CCRI Rural Policy Conference
Rural Policy and Local Assets
with a welcome from Sir Don Curry
Wednesday October 21st 2009, Queens Hotel, Cheltenham
The conference was opened by Sir Don Curry, Chair of the Sustainable Farming and Food Delivery Group and author of the influential Curry Report.
Several rural research and policy papers were presented throughout the day, cohering around the themes of Localism in the 21st Century, the Future of Rural Policy in the UK and Europe and Rural Assets: What's the interest?
Picture, from left to right: Graham Garbutt, Paul Courtney, Janet Dwyer and Sir Don Curry at the CCRI Policy Conference
Powerpoint Presentations
Local food and the emerging food security agenda presented by Damian Maye and James Kirwan, CCRI
The Agri-Environment: farm and landscape-scale challenges presented by Chris Short and Julie Ingram, CCRI
Why are rural assets important? presented by Malcolm Moseley, CCRI
The language of organic food presented by Matt Reed
Older people as rural social capital presented by Nigel Curry and Rhiannon Fisher, CCRI
The future of rural policy in England presented by Graham Garbutt
Future directions: the European and international dimension by Janet Dwyer
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If you have any queries regarding the CCRIs Rural Policy and Local Assets conference, please email ccri@glos.ac.uk
