The Oxford Real Farming Conference (ORFC) 4-6 January 2023 is set to be the largest and most diverse gathering of the UK and global agroecological and regenerative farming movement in the event's history.

The discussions come at a critical time, in the wake of the failures of COP27 and COP15 to take meaningful radical action in the face of multiple crises across nature, climate, food and farming, coupled with uncertainty over the future direction of UK food and farming policy.

The programme has been developed with partners in the UK and across the world who promote and support agroecology and food sovereignty. Together they represent millions of small-scale farmers, food producers and activists, including under-represented voices and marginalised communities.

Francesca Price, ORFC Director, said:

"We're really excited to be working with partners to bring together the largest and most diverse ORFC yet. As a result of the hundreds of session ideas we received earlier this year, we've weaved together a programme that covers the vast array of topics the movement is interested in; from farm practice to food policy, from land-use to climate activism, from justice issues to spiritual ecology."

Jyoti Fernandes, Policy and Campaigns Coordinator at Landworkers' Alliance, said:

"ORFC is an opportunity for all those working to transform our food and farming systems here in the UK and across the globe to make meaningful and lasting connections, to share ideas and experiences, to educate, inspire and to mobilise. We live in a time of intersecting crises, and the need to come together in person to build momentum has arguably never been greater. The LWA is excited to be hosting our own room at ORFC once again, and our programme this year includes sessions on topics from local food systems and farmer-led research to international struggles for land justice."

Josina Calliste, co-founder of Land In Our Names (LION), said:

"This year's ORFC comes at a critical time for addressing injustice in our food, land and farming. Involvement from underheard groups has increased with each conference, and LION celebrates the opportunity to gather to discuss key justice issues at ORFC 2023."

Cordelia Hughes, Communications Officer at Shared Assets, said:

"Shared Assets is co-hosting a space with Land In Our Names again this year, focussing on holding conversations with social justice at their core. ORFC provides this movement for better food and farming with an opportunity to properly engage with one another, learning about our ideas and the issues that matter to, and affect us. We are excited to learn alongside those in the justice sessions about the issues that matter, in order for our food movements to flourish in a way that is diverse and equitable."

Pete Ritchie, Director at Nourish Scotland, said:

"For much of the last half century we took food for granted.  But since the food price spike of 2008, we've lived through a series of shocks – accelerating climate change and nature loss, Brexit, the pandemic, and most recently the invasion of Ukraine and rampant food price inflation. ORFC brings farmers and others together to see how our food and farming system can become more resilient and be part of the solution for climate, nature and health."

In person tickets to ORFC 2023 are now sold out. Online tickets give access to more than 70 sessions including live-streamed content direct from Oxford, with recordings available for replay straight away. orfc.org.uk