Guest of Honour: Bronwen Jones, Food Policy Unit, Defra

This seminar will look at how markets are evolving to meet consumers’ concerns over food prices, their requirement for local sourcing and out-of-season produce, and the demands of the Government’s carbon reduction budgets. As the debate moves beyond ‘food miles’ to the wider ‘life cycle carbon footprint’, sessions will address the many issues which determine the environmental impact of our food, including packaging, waste, storage and processing. In terms of moving forward, we expect delegates and speakers to be discussing the different ways that the food industry can deal with the many factors that determine the carbon footprint of our food, whilst offering consumers the products they have grown accustomed to.