LEAF’s President’s Event 2013

Sustainable Agriculture: Show me the money

Date: 5th November 2013 Time: 9:30 am - 3:40 pm Venue: HSBC Tower, 8 , , , E14 5HQ

This event is kindly supported by HSBC Bank

About the event Society is increasingly recognising that agriculture delivers more than simply putting food on the table. It provides a wide range of additional public goods including clean water, biodiversity, environmental protection, landscape management and health and wellbeing. The challenge for farmers is how they provide these services, whilst ensuring their own businesses thrive. This conference will explore the three pillars of sustainability, debate new ideas on how money can be made from each of them and examine LEAF’s role in making this happen. Introducing the speakers Today’s speakers are drawn from a diverse range of sectors representing health, Reza Vishkai, Insight Investment education, science, economics and farming. Profiling national developments, Reza joined Insight in June 2005 as Head of Alternatives innovations, examples of best practice and the latest research and thinking, our and is now responsible for Insight’s Specialist Investment speakers will explore the economic, environmental and social building blocks of activities, which includes Insight’s absolute return, sustainable farming and their potential to deliver economic benefits to farmers. specialist equity and real assets such as farmland. Reza holds a BS degree in Operations Research from Gregor Henderson, Director Wellbeing and Mental Columbia University’s School of Engineering and Health, Public Health England Applied Science and holds a BA degree in Liberal Arts. Gregor is the National Programme Director for Wellbeing and Mental Health with Public Health England, a new national agency responsible for Charles Cowap, Harper Adams University leading work nationally on improving the public’s Charles Cowap is a rural practice chartered surveyor who health. He previously led the Mental Health and specialises in the translation of new knowledge into Wellbeing programme with the National Mental rural professional practice at Harper Adams University Health Development Unit in England and was also in Shropshire. He is working on the management and an adviser to the Department of Health in England. valuation of peat on Exmoor for water, carbon and Gregor writes on mental health and wellbeing and biodiversity and a number of similar projects. lectures across the UK, Europe, and internationally. David Rose, LEAF Member Allan Wilkinson, Head of Agriculture, HSBC Bank With 25 years’ experience in the management and Allan Wilkinson is the Head of Agriculture for HSBC Bank direction of farm supply chain operations, David has plc, the dedicated farming division of HSBC Bank plc been involved in a number of projects looking at and responsible for the Bank’s farming customers in farmers working together on marketing ideas and the UK. He took up the role in 2010 and is only the sixth supplying schools with regional produce. David is also Head of Agriculture in over 45 years that the Team has director of community care initiative, Farmeco and runs been in existence. a LEAF Marque certified mixed farm in Nottinghamshire.

Baroness Hazel Byford, DBE DL, LEAF President Tom Heap, Freelance Broadcaster and Journalist Hazel Byford is a Conservative member of the House of Tom presents the investigations on Countryfile – Britain’s Lords and has been President of LEAF since 2006. She most popular factual TV programme. He is also the is a Fellow of the Royal Agricultural Society and an principal voice of ‘Costing the Earth’ on Radio 4, the Honorary Canon of Cathedral. Lady Byford nations only dedicated environment series. He is also also serves as a Deputy Lieutenant for Leicestershire a regular Panorama reporter covering food, farming and, from October 2013, as Master of the Worshipful energy and wildlife. He was the presenter of the long Company of Farmers. running BBC 1 Daytime series Animal 24:7.

Stephen Fell, LEAF Chairman The Rt Hon Michael Jack, Food and Agriculture Stephen Fell is LEAF’s Chairman and Managing Director Adviser to HSBC Bank of the family farming business HR Fell and Sons Ltd, Michael has been Food and Agriculture Adviser to running a flock of 1000 sheep and growing root crops HSBC Bank since 2010. Michael was an agriculture at Thorganby in the Vale of York. He is also Managing Minister and chaired the DEFRA Select Committee Director of Lindum Turf, a business growing and during his parliamentary career, and has worked at marketing a range of turf and specialist grass and Proctor and Gamble, Marks and Spencer and LO Jeffs wildflower products. Ltd, a fresh produce supply company.

2 3 Introduction The Natural Health Service Beyond the Short Term Gregor Henderson, Public Health England Allan Wilkinson, HSBC Bank This conference features speakers from backgrounds within each of the three pillars of sustainability, economic health, environmental quality and social health. Over the last four years, LEAF’s work through Let Nature Feed Your Integrated Farm Management drives efficiency across the whole Senses has helped build the case and recognise the health and 10:50 am business. Strategic planning, management to deliver change and more wellbeing benefits of nature and the environment – especially effective marketing and communication are key drivers for farmers to 10:20 am for those often deprived of the opportunity to go out into the deliver long-term, sustainable and accountable farming systems. countryside. With the development of new commissioning 9:30 am Arrival and coffee groups and a new public health system, there are now real Talk topic: Economic health opportunities for farmers to be a part of the solution, relating to Welcome 10:00 am value from nature and care farming. Allan Wilkinson, Head of Agriculture, HSBC Bank Talk topic: Social health Introduction 10:05 am Baroness Hazel Byford Investing in Sustainability Reza Vishkai, Insight Investment LEAF – setting the scene for valuing sustainability 10:10 am Stephen Fell, Chairman, LEAF Land investment is nothing new. Since Marco Polo opened up trade across the globe, man has travelled, developed and fought over land ownership, but as population rises, our 11:05 am land and natural resources are increasingly under pressure, DEBATE competition for these grows. Responsible investment is critical for sustainable land use, as ‘land grab’ concerns bring a new challenge for global food security and production. 2.15 pm Talk topic: Economic health What is the true value of 11:20 am Questions 1:05 pm Lunch (see bottom right) sustainable agriculture? 11:30 am Coffee

The real challenge in delivering more sustainable agriculture is to ensure the farming sector gets a realistic return from its assets. The farming industry needs more investment to deliver the needs and desires of an increasingly urban society Valuing Ecosystem Services across the globe. But where should this investment come from? What form should About your lunch Charles Cowap, Harper Adams University 12:55 pm An introduction from the farmers who have it take? Should certain farming sectors receive more support? Our morning produced today’s lunch. speakers will explore these questions and set out the challenges and vision for Ecosystems and ecosystem services, and the ways people benefit from them, have changed markedly LEAF to take us through to 2015 and beyond! We are likely to see a few sparks fly 11:50 am in the past 60 years, driven by changes in society. on bonfire night! But how do we internalise these values in a way that farmers can benefit and what contribution can LEAF make to facilitating this change? This will be run as a questions and answers session, chaired by Tom Heap, Discussion and Questions 12:30 pm Talk topic: Environmental quality Led by Baroness Hazel Byford with questions from the floor.

Closing remarks 3:30 pm The Rt Hon Michael Jack, Food and Agriculture Adviser to HSBC Bank LEAF – the Sustainable Choice 3:40 pm Tea About your lunch Caroline Drummond, LEAF Chief Executive Your lunch today has been sourced from some of our Increasingly, the farming industry has to realise the economic benefits to be had from the wide range of public wonderful LEAF Marque growers for a menu compiled by goods it delivers. We need flexible farming systems to Sodexo, kindly supported by HSBC Bank. We hope you enjoy it! 12:20 pm meet such challenges. The framework of Integrated Farm Getting the Balance Right Management is one such approach that seeks to balance David Rose, LEAF Member the needs of all – farmers, the environment and wider The LEAF Marque is an assurance system society. For many years, diversification has been seen as a great recognising sustainably farmed products. It opportunity for farmers. However, it is a question of is based on LEAF’s Integrated Farm Talk topic: Integrated Farm Management 12:05 pm getting the balance right. In particular, producing Management (IFM) principles. All LEAF quality food in an economically viable way, alongside Marque certified farms are independently delivering a healthy environment where everyone is inspected. able to derive health and wellbeing benefits.

Talk topic: Integrated Farm Management Booking This conference is free to attend. To book your place, please email: [email protected] or tel: 024 7641 3911 by the 28th October. Prior booking is essential due to security restrictions at HSBC Tower. Directions HSBC Tower, 8 Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London, E14 5HQ By the Underground: The nearest tube station is Canary Wharf serving the Jubilee Line, which can be reached undercover via Canada Place shopping centre and Canary Wharf DLR station serving the Docklands Light Railway.

By Car: From the M25, leave at junction 28 and join the A12 towards Central London. Continue on the A12 for approximately 22 miles, then join the A13 towards central London. Turn left onto West India Dock Road, then right onto Westferry Road. Turn left at the next roundabout (signposted Canary Wharf), then follow car parking signs to Canada Square (please note, this is not an HSBC car park).

HSBC Tower, Canada Square

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