A film produced by Cornwall Climate Care

Date: Wednesday 19th March

Time: 7pm (doors open 6.30)

Venue: Crediton Methodist Church EX17 3AW

Entry by donation (suggested £4)

Refreshments available

Food for Thought looks at the undeniable impacts of modern animal agriculture as well as some of the incredible Cornish initiatives underway to mitigate them - and the role that regenerative farming could play in combating climate change while producing nutritious food. Following the film there will be Q&A discussion led by local farmers David Govier, Sam Bullingham and James Dyke.

Bios:

David Govier - farmer

Langridge Farm is situated just outside Crediton.  Langridge has been farmed by the Govier family since 1969 and is now run by David. The farm consists of traditional mixed organic land split between vegetable production, livestock, mainly sheep and mixed managed woodland; 160 acres of land in total rotation produces 25 acres of veg annually.  The farm started converting to Organic in 1983 and was all fully organic by the growing season of 1988.

Sam Bullingham - farmer

Taw River Dairy stocks over fifty Jersey Cows which are 100% pasture fed: no concentrated feed or antibiotics are used and calves stay with their mothers until they finish suckling. The farm produces, pasteurizes and processes milk and ice-cream on site using milk from their small herd of pasture-fed Jersey and Jersey cross cows. Low intensity farming methods mean their 400-acre farm traps more carbon in the soil than it releases.

James Dyke - Associate Professor in Earth System Science at University of Exeter

James led the cross-department programme MSc Global Sustainability Solutions.  In 2019 he was appointed Assistant Director of the Global Systems Institute.  In 2022 and 2023 James served as the lead academic for the 2023 British Science Festival.  James is the environmental columnist for The i Paper and has written for The Ecologist, The Guardian, The Independent and The Conversation. His book Fire Storm and Flood: the violence of climate change was published in 2021.