social externalities of farming businesses
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Matt Reed's presentation from the Sustainable Food Trust's recent conference 'True-Cost Accounting in Food and Farming'. Footage of the conference can be found at http://vimeo.com/81133136 and Matt's presentation begins at 34:45.TRANSCRIPT
SOC I A L E X T E RNA L I T I E S O F FA RM ING BU S I N E S S E S
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DR MAT T R E ED !
UN I V ERS I T Y O F G LOUC E S T E R SH I R E
T H E F F BFA R M
!C U LT U R A L A R T E FA C T, B I O T I C
C O M M U N I T Y, F O O D P R O D U C T I O N !!
FA M I LY !
I N T E R - G E N E R AT I O N A L ( D E A D & Y E T T O B E B O R N ) , I D E N T I T Y
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B U S I N E S S !
FA M I LY L A B O U R , A S S E T, F O O D C H A I N , M O R A L L I N K
T H E S O C I A L F O O T P R I N T S O F FA R M S
7 K E Y Q U E S T I O N S
• Succession
• Well-being
• Bridging
• Governance
• Linking
• Bonding
• Innovation Organic Non-organic All
G R O W I N G & T H E U R B A N• FFB disrupted - new links between cities and rural
• The configuration of farms changes - socially
• social aims, more people, shorter term
• different food chains, other labour
• different status games & moral links
S O C I A L E X T E R N A L I T I E S
• More than jobs • Distinct differences by
farm type • Importance of retail &
distribution • What sort of farms do
you want?
D R M AT T R E E D
• @ReedMtweet
• www.ccri.ac.uk