See you at the Oxford Real Farming Conference?
Dive into the 2025 programme
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2024 is winding down, which means that the 2025 Oxford Real Farming Conference (ORFC) is soon approaching, and we can’t wait!
ORFC brings the alternative food and farming movement together every January, attracting farmers, growers, activists, policymakers and researchers from around the world. We were lucky enough to attend in 2023 and were blown away by the diversity and calibre of panels on offer. We also collaborated with the organizers on an essay about feminist agroecology which highlighted takeaways from the 2023 edition.
Envisioning Feminist Food Futures Through Agroecology
Hello! This week, we’re bringing you some bonus content from our EARTH issue. Earlier this year, we attended the Oxford Real Farming Conference (ORFC) and were deeply impressed by the quality of the programming and organization of the event. We’re thrilled to have the opportunity to share some reflections from its organizers with you here. - ZJ & IV
Join us at ORFC!
This year, we aren’t yet sure if we’ll be attending in-person (does anyone in Oxford want to host one of us for a night on January 9?!) or online, but that’s one of the great things about ORFC — they offer incredibly affordable online tickets, so that you can tune in from anywhere in the world.
Online tickets start at £35 for a general ticket; farmer and subsidized tickets are available for £25 and £15. These tickets make an excellent holiday gift for any food-minded friends in your life (along, of course, with a premium subscription to FFJ).
Additionally, bursary tickets are free to all delegates from majority world countries and to all who would not otherwise be able to attend — no application required.
Delegates joining online will have access to more than 35 livestreamed sessions covering a wide array of topics from practical farm advice to food policy, land justice, Indigenous wisdom, and much more. Online delegates will also have the opportunity to directly interact with session speakers and other ORFC delegates, allowing for connections and community-building at the start of the New Year.
Programme highlights
There are a ton of sessions on offer at ORFC 2025, so we’ve curated a shortlist of panels that we’re particularly excited about:
Workers and Farmers United for the Right to Food and Food Sovereignty
Rooting for Diversity: Cultivating Farms for Neurodiversity To Thrive
From Ubuntu to Kapwa: Earth Wisdom and Regenerative Design in Food Systems
Smash Imperialism! For a New Trade Framework Based on Solidarity!
If you get an online or in-person ticket, let us know so we can make sure to link up one way or another.
