2007 Conference - One Planet Agriculture: Preparing for a post-peak oil food and farming future
The 2007 Soil Association conference focused on the urgent need to develop new models of localised food and farming systems. This is in anticipation of the central role that farmers and growers will play in averting climate change and delivering food security in an era of scarce and expensive energy.
» Download One Planet Agriculture - The Case for Action - includes key articles on peak oil, energy use and the need to relocalise food.
Thursday 25 January
Friday 26 January - One Planet Agriculture: Preparing for a post-peak oil food and farming future
Saturday 27 January
Pre-conference
Patrick Holden talks about the theme of the Soil Association annual conference - One Planet Agriculture. He discusses the effect of peak oil and the role of organic food and farming, and responds to recent comments by the Secretary of State for Environment, David Miliband.
» Listen to the mp3 [5.1 MB]
» Read the transcript
» read more on post-Peak Oil
» read more on Rob Hopkins' Energy Descent Plan
The 2007 Conference was kindly sponsored by:
The Soil Association worked with Climate Care to make this conference climate-friendly - offsetting its carbon budget by supporting grassroots renewable energy projects in developing countries. Climate Care is also the carbon-neutral choice of HRH The Prince of Wales, David Cameron and David Miliband.
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