ONLINE WEBINAR
Thursday 9th Feb
18:00 - 19:30pm GMT
Organised by Stop Ecocide International,
together with co-hosts Food Farming and Countryside Commission, The Soil Association and Sustain.
The farming community and landworkers are on the front line in the effort to conserve the natural world and see at first hand the damage being done. Whilst dominant food production and resources extraction models often cause severe harm to the Earth, outsourcing the true costs to nature, a growing number of farmers, foresters, growers and land-based workers are taking it upon themselves to be part of the solution, adopting regenerative methods that work with nature rather than against it.
A new international crime of ecocide will support this growing trend by creating personal, criminal liability for those individuals responsible for the worst, most damaging behaviours. This webinar will examine how this new crime can strengthen existing environmental laws and safeguards, help create a level playing field for our food producers and preserve the soil and land for future generations.
Speakers:
Co-Founder and Executive Director, Stop Ecocide International
Jojo co-founded Stop Ecocide in 2017, alongside legal pioneer the late Polly Higgins, to support making severe harm to nature an international crime.
As key spokesperson and Executive Director of Stop Ecocide International, Jojo has overseen the remarkable growth of the global movement while coordinating legal developments, diplomatic traction and public narrative. She is also Chair of the charitable Stop Ecocide Foundation and convenor of the Independent Expert Panel for the Legal Definition of Ecocide chaired by Philippe Sands QC and Dior Fall Sow.
Bioagricologist, farmer, consultant, Nuffield Scholar and Director Oxford Farming Conference
Also known as RegenBen, possibly the first proclaimed bioagriecologist , straight talking husband, father, consultant, public speaker, Nuffield Scholar 2016 and Oxford Farming Conference Director
Ben farms with his family in Ross-on-Wye and loves breaking the boundaries of farming techniques. Reducing pesticide use, improving soil health, reducing carbon footprint, looking after the environment and producing nutrient dense, high welfare food makes him and his family very happy.
Head of Food Policy, The Soil Association, writer, campaigner and food policy expert
Rob Percival is a writer, campaigner and food policy expert. His commentary on food and farming has featured in the national press and on prime time television, and his writing has been shortlisted for the Guardian’s International Development Journalism Prize and the Thomson Reuters Foundation’s Food Sustainability Media Award. He works as Head of Food Policy for the Soil Association. His critically acclaimed first book, The Meat Paradox, was published in March 2022.
Organic Farmer, Slad Farm, Stroud
Paul has been an organic farmer for over 40 years, producing organic beef, lamb, vegetables and woodland, and bringing local families together in a vegetable-growing community. He has helped to define organic standards in the UK and assisted the local wildlife trust in regenerative plans for the AONB and SSSI surrounding the farm. He is also co-founder of The Kairos Project, a B-corp providing leadership development services respecting the ecology of the natural, cultural, social and organisational worlds, working with NGOs and charities in many countries to grow their leadership.
Moderator:
Chief Executive, Food, Farming and Countryside Commission
Sue is the Chief Executive of the Food, Farming and Countryside Commission. Sue leads the organisation in its mission to bring people together to act on the climate, nature and health crises, through fairer and more sustainable food systems, and a just transition for rural communities and the countryside.
She is a Trustee of CoFarm Foundation and an independent Governor at Royal Agricultural University. Living on an organic farm in Wales, Sue and her family raise livestock and farm for conservation.