Event
The Cotswolds Regenerative Agriculture Conference
This conference is designed to help bring the Cotswolds regenerative farming community together to share knowledge and tackle barriers.
Join the Cotswolds National Landscape at the Royal Agricultural University in Cirencester and explore regenerative principles, practice, mindset, and routes to market.
Hear from a range of interesting speakers and engage in an interactive workshop session of your choice.
Share your thoughts and make a plan for your next steps.
Speakers include:
- Claire Whittle: Regenerative vet, new entrant farmer, dung beetle champion and Nuffield Scholar
- Dominie Fearn: Founder and Director at The Wild Hare Group
- Ed Horton: Managing Partner at SS Horton & Sons, Arable Farmer of the Year 2023, Soil Farmer of the Year 2024
- Greer Manderson: Agroecology educator and coach
- Jake Freestone: Farm Manager at Overbury Farms, 2013 Nuffield Scholar and founder member of The Green Farm Collective
- Jenny Phelps MBE: Senior Farm Environment Adviser at Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group and lecturer at Royal Agricultural University
- Jonty Brunyee: Regenerative farmer, agroecological consultant, educator and Nuffield Scholar
- Dr Matt Jordan: Chief Scientific Officer at Regenerate Outcomes
- Dr Nicola Cannon: Reseercher and Professor of Agriculture at Royal Agricultural University
- Silas Hedley-Lawrence: Regenerative farmer, coach & consultant at Grassfed Farmer
- Tim Field: Founder of Carbon Quester, Facilitator of the North East Cotswold Farmer Cluster, sustainable food, farming and land management consultant.
What this event is all about:
Regenerative agriculture can build soil health, enhance biodiversity and improve water and nutrient cycling. System change can lead to more resilience, profit and nutrient dense food. However, the transition to a regenerative farming future is a deep and complex journey.
High levels of motivation, knowledge and confidence are required to successfully put the key principles into practice. The evidence base is still evolving and more data is needed. The barriers, risks and journey can be overwhelming at times, and pioneers can feel isolated.
While there are a number of regenerative farmers and advisers doing great things and leading the way in the Cotswolds, many are taking their first and second steps. Some remain sceptical or lost.
This conference aims to help, with a particular focus on the Cotswolds context.
The event has been organised by farmers and advisers involved in the Regenerative Agriculture Accelerator Programme (RAAP) in the Cotswolds to mark the end of the first 12 months of this unique knowledge exchange programme. The programme and this conference are funded by a Farming in Protected Landscapes (FiPL) grant from Cotswold National Landscape (CNL) plus match funding from Regenerate Outcomes and other sector partners. We are looking to build on this work in 2025 and beyond.
The conference is aimed at all those involved or interested in regenerative agriculture including farmers, farm managers, contractors, advisers, agents, facilitators, consultants, policy makers, funders, academics, researchers and students.
Ticket prices are heavily subsidised by our funders and we have structured them accordingly, with larger discounts avaiable for farmers and young people, for example. Please select the most appropriate option when ordering.
Lunch and refreshments are included with all tickets.
While we will initialy target an audience from the Cotswolds area, helping to build a local regenerative farming community, we welcome participants from further afield, too. All welcome.
