Our first keynote speaker will be Dr Helen Harwatt. Dr Harwatt is an international award winning researcher and scientific author specialising in the field of planetary health, with a focus on the environmental impacts of animal to plant protein shifts. She is a Farmed Animal Law and Policy Fellow at Harvard University looking at the role of livestock reduction in creating Paris-compliant food systems.
The conference will see the launch of research findings from the Animal Law & Policy Program at Harvard Law School, modelling alternative agriculture production in the UK. The research will show the impact that a shift to plant-strong farming has on national food sovereignty, protected forest and heathland areas, and carbon sequestration. The work will aid farmer and policy decision-making, in part by mapping the suitability of regions (10x10km scale) for transitioning.
