BIG TENT 2023

Big Tent 2023

Held at the Cloth Hall Court in Leeds on 26 and 27 April 2023, the Big Tent brought together stakeholders from across the agri-food system for two days of learning, collaboration and networking.

Keynote speakers included:

Daniel Zeichner MP, Shadow Minister for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Anthea Stephenson, Founder of Willow
Gerard Davies, UKRI

Day One of our annual conference opened with a keynote speech from Daniel Zeichner, Shadow Minister for Environment. If you missed it, you can watch it again in full here:

Listen to a special edition of the AFN Network+ podcast, recorded at the Big Tent

Image shows early career researcher Saher Hasnain at the Big Tent conference in Leeds

Feedback from Early Career Researchers:

"iT WAS GREAT TO FEEL THAT MY CONTRIBUTIONS WERE PART OF A BIGGER AND COHESIVE WHOLE. aN ABSOLUTELY INSPIRING AND ENERGISING EVENT THAT DEMONSTRATED THE BENEFIT OF FACE TO FACE INTERACTIVE SESSIONS AND A FLAT AND INCLUSIVE GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE IN LARGE NETWORK PROGRAMS."

Dr Saher Hasnain, Researcher at the Food Systems Transformation Programme, University of Oxford's Environmental Change Institute