The RASE Lectures: the volume of food production must now make way for value

Nutritionist Ali Morpeth and former Defra Secretary Lord Deben discuss how Lessons from the past must shape the country's food future

Jane Thynne
Head of News and Business
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Lord Deben was one of the speakers delivering this year's RASE Lectures
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Lord Deben was one of the speakers delivering this year's RASE Lectures

The 2026 Royal Agricultural Society of England (RASE) Lectures focused on why a strategic shift in how we think about agriculture - moving beyond the volume of food produced to thinking about the value...

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