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2008 Event Planner


Check the events page regularly as more events and workshops will be added throughout the year.

11 February
Renewables in the South East, Windmill Farm Conference Centre, Bampton, Oxon
10am - 3pm with refreshments provided.
See and hear for yourself about the opportunities that renewable technology could offer you and learn simple ways to improve your bottom line and reduce your contribution to climate change.
Places are limited so please register by contacting Claire on farming@forumforthefuture.org.uk or call 07825 204434
A full agenda will follow.

12 February
Oil Engergy to community energy, peak oil and climate change - the challenges facing rural communities

PLEASE NOTE: this is not a Farming Futures event, though we will be speaking.
This seminar, run by the South West Rural Update, will be held at the Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester.  10am to 4pm.
The cost is £30 for members and £60 for non menbers.

Membership is free - visit www.southwestruralupdate.org and contact srabbich@nationalrural.org to register for the event.
Farming Futures will be running a workshop at 2pm on Carbon Reduction Toolkits.
 


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


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


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