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7th – 8th January 2027, Oxford, UK + Online Livestream
Join us as the UK’s largest agroecology gathering returns for our 18th year!
The Oxford Real Farming Conference (ORFC) explores the questions at the forefront of the alternative food and farming movement, from farm practice deep-dives and the latest agroecological research, to exploring our reciprocal relationship with Nature and marginalised perspectives on food sovereignty and land.
This year, we’ll be talking about everything from the future of organic arable to practical lessons learned from the summer’s drought. We’ll be hearing about the fight of land defenders from the majority world, exploring the importance of the more-than-human in caring for the land, and discussing how agroecology can meet the challenges of AI, climate change and global shocks. Together, we’ll consider the innovative farm practice, policy developments, funding opportunities and community mobilisation needed to inspire change towards a future that truly nourishes people and planet.
Hope in a better food and farming system is more important than ever. We welcome farmers and growers, scientists, activists and policymakers, and anyone with an interest in food and agriculture to discuss a shared vision for a fairer food and farming system. Through music, performance, poetry, seed exchanges, practical demonstrations, book talks and thought-provoking discussions, we’ll be celebrating farmer stories, embracing indigenous learnings and exploring cutting-edge research. Beyond our scheduled sessions, you’ll experience the energy of ORFC in the in-betweens: the conversations in the streets, the interviews in the stairwells, the excitable exchanges in pubs.
ORFC 2027 promises to be the most inspiring, empowering and urgent yet, as we come together to forge connections with allies, exchange knowledge, and champion agroecology in practice across the UK and beyond. Whether you’ve been before or you’re new to the magic of ORFC, we welcome you to join our growing community shaping a stronger food system together.
Over two full days you can expect 145+ dynamic in-person talks and interactive workshops, including 50+ livestreamed sessions. Please note that this year, Listening to the Land, our programme to bring visibility to the sacred and reciprocal relationship we have with the Land, will be incorporated into the main ORFC programming, 7th-8th January 2027.
This year’s conference will explore inspiring, challenging and wide-ranging topics, including:
- Organic arable farming
- Scaling novel crops in the face of climate change
- Optimising irrigation and tools for farming in extreme heat
- Farming’s role in restoring our rivers
- Seed sovereignty and community seed saving
- The fight of land defenders from the majority world
- Funding agroecology and access to land
- Understanding AI in agriculture
- Rare and heritage poultry
- Becoming policy influencers: top tips for nature-friendly farmers
- The role of fungi in healthy soils
- Farming in relationship with an animate world
- Urban farming and the right to grow campaigns
- Neurodiversity and growing veg with ADHD
- Ethical food retail and access to affordable and healthy food
- Afroecology, mutual aid & black women’s land work
- War, oil crisis and agroecological turning points
- What a regenerative economy for real farming might look like
A note on capacity: For 2027, we’re exploring ways to improve access across the conference so that more delegates can attend the sessions that matter most to them.
ORFC in-person tickets always sell out, so early booking is essential to avoid disappointment. We offer tiered tickets to ensure that ORFC reflects the radical and diverse community it represents.
An online ticket will give you access to 50+ sessions livestreamed from Oxford. An in-person ticket will give you access to all the sessions in Oxford (145+), including all the livestreamed sessions, so that you can catch up on anything you missed after leaving the in-person conference.
In addition to sessions featuring leading experts from across the UK and around the world, the programme will feature a wide range of social events, musical entertainment, and delicious, sustainably sourced food.
There are also opportunities to volunteer.
