Events
2009 Event Planner
Check the events page regularly as we are currently planning the 2009- 2010 workshop schedule. More events and workshops will be added throughout the year.
Farm shows
7-10 July 2009
The Royal Show
Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire - Farming Futures will be with the NFU on their stand.
14-16 July 2009
The Great Yorkshire Show
Great Yorkshire Showground, Harrogate - Farming Futures will be with the Forestry Commission in the climate change pavilion.
24-26 July 2009
CLA Game Fair
Belvoir Castle, Grantham - Farming Futures will be in the CLA farm diversification venue.
Farming Futures events
30 June 2009
Expert workshop: Farm AD technology
The New Connaught Rooms, 61-65 Great Queen Street, London WC2B 5DA
Are you a farmer or land manager ready to take the next step in installing an anaerobic digester, and looking for expert advice?
Farming Futures is working with Green Power Conferences to host this expert workshop in the issues surrounding on-farm AD installation. As well as the chance to quiz some leading technology providers we will hear from experts in the areas of:
· Planning issues
· Environmental permits
· District Networks and grid connection
· Power Purchase Agreements
There will be an opportunity to discuss some of the specific details surrounding your installation, and get first-hand information. The event costs £99 and this price includes entry into the Biogas, Strategies & challenges in Scaling up Biogas Production event on the 1-2 July 2009. Please email farming@forumforthefuture.org.uk if you would like to attend. More info can be found here.
Other events
24 Jun 2009
A Farmer's Guide to Anaerobic Digestion
CLA Chief Surveyor Oliver Harwood will be speaking at this event. Organised by RASE in association with RWW. Stoneleigh Park Conference Centre, Warwickshire. Delegate rate £50. More information is available at http://www.recyclingwasteworld.co.uk/conferences/ and http://www.cla.org.uk/In_Your_Area/West_Midlands/Events/106924.htm
Northumberland Renewable Energy Group Events (full programme here):
28th June - 2pm to 5pm
Renewable energy systems for off grid applications
Jubilee Hall, Rothbury
Do you need/want to be self sufficient in your power requirements? This seminar will focus on how different technologies may be combined to provide a system which, by the sum of its parts, provides reliable and consistent power in a complementary way. Case studies and a site visit will supplement the presentations and participants will have the opportunity to ask the site visit host questions about the experience of living with a fully renewable system.
8th July - 3pm to 6pm
Renewable energy opportunities from land
Fenton Centre, Wooler (www.fentoncentre.com)
Are you generating yet? This event is aimed at farmers and landowners looking to better understand the opportunities within the emerging renewable energy field. The event will demonstrate the range of opportunities that this emerging sector offers the farmer/landowner and will offer information, case studies, a site visit and frank discussions over refreshments highlighting where money can be found and where it can be made!
10th July - pm to 4pm
How to identify and support community renewable energy projects
White Swan, Alnwick
As community practitioners you will be out and about in the community working with people at a local level in many different ways. Your communities may be suffering from rising energy costs, poor buildings and/or have the potential to earn an income from renewable energy. Do you know how to spot potential or support and empower a community to develop their own energy supply? To achieve the national targets of renewable energy we need to be supporting community scale renewable energy projects. The purpose of the event is to help you make the most of these opportunities for your communities and signpost sources of advice funding and guidance that you may need.
PLEASE NOTE: These are not Farming Futures Events. NREG events are free of charge, and on a 'turn up' basis - there is no need to book in advance. Further information on the work of the group can be found at http://www2.northumberland.gov.uk/reports/nreg/default.asp.
Feb 08 - March 2010
How to succeed in a changing environment - Land Based Advisory Service workshops
PLEASE NOTE: These are not Farming Futures events.
Business Link's Land Based Advisory Service are running a series of workshops over the coming years for land based industries with the aim to help land based businesses to adapt and improve their performance against a background of constantly changing environments, ranging from climate change to regulatory requirements. The April - June 2009 schedule is available to download here.
Examples of events:
- Earth, Wind & Fire - Profiting from alternative energy - delivered by Paul Holmes-Ling
Business Diversification & Possible grant opportunities - delivered by Matthew Berryman, CLM (Sussex, Surrey, Kent) Chris D'Olley (Hants & Oxfordshire).
- Prepare to meet thy Planner - delivered by Nick Ide, Batcheller Thacker (Sussex, Surrey, Kent) Andrew Lord (Hants & Oxfordshire)
All workshops are FREE and open to all - please book by visitingwww.ruralbookings.co.uk or call 0845 600 0 006. Some of the events are eligible for BASIS points.
Past Farming Futures events
1 May 5.30 - 6.30pm
Future climate trends at Askham Bryan College - opportunities, risks and responsibilities for farm businesses
21-22 May
Grassland and Muck
11-12 June
Cereals Event
18 June
New Climate, New Crops? 10am - 4.30pm in London
The event will provided a forum to debate the issues relevant to new food crops and new food crop varieties to the UK and to UK regions
19 June
Focus on beef and sheep, Sheepdrove Farm, Berkshire
Click here to view photos from the beef and sheep event at Sheepdrove
Click here to view the agenda
Click here to view beef and sheep event poster
Click here to view the beef and sheep event feedback
27 June
Focus on renewable technology in Northumberland
Click here to view photos from the north east event at the Fenton Centre
Click here to view the agenda
Click here to view north east event poster
Click here to view the north east event feedback
25-27 July
CLA Game Fair
18 September
Focus on AD in East Anglia
Click here to view the agenda
Click here to view East Anglia event poster
Click here to see Nicola Currie's presentation on the CALM tool (GHG calculation)
24 September
Focus on renewables in the West Midlands, Walford and North Shropshire College
Click here to view the agenda
Click here to view West Midlands poster
Click here for Sarah Faulkner's regional impacts presentation
Click here for Adrian Joynt's AD presentation
Click here for Alan Hopkins' climate change presentation
Click here for Jon Parry's renewables presentation
22 October
Focus on cereals in Lincolnshire
Click here to view Cereals event poster
Click here for Bill Clark's pest and diseases presentation.
Click here for Dean Cook's grain cooling presentation.
Click here for Daniel Kindred's Nitrogen use and climate change mitigation presentation.
23 October
Focus on anaerobic digestion in the South West, near Blandford, Dorset
Click here to view South West event poster
Click here for David Rodda and Nicky Garge's economic modelling presentation.
Click here for Owen Yeatman's AD for profit and environmental gain presentation.
Click here for Mike Rowe's anaerobic digestion presentation.
5 November
Biomass in the East Midlands
Click here for an overview of cliamte change from Alan Hopkins (GES Consulting)
Click here for Paul Tame's presentation on issues facing the East Midlands.
Click here for Richard Harvey's focus on biomass presentation.
12 November
Focus on pigs - Thetford, Norfolk
Click here to view the Pigs poster
Click here for Alan Hopkin's climate change presentation
Click here for Ian Dennis' water management presentation
18 November
Focus on beet
Click here to view the agenda
Click here to view beet event poster
Click here for Eric Ober's presentation
Click here for Mike May and Mark Steven's presentations
11 December
Renewables, including AD in the North West
Click here to see an agenda
Click here to see a poster/flyer advertising the event
Click here to see Jonathon Scurlock's presentation
Click here to see Philip Pearson and Steve Price's presentation
Click here to see Alan Hopkin's presentation
11 February
Renewables in the South East, Friars Court, Clanfield, Oxfordshire, OX18 2SU
Click here to view the agenda
Click here for Oliver Harwood's presentation on the CLA's work to deliver opportunities for farm renewable energy
Click here for Paul Holmes-Ling's presentation with an overview of farm renewable energy technologies and how they work
Click here for Fiona Hildick's presentation on generating a return from energy production on farm
Click here for Douglas Jackson's presentation on setting up an Energy Supply Company (ESCo).
