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 Monty Don, our new President, delivered our lecture this year at Central Hall, Westminster on the role we should and can play towards safeguarding our food security and health, in response to the impact of climate change, including rising food prices, increasing energy costs and an economic downturn.
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Monty Don has presented gardening and travel programmes for the past fifteen years. He is a prolific journalist, and was The Observer's gardening editor from 1994 until 2006. His bestselling books include Fork to Fork and The Jewel Garden, The Complete Gardener, and My Roots, a collection of his gardening columns from The Observer. In 2005, Monty set up a smallholding where a group of persistent offenders – mainly drug addicts – worked on the land. His book, Growing Out Of Trouble, is a powerful account of what happened. His new series, Around the World in 80 Gardens, was recently televised by the BBC.
The evening was hosted by Sheila Dillon with a panel of influential experts in the field of energy and food production responding to Monty's views. The panel was Rosie Boycott, Julie Brown, Fiona Reynolds and William Lana. With over 500 delegates, this event offered a great opportunity for growers, food business representatives, government and media and opinion formers, as well many members of the public, to come together and engage with this hot topic.
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