HILL FARMING MATTERS

A gathering for all those committed to farming in the fells, dales and moors
Thursday 31st January 2008 - Melmerby Village Hall

On Thursday 31st January 2008 about 100 hill farmers from the Lake District, the East Fellside, the Howgills and a contingent of hill farmers from the Yorkshire Dales and the North York Moors met in conference at Melmerby Village Hall. For a full report of the day see the Carnegie Website.

The programme for the day was:

9.30 am Registration and coffee
10.00 am Geoff Brown: Introduction
10.10 am Veronica Waller: Hill Farmers' Response to Change
10.20 am Terry McCormick & Liz Wilton: Hill Farming Charter website
10.40 am Susan Denyer: Can hill landscapes do without hill farmers?
11.00 am Coffee break
11.20 am Dr Pat Thompson: Can hill farming work with nature?
11.40 am Gwyn Jones: Can we make economic sense of Hill farming?
12.30 am Lunch
2.00 pm Mervyn Edwards & Will Cockbain:  Replacing the HFA – options and choices
2.30 pm Speaker Feedback & Plenary Session
3.00 pm Keeping up the momentum and keeping in touch
3.30 pm Tea and depart