The Farm & Food Lit Fest is a unique curation of talks, panels and workshops from a dazzling line-up of authors, sharing stories from the world of regenerative farming, agroecology and sustainable food.
The festival will take place on Saturday 11 May 2024 at FarmED’s education centre near Chipping Norton.
Speaker’s include:
- Helen Rebanks, author of the Sunday Times-bestselling The Farmer’s Wife: My Life in Days. Helen and James Rebanks run a tight-knit team that has made their farm globally important with their farming innovations.
- Britain’s favourite rewilder Derek Gow uncovers the mythology, mystery and history of wolves in Britain in his new book Hunt for the Shadow Wolf, asking important question about why we should consider bringing the wolf back to Britain.
- Designer Alice Robinson, author of Field, Fork, Fashion, was named to Vogue Business’s 100 Innovators List and in her new book she shares the making of ‘Collection 374’ which highlights the links between farming and leather, and was also shown at the V&A Museum.
- Robin Harford, author of the bestselling Edible and Medicinal Wild Plants of Britain and Ireland has been working in the world of wild plants for decades, uncovering how our ancestors used plants to nourish and heal themselves
- Rosamund Young is author of The Secret Life of Cows, a Sunday Times bestseller and a Times ‘Book of the Year’. Her new book The Wisdom of Sheep & Other Animals transports you to the wild meadows of her farm and gives a peek into the surprising lives of some of our most familiar animals.
To coincide with the Farm & Food Lit Fest the winner of The FarmED Chelsea Green Young Writers’ Prize will be announced on the day.
This prize highlights young voices who are passionate about helping to build food systems that nourish people and regenerate the planet.
The Prize will be judged by nature writers Nicola Chester and Dominic Couzens, as well as Muna Reyal, Head of Editorial at Chelsea Green Publishing UK, novelist Fiona Mountain from FarmED.
Finalists will be invited to attend the 2024 Farm & Food Lit Fest and the winner will receive a ‘library’ of Chelsea Green titles worth £500, plus a one-to-one editorial session with Muna Reyal, as well as having their piece published on the Farm & Food Lit Fest website.