Where:
Flavel art centre Friday 23 Oct 6.0-8.0pm
How:
The Flavel bar is open from 5pm for refreshments which can be taken into the auditorium. To avoid disappointment book your tickets through the festival website. 40 tickets will be available on the night on a first come basis. Please note this session is unsuitable for children. Apologies but Guide dogs only.
Hosts : Dr Craig Davidson and Mary Nightingale (ITN Broadcaster)
- As if growing our food was not enough, the Farming Roadmap 2050 proposes farmers manage bio-diversity, climate change and eco-resilience as well as make a profit. But will it? Pro – Lucia Monje-Jelfs (Soil Association) Con – Guy Watson (Farmer/farming policy activist).
- Farmer to Pharma : the most effective way to manage the obesity epidemic is pharmaceutical. Pro – Henry Dimbleby (National Food Strategy) Con – Dr Kirsty Magee (Registrar in Public Health & General Practice, Devon).
- Poverty in the face of Abundance : we have never had it so easy in food choice and accessibility yet the Food Industry has instead encouraged us to eat commercially pre-prepared food. Pro-Professor Martin Caraher (Centre for Food Policy, London) Con- Henry Dimbleby (author Ravenous).
PLEASE donate generously on the night to cover the expense of providing this programme.
The Flavel bar will be open from 5.0pm. Refreshments can be taken onto the auditorium.
