North East Cotswolds food, farming & rural services trade fair

We are very much looking forward to holding our inaugural Trade Fair

at FarmED on Wednesday 25th March.

Please find below the provisional timetable for the day.

Tayler and Fletcher - Ceres Rural - Just Farm - Hedges Law Limited - Enwild Retreat - CapChar - Lyneham Heath - David Hunt Agricultural Contractors Ltd - Wild Oxfordshire - BBOWT/Future Nature WTC - Trust For Oxfordshire's Environment - TVERC -

Soil Benchmark - Environment Agency - TMB Ltd - Cotswold National Landscape - Aerworx Ltd - The Woolkeepers - Cornbury Farm - Puy Du Fou - HDH Wills 1965 Charitable Trust - Sourdough Revolution - Mr Trotter's - Field To Fork Feasts - Orion Farming Group Ltd - Monil AS - Howden -

Provisional Timetable

10.30 am - Doors Open

11.00am - Welcome & Introductions - Tim Field (Founder & Facilitator of the North East Cotswold Farmer Cluster)

11.10am - Keynote Speaker: Profitability & Resilience in a Challenging Climate - Minette Batters (Farmer, Crossbench Peer and Former President of the NFU)

1.00pm - Talk - Private & Public Finance for Nature: Evenlode Landscape Recovery Update - Tim Coates (Farmer, NECFC Director and Co-Founder of Oxbury Bank)

2.00pm - Talk - Funding the Regenerative Transition & Grant Update - Jonty Brunyee (Farmer & Consultant) & Tom Hall (Catchment Sensitive Farming Advisor)

3.00pm - Talk - Good Food Oxfordshire - Activities & Opportunities

4.00pm - Talk - Local Abattoir Update - Jonty Brunyee (Farmer and Consultant) and Phil Gordon-Jones (Farm Manager & Coordinator of the Fir Farm Moveable Slaughter Unit)

5.00pm - Talk - Cluster Collaboration - the Future of the Cluster - Tim Field and Caroline Greenwood (NECFC Facilitators)

5.15pm - Drinks and Networking - All Welcome

6.00pm - NECFC Annual AGM - All Members & Stakeholders welcome.

Please note this is subject to change so please do check back closer to the day.