AHDB taking to the airwaves for a 360 degree look at Brexit
Three panel sessions broadcast on YouTube and the AHDB website will examine where we are now a year after the referendum vote (8.30am), the big issues that have emerged for the agri-food sector (11am) and what farm businesses can do to gear up for the change ahead (1pm).
Questions can be submitted by direct messaging @TheAHDB on Twitter and will be discussed by experts, including the authors of AHDB’s suite of Horizon publications.
Joining the 11am discussion on the big issues will be Graham Redman from Andersons and Tom Keen from the NFU EU Exit and International Trade team.
Growers, farmers and their supply chains are being encouraged to get involved using the hashtags #AskAHDB and #Brexit360.
Phil Bicknell, AHDB Market Intelligence Director, said: “From the referendum result onwards, the entire country has been on something of a learning curve. From an agricultural perspective, we know that Brexit matters. CAP has provided the framework behind farming policy for UK farming for the last four decades and Europe has become a close trading partner over that time, whether that’s as customers for our exports or suppliers of a whole host of agricultural and food products.
“We want to hear from farmers and growers what their key concerns are as they look ahead to a post-Brexit world and are well positioned with our in-house expertise and industry partners to start addressing some of these. We’ll also be looking at some of the questions farm businesses should be asking themselves and demonstrating the tools and resources AHDB is investing in to help the industry through the change process.”
The event will be hosted and chaired by AHDB’s own John Bates.
The event on 23 June will be live streamed at http://www.ahdb.org.uk/brexit/brexit360.aspx