8:00 – 9:30 | WEDNESDAY, 9 JULY
LOCATION: WORLD BIOGAS EXPO, NEC BIRMINGHAM, UNITED KINGDOM (EXACT MEETING ROOM TO BE ANNOUNCED)
The Farmers Breakfast brings together on-farm AD plant operators, farmers using AD co-products such as biofertiliser as well as farmers and landowners interested in developing new AD plants on their land.
Investment in nature and climate-smart development is where most countries are focussing their attention as they double down on producing more ambitious nationally determined contributions to the Paris Agreement.
Food systems are responsible for ~35% of global greenhouse gas emissions; with land use and land use changes responsible for 71% of that figure. Emissions of methane and NOx from farming are chief contributors.
Governments want to develop solutions to address the triple environmental crises – climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution. These are not separate crises but intertwined. To save money and accelerate impact governments want to change the way farming is done – to reduce greenhouse gas emissions such as NOx, protect air quality and waterways from nutrient pollution and boost renewable energy production.
Come to the Farmers’ Breakfast to discover how biogas can enable you to do this, be positive for your business, the environment and energy security.
We will be hearing from leading experts on the importance of a land use framework, as a mechanism to ensure a proper balance between food security, nature preservation and clean energy; the central role of biogas in regenerative farming and the revenue stream to be had from ‘carbon harvests’; and how reduced chemical use through nutrient recycling pays dividends by reducing input costs and protecting biodiversity.
Agenda
Meeting the Triple Challenge Facing Farmers
08:00 – Networking and Breakfast
Opening Remarks
Chris Huhne, Chair, ADBA
Advancing the Right to Inject
Howard Forster, COO, Cadent Gas
Cadent Gas is actively driving forward policy and technology innovations to make it easier and cheaper for biogas projects to connect to the grid. A key goal is to leverage the agricultural sector’s capacity to contribute to renewable gas supply, improving energy security, rural resilience and environmental outcomes.
Measure, Record, Verify
Becky Willson, Business Development and Technical Director, Farm Carbon Toolkit
How farmers can improve their environmental performance while sustainably producing food, fibre and public goods to address climate risk, pollution and nature loss and align to carbon markets and support schemes.
Regenerative Agriculture
James Rollinson, Senior Feedstock Manager, Future Biogas
Regenerative farming integrates feedstock from energy crops into agricultural systems. The circular process of returning digestate back to land can help replenish soil nutrients and carbon and displaces demand for carbon intensive artificial fertilisers.
The Value of Digestate
Robin James Upton, Director (retd.), RJ Upton Farms
How do you value hummus and the fact that farmers are locking up C02? Farmer and biogas pioneer Robin Upton shares his experience and benefits of long-term use of digestate.
Q&A with the panel
Moderator: Chris Huhne, Chairman, ADBA
what farmers said
about the World Biogas Expo
“A great event to attend to learn more about the growing industry”
Patrick McGirr, Greengold Farm
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