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Defending & Celebrating Sustainable Beef with Nicolette Hahn Niman

Join us for this special event exploring how cattle can be good for the planet and the role of beef in a healthy balanced diet.

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Defending & Celebrating Sustainable Beef with Nicolette Hahn Niman
Defending & Celebrating Sustainable Beef with Nicolette Hahn Niman

Time & Location

16 Sept 2022, 17:30

FarmED, Honeydale Farm, Station Road, Shipton under Wychwood, OX7 6BJ

About the Event

Join us for this special event exploring how cattle can be good for the planet and the role of beef in a healthy balanced diet.

We are delighted to welcome famed US author, environmental lawyer turned rancher, Nicolette Hahn Niman, to FarmED to talk about her new book, Defending Beef, and to answer your questions.

In addition to hearing from Nicolette, we will celebrate beef with a hearty and nutritious supper from the FarmED kitchen using organic pasture fed beef from a local regenerative farm. Vegetarian options will also be available.

All those attending will get a complimentary copy of Defending Beef (RRP £14.99) and the chance to chat with Nicolette and get your book signed.

The Evening

  • 5.30: Arrival drinks - tea, coffee or beef broth. Bar open for beer, wine and soft drinks.
  • 6.00: Defending Beef: Nicolette Hahn Niman - talk and Q&A
  • 7.15: Celebrating Beef: Supper - organic pasture fed beef from a local regenerative farm and veg from our market garden. Vegetarian options available too.
  • 8.30: Meet the author - don’t forget to get your book signed!
  • 9.00: Close

Defending Beef

Cattle and the methane they produce are often seen as Public Enemy Number One. But not all grazing systems are equal. 

If managed well cows can play an essential role in maintaining grassland ecosystems by performing the same functions as the natural herbivores that once roamed and grazed the planet. They can help build soil and lock in carbon as well as being an important part of our pastoral culture.

While no single book could definitively answer the thorny question of how to feed the Earth’s growing population Defending Beef makes the case that grass-based, smaller-scale farms can and should become the basis for a sustainable, regenerative, high welfare and nutrient rich food production system.

Remember….it’s not the cow, it’s the how! Come and find out more. Come and celebrate beef with us.

Reviews and Praise

‘’We all need to understand the story behind our food. This is the strongest and most articulate case for understanding the central importance of grazing livestock in sustainable food systems that I’ve read.’’  - Patrick Holden, founder and chief executive, Sustainable Food Trust

“With all the rhetoric we are hearing today about how cows are destroying the planet, it is enlightening to hear the truth.  Nicolette Hahn Niman delves deep into the science and sets the record straight: ‘It’s not the cow, it’s the how’!  Now, consumers can enjoy the health benefits of nutrient-dense beef while healing our ecosystems!  A must-read for consumers, ranchers, and policymakers.”- Gabe Brown, regenerative rancher and author of Dirt to Soil

“Nicolette Hahn Niman just became beef’s most articulate advocate. In Defending Beef, she pivots gracefully between the personal and the scientific, the impassioned and the evenhanded. It’s a deeply compelling and delicious vision for the future of food.” - Dan Barber, author of The Third Plate

You can read more about Defending Beef and Nicollete here on the Chelsea Green website https://chelseagreen.co.uk/book/defending-beef-pb/

All those attending will get a complimentary copy of Defending Beef worth £14.99

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    £40.00
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    £30.00
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