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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

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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

• mreed@glos.ac.uk

• www.ccri.ac.uk