Matt Reed's presentation from the Sustainable Food Trust's recent conference 'True-Cost Accounting in Food and Farming'. Footage of the conference can be found at http://vimeo.com/81133136 and Matt's presentation begins at 34:45.

1. S O C I A L
E X T E R N A L I T I E S
O F
F A R M I N G
B U S I N E S S E S
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D R
M AT T
R E E D
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U N I V E R S I T Y
O F
GLOUCESTERSHIRE

2. THE FFB
FA R M
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C U LT U R A L A R T E F A C T, B I O T I C
C O M M U N I T Y, F O O D P R O D U C T I O N
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F A M I LY
!
I N T E R - G E N E R AT I O N A L ( D E A D &
YET TO BE BORN), IDENTITY
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BUSINESS
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F A M I LY L A B O U R , A S S E T,
FOOD CHAIN, MORAL LINK

3. SOCIAL
F O O T P R I N T S OF FA R M S
THE

4. 7 KEY QUESTIONS
• Succession
• Well-being
• Bridging
• Governance
• Linking
• Bonding
• Innovation
Organic
Non-organic
All

5. GROWING & THE URBAN
• 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

6. SOCIAL
EXTERNALITIES
• More than jobs
• Distinct differences by
farm type
• Importance of retail &
distribution
• What sort of farms do
you want?

7. D R M AT T
REED
• @ReedMtweet
• mreed@glos.ac.uk
• www.ccri.ac.uk