Martin Collison was one of four speakers and panel members for Food, Glorious Food!, part of Norwich Cathedral’s Science Festival in March 2016.
Martin Collison spoke at this event on the Greater Lincolnshire 25 Year Water Plan and its role in managing water across Lincolnshire.
Martin Collison spoke at the Norfolk Farming Conference on 11th February on the topic of opportunities for farmers in the future Norfolk Rural Economy.
Martin was presented with his Fellowship award by HRH Sophie, Countess of Wessex, at a ceremony in the House of Lords on 10th February 2016.
Martin Collison was very pleased to support this new conference where he chaired the second session.
Held at the Peterborough Showground on 3 December the strong line-up of keynote speakers were Sir Peter Kendall, Chairman of AHDB, NFU Vice President, Guy Smith, and Peter Simpson, CEO of Anglian Water.
The EU Focus Group on Short Food Chains on which Martin served over the period 2014-15 has now completed its work and published its final report, case studies and short summary paper.
Martin Collison spoke at the AFCP conference on 24th November at the Farmers Club in London on the challenges of recruiting the staff needed for a rapidly changing agricultural industry.
Martin Collison was pleased to attend the EIP Agri Focus Group on Water and Agriculture in Ciudad Real, Spain on the 4th and 5th November 2015.
Martin Collison was a speaker at this ZSL event on how we can simultaneously meet the demand for food globally whilst working to sustain biodiversity.
Lynn Collison today attended the London launch for the Leader Funding programme 2015-2020 as Chair of the new West Norfolk Local Action Group (LAG).