Feeding the Nation-agriculture in the South
Dr Geoffrey Mead SpeakerNet Sponsor
- Region:
- South East
- Notice Period:
- Emergency (maybe less than one week's notice)
- Type:
- Local interest/professional
- Fee:
- Paid: £80 plus travel if needed
- Category:
- Nature
- Updated:
- 5th May 2023
- Tagged:
- Agriculture
Farming is a vital part of the nation's identity, whether the arable fields of East Anglia or the sheep on the South Downs. This talk looks at the regional variety of farming, Weald and Downland, coast or upland and how it has developed over time to give us such regionally important farm subjects such as Southdown sheep, Sussex cattle or Dorking fowls. The changes in agriculture over the past 200 years will be considered and our changing agricultural landscapes.
Views: 950 | Enquiries: 8About Dr Geoffrey Mead
I am an Associate Tutor with the Geography team at the University of Sussex where I thought I had retired...10 years ago! I specialise in the landscapes of SE England, in both urban and rural areas and I did my doctorate in the suburban growth of the interwar period. I taught adult education for nearly 30 years at Sussex where I worked in the Landscape Studies degree team and was Convenor for Local History. I give talks across SE England to a wide range of groups, from universities to local history societies, WI groups , U3A, Probus and Round Tables. I run weekly classes at local community centres. The most requested from my range of talks are those that combine social history, geography, geology and a 'sense of place'. I can adapt my talks to particular areas or interests.
Other Talks on SpeakerNet by Dr Geoffrey Mead
- Landscapes of SE England
- The South at Work
- Channel coastlands
- Brighton before the Royal Pavilion
- Sussex Literary Landscapes
- 'Scattered squalor'...'Downland Homes': aspects of housing history
- What is Landscape?
- Resorting to the coast- aspects of holiday history
- Sussex landscapes
- The working coast
- 'A man may have constant employ';Sussex Industrial History,a different view
- The journey to the South Downs National Park
- Brighton: West End - East End
- Hearth & Home: aspects of housing in Southern England
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