Present Events

First Ever ‘East Anglian Festival’, Ethical Carnivore Panel Discussion

Against the backdrop of a looming culture war about the wisdom and desirability of eating beef, four experts brought their unique perspectives to bear on the issue. Louise Gray, the name of whose book furnished the title of this discussion, described how her experience of consuming meat only found or killed by her for two years, informed the way she thinks about meat eating. John Lynch, an environmental scientist, educated us about the actual (versus purported) impact of livestock farming on climate change. Hugh Somerleyton, rewilding advocate, explained his mission to reinstate East Anglia’s wilderness while Anna Beames, an environmental systems thinker, gave us a glimpse of the difficulties and challenges of putting natural capital at the heart of agricultural production.