Farmers Building a Future Through Collaboration

Following the Carnegie ethos of encouraging people to develop their own solutions, the CUKT is supporting a conference designed to encourage the growth of networking and collaboration amongst farmers throughout England. On November 27th at the Arthur Rank Centre at the Royal Showground at Stoneleigh, Warwickshire there will be a gathering to share good practice between existing farmer groups committed to working collectively. This will include sessions on good practice from successful farmer groups, with case studies being given from Cumbria and Upper Teesdale. Also being discussed will be the development of federations for agricultural users of common land, a case study on collaborative marketing under the Castle of Mey brand and the role of rural hubs in rural development in the West Midlands. Geoff Brown from Carnegie will be giving a talk on the potential for collaboration and cooperation presented by the Rural Development Programme for England (2007-2013).

A flier for the event can be downloaded below.