Professor Michael Winter OBE
Michael is Professor of Land Economy & Society in the Centre for Rural Policy Research at the University of Exeter. He directed the Centre from 2002 until 2017 and continues to chair its management board. He has had a life-long interest in the land between the moors. In response to the 2001 Foot and Mouth crisis he chaired the Hatherleigh Area project and Devon Rural Network. He was chair of the North Devon UNESCO Biosphere Partnership from 2012 to 2019. In January 2021 he became Chair of the Devon Local Nature Partnership. His research covers food, farming, land use, and the rural environment from a social and policy science perspective. He is also actively engaged in the policy world as a board member of Natural England and the UK Joint Nature Conservation Committee and chairing one of Defra’s expert panels.
The land between Dartmoor, Exmoor and Bodmin Moor comprises a large area of Devon with common features of soil type, land use, low population density, low wages and remoteness.
In this talk Michael Winter, OBE will consider the challenges that continue to face the area and speculate on its future.
This subject is extensively covered in The Land Between the Moors, a book of essays in Culture, Environment and Agricultural Change which Michael worked on.
There will be the opportunity for attendees to purchase the book at a discounted rate on the night of the talk.
Friday 4 April 7.30pm (doors 7pm)
Black Torrington Village Hall,EX21 5PR
Tickets £5
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There will be tea/coffee & cake for which donations are welcomed.
Cash payments only on the night.
