I am pleased to invite you to a lecture event organised by Compassion in World Farming in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO): "Ensuring Fair Food and Farming for the Future", on the 20 March at La Bibliothèque Solvay in Brussels. (Drinks and canapes 18.00, speakers 18.45.) This is an invitation only event and places are very limited.
To secure your place, please RSVP online at www.compassion-lecture.org
Alternatively, please email james [dot] wilmott [at] forum-europe [dot] com (mailto:james [dot] wilmott [at] forum-europe [dot] com) ensuring your signature is included and we will register you.
The event brings together global experts and stakeholders for a fascinating evening of inspiration, idea-sharing and solution-seeking. Invitees include high level European Commission representation, MEPs, international diplomats, national policy-makers, NGOs and industry.
Confirmed Speakers Include...
Dr Olivier De Schutter, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food
Jeremy Wates, Secretary General, European Environmental Bureau
Dr Modibo Traoré, Assistant Director-General, FAO
Philip Lymbery, Chief Executive, Compassion in World Farming
Further Information...
Modern agricultural practices produce food and feed on a massive scale – yet still nearly a billion people suffer hunger every day, while a billion are overweight or obese.
Current food production methods can have negative impacts on people, animals and the planet.
The FAO’s major report, ‘Livestock’s Long Shadow’ (2006) found that “Remedies are urgently needed” and the Director of the IAASTD project (2008) said that “Business as usual is not an option”.
So what is the way forward? How can we ensure that everyone has sufficient and nutritious food, produced by methods which protect, rather than devastate, the planet and many of its inhabitants? What part can the CAP play in achieving a better way forward?
The lecture event seeks to offer positive, inclusive and cross-sector alternatives to the problematic model of “Business as usual”. We warmly invite you to join our expert speakers to establish how we can embed these alternatives to help ensure fair food and farming for the future.
To find out more about this lecture event, please contact James Wilmott on +44 (0) 2920 783 022 / james [dot] wilmott [at] forum-europe [dot] com (james [dot] wilmott [at] forum-europe [dot] com)