality organic fertilisers and soil amenders from digestate. Join us on the road to a more sustainable, regenerative agriculture. www.projectnomad.eu

• Dr. Ben Herbert, Stopford
• Rokiah Yaman, LEAP Micro AD

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NOMAD H2020 Project

GWP*: understanding methane and GHG metrics

A leading methane scientist will explain the latest scientific consensus on the impact of methane on the climate and how metrics might account for this.

• Dr Michelle Cain, Cranfield University
• Dr Mark Young, CIEL

Why farmers can be net zero heroes

• Tom Clarke, farmer, NFU net zero steering group
• Liz Bowles, Soil Association
• Johnnie Balfour, farmer, Nature Friendly Farming Network
• Sarra Mander, Small Robot Company

Uniting rural communities to tackle climate change

The Rural Network Services is the national champion for rural services, ensuring that rural areas have a strong voice. This event will focus on the ways that rural communities can work together to tackle climate change and play a key role in the drive towards net-zero

• John Birtwistle, First Bus
• Duncan Carter, Calor

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Ensuring a Just Transition: Balancing farming and forestry

Across the UK, farmers recognise the need for a just transition for agriculture when faced with ambitious tree planting targets. Farming is leading the way on carbon sequestration and is very much at the forefront of the climate change solution. Tree planting, in the right place, has a key role to play in tackling the climate and biodiversity crises.

• John Davies, President of NFU Cymru
• Andrew Connon, Vice-President of NFU Scotland
• David Brown, Deputy President Ulster Farmers' Union
• Lennart Nilsson, Federation of Swedish Farmers (LRF)

Cut cost, cut carbon: Why installing renewable energy on your farm makes good business sense

• NFU Energy
• Caplor
• Mypower
• Funding Xchange

GHG in arable and horticultural crops

Hear about a new scientific review which provides baseline emissions for major UK cropping systems. Discussions will cover the opportunities for mitigation and for increasing carbon storage.

• Jon Foot, AHDB
• Harley Stoddart, AHDB
• Allie Hesketh, NFU
• Dr Harry Langford, CHAP

Two leading research centres join the LEAF Network as centres of excellence for sustainable farming

• LEAF (Linking Environment and Farming)
• Agrii’s Throws Farm Technology Centre
• Newcastle University Farms

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NFU Cymru COP Cefn Gwlad – farming’s net zero journey

NFU Cymru’s Net Zero Vision with a focus across the three pillars of efficient production, enhanced carbon sequestration and renewables; and

NFU Cymru’s Growing Together Strategy for sustainably increasing tree cover in Wales and Coed Cadw Hedges and Edges Scheme supporting climate-smart, nature friendly farming

• Nigel Pugh, Coed Cadw – The Woodland Trust in Wales
• Jason Llewellin, NFU Cymru Sustainable Agriculture Award winner & arable farmer
• Abi Reader, Chair of NFU Cymru Milk Board & dairy farmer
• Edward Griffith, NFU Cymru Rural Affairs Board & beef and sheep farmer

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Tenant Farmer Discussion Evening

• Lisa Harrowsmith, Senior Rural Surveyor, Yorkshire Water
• Neil Pickard, Beyond Nature Farming Office

North East press event

An opportunity for journalists to hear from farmers from the North East who are helping steer the NFU's vision for achieving Net Zero; understand more about how farmers are affected by climate change and how they are responding; understand more about British food production & how we differ to other countries around the world; see available farming case studies.

• Andrew Loftus, national livestock board member
• James Standen, national crops board member
• Kate Adams, NFU
• Rachael Gillbanks, NFU

North East farmers

Launch of Trinity Natural Capital Markets

Members of Trinity AgTech and Trinity NCM, including:

• Dr Hosein Khajeh-Hosseiny, Founder and Executive Chairman
• Richard Williamson, Senior Managing Director
• Dr Alasdair Sykes, Managing Director
• Juan Palomares, Managing Director
• Louisa Knocker, Senior Manager
• Plus, Green Farm Collective farmer and Farmers Weekly Environmental Champion 2021, Jake Freestone

GHG accounting and action in the livestock sector

Case study in a mixed livestock system with an exploration of mitigation options and implications for policy.

• AgREcalc
• Richard Findlay, NFU
• Julian Bell (SAC)
• NFU senior adviser Richard Wordsworth

Agri-supply industry – on the case to net zero

• Ed Barker, Head of Policy, External Affairs, AIC
• Jane Salter, Head of Environmental Policy, AIC

Sugar beet and carbon: what we need to know

Speakers from the British Beet Research Organisation and the Lincoln Institute for Agri-food Technology will join grower and NFU Sugar board member Tom Clarke to provide a unique insight into what net zero means for sugar beet growers.

You will have the opportunity to hear about cutting edge research in the sector and pose questions to the panel about what net zero means for your business.

• Tom Clarke, farmer, Cambridgeshire Fens
• Iain Gould, University of Lincoln
• Georgina Barrat, BBRO

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Delivering net zero food

Hear from scientists and engineers at the University of Lincoln on a range of innovative technologies for increasing productivity and achieving net-zero in agriculture. They’ll explore some of the socio-technical and ecological challenges as well as experience in implementing Agriculture 4.0 solutions / technological advances in decarbonising the industry.

• Dr Ravi Valluru, Senior Lecturer in Crop Science
• Dr Amir Badiee, Senior Lecturer
• Dr Grzegorz Cielniak, Associated Professor in Robotics
• Dr Marcello Calisti, Senior Lecturer in Agri-Robotics
• Prof Mini Saaj, Global Chair in Robotic Engineering
• David May, Deputy Director of the Lincoln Insitute of Agri-Food Technology

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Farmer perspectives on achieving Net Zero

Join us for a 1 hour virtual meeting to hear from three members of the NFU’s national Net Zero Steering Group. They will give an insight into the work of the steering group – covering everything from carbon calculators to methane emissions – and their perspective on how all farms can help mitigate climate change, each in their own way.

• Richard Bramley, NFU national environment forum chairman
• Andrew Loftus, NFU national livestock board member
• James Standen, NFU national crops board member
• Kate Bannister, NFU net zero project delivery manager

Tomorrow’s farmers rising to today’s climate challenge

An international young farmer roundtable to discuss the challenges of climate change and how young farmers are part of the solution to deliver climate-friendly food.

• Chrispen Mununga, Commercial Farmers’ Union, Zimbabwe
• Ruramiso Mashumba, farmer in Zimbabwe
• Llyr Jones, farmer in North Wales
• Mateusz Ciasnocha, farmer in Poland
• Jessica Langton, dairy farmer in Derbyshire
• Thomas Duffy, vice-president of the European Council of Young Farmers
• Peter Moss, Next Generation Chairman for NFU Scotland
• Oluwatosin Ogunsola, member of the YOUNGO Agriculture working group and [email protected] campaign manager
• Roen Corneras, young farmer in the Philippines
• K P Illiyas, organic farmer in Kerala and President of the Organic Farming Association of India

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YOUNGO

International Roundtable for Farmers’ Organizations – exchange on COP26 messages

Agricord

Forest and Farm Facility

Resilience Solutions of farmers

Prior to COP26 AgriCord and FAO launch their timely publication “Forest and farm producer organizations building resilience – strength in numbers and landscapes.”

Hands-on case studies and concrete recommendations provide inspiring content both for farmers’ organizations and policy makers. Join us to learn more!

• Hannelore Beerlandt, CEO, AgriCord
• David Kaimowitz, Manager, FAO, Forest and Farm facility
• Noora Simola, editor of Forest and farm producer organizations building resilience – strength in numbers and landscapes
• Case studies from INFOCOS, TRIAS, and ASPRODEB

Agricord

FAO

Wed 20 October

16:30 - 17:30

School of Sustainable Food and Farming

Educating, Inspiring and Empowering current and future farmers to achieve net zero within a sustainable farming and food system.

• Sophie Throup, Morrisons
• Harriet Wilson, McDonalds
• Minette Batters, NFU

• Prof Michael Lee, Harper Adams University

Agriculture and Climate Change: a Countryside COP26 event

• Edwin Poots, Minister for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
• Lord Deben, Climate Change Committee
• CAFRE
• Dr John Gilliland, OBE, the Arc Zero Project
• Professor Alice Stanton, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

28 October

14:00 - 17:00

Poultry: Our net zero journey

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