Women InFoodAndFarming

Written by Clare Otridge I’ve attended LAMMA every year for the past five years. I go wearing a few different hats: as a market researcher listening closely to what farmers are thinking, as a woman working in agriculture and noticing where opportunities are opening up (and where they still aren’t), and, if I’m honest, as someone who enjoys the social buzz of big machines, big ideas and familiar faces. LAMMA has always been a place to take the temperature of the industry. But walking into the...

Written by Becky Erskine Reflections on the Women in Food and Farming (WIFF) Networking Event. I had a fantastic afternoon networking at the LAMMA show, at an event seamlessly organised by Clare Otridge. It was wonderful to see such a strong turnout, featuring a vibrant mix of first-time attendees and familiar faces catching up after the Christmas break. The atmosphere, as always, was incredibly welcoming. This event highlighted the vital role of networking in empowering women across the food...

If there was a theme running through our recent event on data and sustainability, it was the growing urgency for a clearer, more coherent understanding of environmental performance across UK farmland. The term “environmental baselining” is not the sort of phrase that sparks instant excitement, yet by the end of the evening it had become a central and compelling topic, thanks to Sarah Haynes from IGD . Sarah’s presentation explored IGD’s emerging vision for a national environmental baseline....