Unlocking change in the food chain
Wednesday 7 November 2007
The Congress Centre, Congress House, Great Russell St, London WC1B 3LS
9.30 Coffee and registration
10.00 Introduction
Chair’s address: Dame Deirdre Hutton, Chair, The Food Standards Agency
Unlocking Change for Producers
10.30 Henry Buller: Can we change the way producers add value to their products?
10.50 David Little: Do farmers need to change their ideas about diversification?
11.10 Chris Hodgson: Would changing farmers’ attitudes to waste management make our food and water safer?
11.30 Discussion
12.00-13.10 Lunch
Chair of afternoon session:
Professor Maggie Gill, Director, Rural and Environment Research and Analysis Directorate, The Scottish Government
Unlocking change for Consumers
13.10 Gareth Edwards-Jones: Would changing our eating habits save the planet?
13.30 John Maule: If we want to change the way consumers think about risk, should we talk to them differently?
13.50 Discussion
Unlocking Change for Policy Makers
14.10 Bruce Traill: Can changing the way we grow food make our diet more nutritious?
14.30 Justin Greaves: Do we need regulatory changes to make biopesticides a mainstream solution?
14.50 Discussion
15.10-15.35 Tea
15.35 Round table discussion – Unlocking Change in the Food Chain
Discussants: Tom Macmillan, Food Ethics Council, Helen Browning, leading organic farmer; Michelle Harrison, The Henley Centre, John Lloyd Jones, the Countryside Council for Wales
16.05 Open Discussion
16.35 Summing up
16.45-17.30 Reception with wine and canapés sponsored by One NorthEast with food from Northumbria Larder, the regional food and drink group for the North East of England and viewing of Sound Bites video.