The event, entitled Finding Fertile Fields for the Future, will bring together academia, practitioners and innovators to showcase existing cutting-edge technologies and practical field solutions, stimulate new thinking, facilitate collaboration and turn theory into action.
The one-day meeting will be held near Ross on Wye, Herefordshire and the current agenda for the day is as follows:
Time | Session |
9:00 | Welcome from Tom Heap, BBC Rural Affairs Correspondent |
9:15 | Passionate Practitioners – Practical experience of soil management - what works and what doesn’t Speakers to include Andrew Ward, Forage Aid; James Dodds, Envireau Water; Phil Jarvis, The Allerton Project |
10:15 | Show your Cards – Measurement and Metrics of Soil Health Speakers to include Elizabeth Stockdale, NIAB; Roy Neilson, James Hutton Institute; Ed Brown, Hutchinsons |
11:15 | Coffee Break |
11:45 | Novel and Emerging Techniques – Exploring cutting edge technology Speakers to include Jason Hayward-Jones, Regen Farm; Jim Bailey, PES Technologies; Angela de Manzanos, Fungi Alert; Will Francis, RHIZA |
13:05 | Lunch |
14:00 | Inspiration Generation – A broader look at the role of soil Speakers to include Nicolas Choksi, Schmidt-McArthur Fellow; Matthew Ryan, Phytobiome Alliance; Dave Cullen, Cranfield University; John Quinton, Lancaster University |
15:30 | Coffee break |
16:00 | Looking to the Future – Challenges and Opportunities – Panel Discussion |
17:00 | On-Farm Field Trials; no till, cover cropping, companion cropping and waterway management |
18:30 | Food and Refreshments |
Click here for more information about the day and to register your place – the registration fee is £50 for CHAP members and £60 for non-members.