JRI/Redcliffe College Environment day Conference: Food Futures

Organised in partnership with John Ray Initiative, CMS and the Agricultural Christian Fellowship

Saturday 6 March 2010

9.30am – 4.30pm

Newspapers and TV programmes herald the 'end of cheap food', warning us that the global food systems on which we have come depend are increasingly fragile. The cost to other nations and the environment, and the impact on UK food producers, mean that in a few years we will not be living as we do now.

The Food Futures Day Conference at Redcliffe College, Gloucester help us respond by asking what God wants us to learn and how we could personally change and adapt.

We will look at what Scripture says about our relationship with food and those that produce it, and at what can be done to improve global production, food security, and patterns of trade. For those of us who do not grow food but do eat it, we will explore the jungle of food ethics and whether 'conscience in the supermarket' is an adequate response to the coming storm.

Speakers include:
The speakers are Rev Dr Mike Rayner (British Heart Foundation, Oxford), Patrick Mulvany (Chair of UK Food Group) and Ruth Valerio, author of 'L is for Lifestyle'.

The Food Futures day is in association with Redcliffe College, the Church Mission Society, the John Ray Initiative, and the Agricultural Christian Fellowship.

Cost:
£35 including a two-course lunch.

To book:
Please download the booking form opposite and send with a cheque to Mrs Diane Carter, Redcliffe College, Wotton House, Horton Road, Gloucester GL1 3PT.
A leaflet with more details is also available opposite.

Directions: Please see our directions page for details on how to find us.