A Fairer Food Future. Can Wales lead the way?
How can we reshape the food system to provide fair access to healthy food, reduce pressure on the NHS and provide a fair deal to farmers?
Date and time
Location
The Priory Centre
St Mary's Prioty 5 Monk St Abergavenny NP7 5ED United KingdomLineup
Agenda
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Arrival and Coffee
10:00 AM - 10:05 AM
Welcome
Christine Smallwood: Chair, Abergavenny Food Festival
10:05 AM - 10:15 AM
Setting the Scene - Structure of the Day
Nick Miller: Miller Research
10:15 AM - 10:55 AM
Citizens and Food : Appetite for Change
Sue Pritchard, FFCC
10:55 AM - 11:15 AM
Food Systems for Future Generations
Derek Walker: Future Generations Commissioner
11:15 AM - 11:30 AM
Coffee
11:30 AM - 12:10 PM
The Care Economy - an alternative to growth and its impacts?
Professor Tim Jackson
12:10 PM - 1:00 PM
Workshop 1: Food Literacy - Lessons from England and Wales
Kim Smith: TastEd
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Lunch and Networking
2:00 PM - 2:40 PM
Public Procurement as a Lever for Change
Professor Kevin Morgan: Cardiff University
2:40 PM - 3:15 PM
Workshop 2: Future Food Scenarios
Jenny McConnel: Office of Future Generations Commission
3:15 PM - 3:35 PM
Healthy Choice - The Easy Choice?
Catherine Fookes: MP for Monmouthshire
3:35 PM - 4:00 PM
Observations and the Manifesto
Nick Miller: Miller Research
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Networking Drinks Reception
Good to know
Highlights
- 6 hours
- ALL AGES
- In person
- Paid venue parking
- Doors at 09:30
Refund Policy
About this event
A Fairer Food Future. Can Wales lead the way?
Come join us at the Abergavenny Food Festival Conference for a packed day discussing the future of food in Wales.
This is a time of unprecedented crisis of our own making. Wales alone faces an annual bill of £500m to cover the impacts of diabetes and 25% of children are overweight or obese before they start school. Farmers are struggling to keep their businesses viable and we are facing ecological collapse.Food is cheaper than ever before and yet many in our society cannot afford to maintain even a basically healthy diet. Consumption of UPFs continues to rise and there is a leadership vacuum in terms of the national diet.
So what can be done? Where are the policy levers than can drive change across the food supply chain to deliver a healthier Britain? And can Wales lead the way, through autonomy in procurement, health policy, farming support and nutritional regulation in schools?
Join the debate with a range of industry experts, policy commentators and food producers, to devise a manifesto for change that can deliver a healthier, resilient and fairer food future for Wales.
Miller Research is proud to deliver this important event in partnership with Abergavenny Food Festival, the Food, Farming and Countryside Commission, the Office of the Future Generations Commissioner and Professor Kevin Morgan. Don't miss it!
Frequently asked questions
Yes - the Priory Centre has disabled access and is all on one level.
Yes there will be a healthy food lunch, and light refreshments will be available throughout the day.
Festival wristbands will be available for those intending to stay - included in the ticket price.