Heading Towards the Perfect Storm
Climate Change, Population and Food Production
A Bishop Burton Rural Business Conference held on Tuesday 2nd February 2010
The presentations given by the speakers at this event are available to download below.
Climate Change, Population and Food Production: The Grand Challenge.
Keynote Speaker: Prof. Nicola Spence, Chief Scientist, FERA.
Climate Change and UK farming: Adapt to it, Mitigate it or Ignore it?
Prof. Christopher Pollock, Honorary Professor, Aberystwyth University.
A Retailer's Perspective on Food in Britain.
Richard Taylor, Director of Corporate Affairs, Morrisons.
Biofuels Opportunities.
Mark Winter, Commercial Director, Frontier North.
Reponding to the Challenges.
Melvyn Askew, Founder of Census-Bio, Visiting Professor, Harper Adams University College.
Economic Perspectives.
Mark Berisford Smith, Senior Economist, HSBC.
A Positive Approach to Arable Farming.
Andrew Manfield, Farmer and Arable Contractor.
The Role for AD in the Rural Economy.
Tom Megginson, East Yorkshire Farmer.
Have You Cake and Eat It - Salad Crops with a Low Carbon Footprint.
Tom Salmon, Shareholder & MD, Hedon Salads.
New Technologies in Livestock Production.
Martin Barker, MD, Midland Pig Producers.
