Myerscough invited to speak at House of Lords farm support celebration
- Published
- Tuesday 3 December
Myerscough College was invited to a special event at the House of Lords to celebrate a scheme that offers vital support to the farming industry.
The sophistication and complexity of the job that is modern agriculture requires creativity, and the sector working in collaboration with each other to remain sustainable – and this is where supporting networks come in.
The aim is to showcase the fact that the industry can cooperate, support farmers to exchange knowledge, be open about the challenges of transition and share best practice that promote growth.
Last week, a special event was held to celebrate the creativity of the industry that makes those networks even more powerful.
The celebration bought together 23 networks of farms dedicated to experimentation and transition to a sustainable food system.
The day at the House of Lords was hosted by Lord Curry of Kirkharle Kt CBE to celebrate the first recruiting round of the Sustainable Farm Network of the School of Sustainable Food and Farming at Harper Adams University.
Among the guest speeches at the event, Myerscough’s Director of Farm Operations and Innovations, Andrea Gardner, addressed the gathered audience to give more detail on some of the incredible innovation taking place as part of the scheme.
The initiative is being delivered by the School of Sustainable Food and Farming at Harper Adams University, supported by their partners at Morrisons, Tesco, Marks and Spencer, McDonald's, NFU (National Farmers' Union) and many more.
To help build a socially and environmentally resilient and regenerative food system in a net zero landscape, the SFN is connecting diverse demonstration farm networks across the UK to share experiences, findings and best practice.
The networks currently comprise of around 3,500 farms and at least 200,000 Ha across nations, sectors, scales and systems looking across integrated sustainability parameters.
The mission is to build a socially and environmentally resilient and regenerative food system in a net zero landscape, connecting diverse demonstration farm networks across the UK to share experiences, findings and best practice.
The Sustainable Farm Networks (SFN) aims to address farming challenges through a coordinated approach to Farm Demonstration activity in the UK.