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Eve Gleeson

Eve Gleeson is a British-American sustainable food writer and advocate based in...

Hester van Hensbergen is a writer and cook

Hester van Hensbergen

Hester van Hensbergen is a writer and cook interested in the intersection...

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Vicki Hird

Vicki Hird MSc FRES is an award winning expert, author, strategist and...

Sara Venn

Sara Venn

Sara is a horticulturalist, food and land activist and writer who has...

Lara Thorogood

Leoca Powell

Leoca is working as a project support officer in a policy environment...

Ellie Wilson

Ellie Wilson is a Masters student studying for a Degree in Occupational...

Rachael Goude

Bella Thompson

Bella is a writer and a supporter of local food systems that...

Jenny Goddard

Jenny Goddard is founder of Real Food Hub, an online farmers market...

Suzanne Fogg

Jimmy Woodrow

Jimmy is an advisor and operator working at the intersection of the...

Sustain

Sustain is a powerful alliance of organisations and communities working together for...

Patrick Holden and Adele Jones

Diana Rodgers

Diana Rodgers, RD, is a “real food” nutritionist and sustainability advocate near...

Bristol Food Producers

Bristol Food Producers is Community Benefit Society and a dynamic network of...

Tessa Van Eijsden

Caroline Aitken

Caroline Aitken, author of Food From Your Forest Garden and Director of Whitefield...

Connor Musoke-Jones

Creating designs that encourage more conscious interactions. To help us be more...

Coty Perry

For Coty, he didn’t love bass fishing at first cast. It took...

Austin Read

Austin Read is a geographer studying for his PhD at the University...

Domini Hogg

Domini is the founder of Tried & Supplied, a holistic purchasing platform...

May Wheeler – SFT Projects Assistant

May grew up on the Isle of Wight where she saw climate...

Dave Ashford

Dave currently works for Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water as Programme Manager for...

Tirion Keatinge

Tirion Keatinge is project developer with PRETATERRA, specialised in supporting farmers to...

David Burton

David Burton is a Natural England Senior Adviser for Catchment Sensitive Farming...

Rebecca Holden

Becky Holden farms with her husband and Sustainable Food Trust founding director,...

Louise Erskine

Louise Erskine ’21 is a Masters of Professional Studies student at Cornell...

Susan Levine

Susan Levine is an Associate Professor of Anthropology and Head of Anthropology...

Ellie Howard and Joya Berrow

Ellie Howard (b. 1992) is a photography researcher and writer. A...

Andy Cato

Andy Cato is a first generation farmer who produces wild farmed grains...

Jack Millington

Jack Millington is the founder of British leather company, Billy Tannery. Despite...

Becky Harrison

Becky grew up helping her dad farm sheep on the outskirts of...

Peter Mansfield

Educated at State Grammar School, Peter entered Cambridge as a major scholar...

John Riaga

John Riaga is a Freelance Science Journalist, who is passionate about communicating...

Harriet Child

Harriet Child spent 7 years as a journalist before training as a...

Sara Grady, with Alice V Robinson

Sara Grady previously directed programs at New York’s Glynwood Center for...

Lucia Monje-Jelfs

Lucia is Anglo-Colombian and grew up between the UK, France, Brazil and...

Angus D. Birditt

Angus is a writer, photographer and award-winning food producer. Inspired by artisan and regional food...

Heritage Grain Trust

The Heritage Grain Trust (HGT) is a not-for-profit organisation formed to encourage...

Olivia Oldham

Olivia is a freelance writer, activist and aspiring farmer who is passionate...

Alexandra Genova

Alexandra is an independent journalist and filmmaker with more than seven years...

Peter Segger

Peter Segger

Peter is one of Britain’s organic pioneers. Since 1974, he has owned...

Steven Jacobs

Steven Jacobs is the Business Development manager at Organic Farmers and Growers. He chairs...

Ffion Storer Jones

Ffion Storer Jones grew up on her family’s farm in Mid Wales....

Jennie Spears

Jennie Spears helps coordinate LTT’s operations and projects in the Kurdistan Region...

Lemon Tree Trust

The Lemon Tree Trust is transforming refugee camps, one garden at a time. Gardening is...

Vivien Sansour

Vivien Sansour is an artist, storyteller, researcher and conservationist. She uses image,...

John Meadley

Qualified in agriculture (PhD in crop physiology), and with occasional sorties into...

Lachlan McKessar

Phil Moore

Phil Moore is a new entrant farmer, aspiring writer and one half...

Kim Stoddart

Kim Stoddart is the editor of The Organic way magazine and writes...

Caroline Bennett

Tim Williams

Tim is a practicing regenerative farmer and educator from NZ based now...

Lizzie Rowe

Lizzie’s passion in life has always been the natural world. Her fascination...

Marcia Barrington

Marcia Barrington is an experienced chef, food writer and creative with a...

Nicolette Hahn Niman

Nicolette Hahn Niman is a California rancher, lawyer, and writer. She has...

Chris Smaje

Chris Smaje helps work a small farm and market garden in Somerset....

Suzi Shingler

Suzi Shingler is the Campaign Manager for the Alliance to Save our...

David McKenzie

David was born and raised in New Zealand and has done pretty...

Ben Raskin

Ben is Head of Horticulture at the Soil Association. Ben can help...

Matthew Orman

Matthew is a lobbying and Public Affairs specialist with nearly 20 years’...

Robert Barbour – SFT Research Assistant

Robert comes from a hill farming family in Highland Perthshire, and has...

Viviane Gravey

Dr Viviane Gravey is a Lecturer in European Politics at Queen’s University...

David Smedley

David Smedley is a recently graduated PhD student from Kings College London,...

Rebecca Michael Elderkin

Rebecca became interested in agriculture and its dynamic links to health after...

Bee Wilson

Bee Wilson is a food writer and historian.

Liz O’Neill

Liz O’Neill is the Director of GM Freeze, the UK umbrella campaign...

Sue Pritchard

Sue is Director of the Food, Farming and Countryside Commission. She has...

Christopher Price

Christopher Price is the CEO of Rare Breeds Survival Trust. Christopher joined...

Adam Alexander

Adam Alexander is a film-maker and gardener. He has been growing fruit...

Jessica Brown

Jessica is a freelance journalist based in London, where she writes about...

Alex Heffron

Alex is a first generation farmer at Mountain Hall Farm in the...

Gavin Wren

Gavin is a food writer and food photographer born and raised in...

Oliver Maskrey

Oliver grew up in rural Oxfordshire where the Young Farmers Club and...

Erica Davies

After ten years of working at the Soil Association, Erica has served...

Dan Imhoff

Dan Imhoff is a researcher, author, and independent publisher focused on farming,...

Griffin Carpenter

Griffin Carpenter is an environmental economist at the New Economics Foundation. His...

Stephanie Parker

Stephanie Parker is a writer, photographer, and translator living in Silvaplana, a tiny...

Honor May Eldridge

Honor has recently been appointed as Policy Lead at Plantlife. Prior to...

Eleanor Barns-Graham

Eleanor has an MSc in Food Policy from City University and a...

Anne-Marie Szabo

Anne-Marie Szabo was born in Hungary and spent her childhood in Argentina,...

Laurie King

Laurie King has been working on community farms and garden projects for...

Victoria Balfour

Victoria works in communications and as a writer with a focus on...

Dave Mountjoy

Dave Mountjoy is a cattle breeder living in the foothills of the...

Ivan Cicin-Sain

Ivan has been working for Population Matters since 2014. His role as...

Martin Jaffa

Dr Martin Jaffa has been connected to the salmon farming industry for...

Catherine Broomfield

Catherine Broomfield is an advocate for the role of native breeds in...

Marianne Landzettel

Marianne Landzettel is a journalist writing about food, farming and agricultural policies...

Joel Williams

Joel Williams is founder of Integrated Soils and is a soil enthusiast...

Julie Baber

Julie Baber has a small farm in her native Somerset where she...

Lynn Schweisfurth

Lynn Schweisfurth is a consultant for non-profits. She divides her time between...

Helene Schulze

Helene graduated from the University of Oxford with a Masters degree in...

Jessica Anson

Jessica Anson is a digital marketing specialist in New York City empowering...

Bronwen Percival

Bronwen is a cheese buyer for Neil’s Yard Dairy, and works with...

Adam Horovitz

Adam Horovitz is a poet and author based in the heart of...

Bob Kennard

Agriculturalist with UK and International management and consultancy experience. In 1988 established...

Sean Hearn

Sean Hearn is sustainable beekeeper based in London. Sean has been working...

Joanna Blythman

Joanna has written about food for over two decades. She has contributed...

Hugh Blogg

Studying for an MSc in Sustainability and Adaptation at the Centre for...

Philippa Griffiths

Philippa Griffiths spent her early years on a dairy farm in Shropshire...

Oliver Burgess

Oliver has spent over ten years in catering in various roles –...

Carlo Bolzoni

Carlo is a freelance documentary maker and writer passionate about food, farming and...

Ben Pugh

Ben Pugh started Farmdrop, the ethical grocery company, back in 2014. Ben...

Steph Wetherell

Steph coordinates Bristol Food Producers, an organisation that is working to increase...

Mandy Chan

Mandy received her master’s degree from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health,...

Angela Karp

Angela is Director for Science Innovation, Engagement and Partnerships at Rothamsted Research....

Gay Kenney Browne

Gay Browne is an environmental advocate, humanitarian, and is the founder of...

Chantal Brown

Chantal Brown, reared on farms in New Zealand is now settled in...

Barny Haughton

Barny Haughton is a chef, restaurateur, cookery school teacher and Eco Food...

Bonnie Welch – SFT Project Manager

Bonnie grew up in rural Somerset and has a keen interest in...

Maria Lettini

Maria joined FAIRR as Director in September 2016. Prior to this, she...

Alexander Buxton

Alex Buxton is a Senior Account Executive at a London advertising agency...

Ruth Westcott

Ruth co-ordinates Sustainable Fish City, a campaign which encourages businesses to adopt...

Muhsen Hassanin

Muhsen Hassanin is a Smallholder based in south Wales. Muhsen left his...

Phil Moore

Communicator, collaborator, connector Phil is passionate about media. A background in documentary...

William Stiles

Will is Knowledge Exchange Fellow at IBERS, Aberystwyth University working alongside Farming...

Luke Dale-Harris

Luke is an investigative journalist on agriculture and environmental issues, and a...

Steve Webster

Steve was appointed as the PFLA’s first Chief Executive in January 2017,...

Rare Breeds Survival Trust

A conservation charity, the Rare Breed Survival Trust’s (RBST) role is to...

Simon Shaw

Simon leads Sustain’s work on food poverty at national, regional and local...

Kim Yost

Kim is a freelance writer based in the eastern US. He is...

Nina Purcell

Nina Purcell is Director of Regulatory Delivery & Wales at the Food...

Christine Page

A passionate cook, health nut and nature lover, Christine has been a...

Robert Craig

Married to Jackie with four teenage children, Robert is involved in two...

Emily Franklin

Emily Franklin grew up on an arable farm in North Wiltshire, and...

Jane Powell

Jane Powell is an independent writer, editor, educator and activist based in...

Nigel Akehurst

Nigel Akehurst is a farmer’s son and creative entrepreneur who started IndieFarmer, an...

Sophie Rottmann

Sophie is about to graduate from a Masters in Migration and Diaspora...

Andrew George

Andrew agrees that food is complicated. He likes to cook – and...

Alliance to Save Our Antibiotics

The Alliance to Save Our Antibiotics is an alliance of health, medical,...

Felia Boerwinkel

Felia Boerwinkel works at Hivos, where she coordinates the organisation’s Food Change Labs....

Christopher Stopes

Christopher has over 25 years experience working with European Commission and parliament,...

Samantha Andrews

Samantha Andrews is a marine conservation biologist/ecologist. She holds an MSc in...

Daniel Matthews

Daniel Matthews is a 33 year-old freelance writer and social worker with...

Ben Eagle

Ben Eagle is an environmental and agricultural writer and has written for...

Kathleen Steeden

Kathleen Steeden is a freelance features journalist and editor. She writes mainly about...

Stefano Orsini

Stefano is working as a Senior Researcher in Market & Business at...

Katy Stone

Katy Stone is an editor and translator who has worked in Brazil,...

Rodger Wasson

The host of the Farm To Table Talk podcast is Rodger Wasson....

Roman Cho

Roman Cho is a Los Angeles based photographer specialising in portraiture. He...

Sophie Bailey

Sophie Bailey is a copywriter and marketeer specialising in the events, food...

Josh Gabbatiss

Josh Gabbatiss is a freelance writer currently based in London. His primary...

Erin Eisele

Erin earned a Masters degree in Food Culture and Communications from the...

Nessie Reid

Nessie Reid is a Political Ecologist and performance artist working on issues...

Abby Rose

Abby is one third of Farmerama, a podcast that shares the voices...

Eva Perroni

Eva Perroni is a freelance researcher and writer focused on creating a...

Dee Butterly

Dee holds an MA in Social Anthropology with Sustainable Development from the...

Cóilín Nunan

Cóilín is a scientific adviser to the Soil Association and to the...

Erik Fruth

Erik is a graduate of California Lutheran University where he studied Global...

Ben McCluskey

Ben McCluskey is a Bristol-based freelance writer, communications consultant and former editor...

Bernward Geier

Bernward Geier has over 40 years experience in the field of agricultural...

Christine Grillo

Before joining the Center for a Livable Future in 2011, Christine spent...

Ellie Suckling

Ellie graduated from her Geography and Environmental Management (BSc) degree at the...

Richard Dunne

Richard Dunne has 30 years teaching experience and was Headteacher of an...

Emily Nink

Emily is a masters candidate of the Agriculture, Food and Environment program...

Natalie Hoidal

Natalie Hoidal

Natalie Hoidal has been involved in gardening projects all her life and...

Morwenna Lewis

Morwenna has been part of the SFT team since May 2015. She...

Barbara Herren

Barbara Herren

Dr Barbara Gemmill-Herren was the previous Delivery Manager, Major Area of Work on...

Ellie Harrison

Ellie became interested in food sustainability while studying geography at Bristol University....

Gerry Gillespie

Gerry Gillespie

Gerry has been involved in the recovery of organic materials and their...

Andy Goldring

Andy Goldring is Chief Executive of the Permaculture Association, a post he...

Jonathon Porritt

Jonathon Porritt, Co-Founder of Forum for the Future, is an eminent writer,...

Ian Fitzpatrick

Before joining the Sustainable Food Trust as the Senior Researcher, Ian worked...

Anna Rohleder

Anna began writing about sustainability and the food system through a longstanding...

Juanfran Lopez

Juanfran Lopez is the Acting Senior Farm Worker at Ragmans Farm. He is...

Leah Eades

Leah Eades is a freelance writer based in Bristol, UK. She specialises...

Harry Greenfield

Harry Greenfield is joint co-ordinator of the All Party Parliamentary Group on...

Rosamund Young

Rosamund Young farms 390 acres organically in the North Cotswolds with her...

Sophie Laggan

Sophie has a background in environmental science and sustainable development, with professional...

Bee Farrell

Bee Farrell enjoys the cultural, historical and anthropological stories of food. As...

Holly Black

Holly is a freelance communications consultant working mainly with the food and...

Hannah Steenbergen

Hannah grew up on a biodynamic farm in the North Yorkshire Moors...

Rachel Smith

Rachel Smith graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 2004 with a...

Thomas Harttung

Thomas Harttung is a farmer and forester on a 1,800 acre biodynamic...

Tara Stevens

Tara Stevens is a food and travel writer, culinary guide and cookery teacher....

Peter Mundy

Peter Mundy is a writer/editor at Animal Welfare Approved. He spent much...

Rupert Dunn

Rupert has a love of food as a conduit for bringing people...

Anthony Rodale

Anthony Rodale is a graduate of Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa...

Lynda Brown

Lynda Brown is an award winning food writer, seasoned broadcaster, and author...

Sally Geislar

A Doctoral Candidate in Planning, Policy, and Design at the University of...

Geoff Tansey

Geoff Tansey works for fair, healthy and sustainable food systems as an...

Catie Peters

Catie Peters

Catie grew up on a farm, but her research into agriculture has...

Sebastian Pole

Sebastian Pole is the co-founder and herbal director at Pukka Herbs. As well...

Stephen Devlin

Stephen Devlin

As an economist specialising in natural resources, Stephen works to develop and...

James Farndon

James has a background in campaigning and communications. He’s currently working with...

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Inka Stafrace

Inka Stafrace is a videographer and filmmaker who has also worked at the...

Cathi Pawson

Cathi is a co-founder of Zaytoun, the social enterprise which pioneered sales...

Zoe Neilson

Food Tank

Food Tank

Food Tank is a think tank focused on feeding the world better. They...

Hannibal Rhoades

Hannibal Rhoades is a Communications and Advocacy Officer at The Gaia Foundation...

Tracy Worcester

Tracy Worcester is a former actress and environmental campaigner. She actively supports...

Barley Blyton

After several years in Italy, Barley went into the UK’s wine trade...

Philip Lymbery

Philip Lymbery is Chief Executive of leading international farm animal welfare organisation,...

Megan MacLeod

Megan MacLeod has landed herself in Edinburgh with Nourish Scotland and is...

Katy Harris

Katy has recently returned to Gloucestershire from the sunnier climes of Mexico....

Annie Levy

Annie Levy writes about life in a local kitchen connected to global politics...

Steph French

Steph French is a reportage wedding and event photographer with a personal...

Rowan Lear

Rowan Lear is a writer and artist, interested in spaces where nature...

Tara Garnett

Tara Garnett initiated, and runs the Food Climate Research Network, now based...

John McKenna

John McKenna has been writing about Ireland’s food culture for twenty-five years...

Tom Levitt

Tom Levitt is a food and farming journalist. Formerly deputy editor of...

Claire MacEwing

Claire MacEwing grew up in Vancouver, Canada, where she first became interested...

John Wilson

John Wilson is a Zimbabwean working as a freerange facilitator in East...

Chris Young

Real Bread Campaign coordinator Chris Young discovered the true meaning of loaf...

Ceri Wills

Ceri Wills is a budding blogger, eater and cook. She believes that...

Anna Wharton

Anna Wharton is a freelance journalist who writes for The Guardian and...

Lee-Anna Rennie

Lee-Anna Rennie has worked in the Dairy industry for 10 years. Having...

Rachel Dring

Rachel’s on a mission to help urbanites eat more sustainably. Apart from...

Vanessa Kimbell

Vanessa is a 3rd generation baker of Italian descent, and qualified as...

Tony Little

After 12 years at Organic Centre Wales, Tony Little is a familiar...

Sophie Gore Browne

Sophie is a freelance journalist and writer based in Bristol, whose preferred...

Mike Jones

Mike Jones trained as a wildlife ecologist in Zimbabwe, worked for the...

Nena Johnson

Nena Johnson has worked in the good food and farm movement since...

Charlotte Maberly

Charlotte Maberly is a lecturer and co-creator of the UK’s first MSc...

Ellie Dowding

Ellie is the coordinator for Newcastle’s pioneering ‘Sustainable Food City’ initiative, Food Newcastle,...

Adele Jones – Deputy CEO

Adele Jones is Deputy CEO at the Sustainable Food Trust. She has...

Sarah Weiner

Sarah Weiner has worked side by side with the sustainable food movement’s...

Peter Crosskey

Peter Crosskey is a freelance journalist who has been covering European food...

Rebecca Roberts

Rebecca is postgraduate researcher and blog writer specialising in agrarian politics, food...

Sue Dibb

Sue Dibb is coordinator of Eating Better: for a fair, green, healthy...

Megan Perry – Head of Communications

Megan grew up in Somerset and has always been interested in farming...

Sebastian Parsons

Sebastian co-owns Rush Farm, a mixed Demeter and Soil Association certified 200-acre family...

Will Ferguson

Will Ferguson is communications officer at Triodos Bank and editor of its...

Martin Bowman

Martin Bowman is a campaigner for This Is Rubbish, currently working on their campaign...

Joris van der Kamp

Joris is a co-founder of Future Farmers in the Spotlight, a European initiative documenting...

Joel Salatin

Joel Salatin works alongside his wife Teresa, son Daniel, daughter Rachel, daughter-in-law Sheri,...

Tim Lang

Tim Lang has been Professor of Food Policy at City University London’s...

Colin Tudge

Colin Tudge is a biologist by education and a writer by trade...

Bibi van der Zee

Bibi van der Zee is a journalist specialising in the environment, food...

Rahul Antao

In 2006, Rahul finished his education in hospitality, culinary arts and applied...

Sam Adams

Sam Adams runs the Low Carbon Farming project at the Soil Association....

Edd Colbert

Edd Colbert is an International Development Student from the University of Leeds....

Tom Boyden

Tom Boyden is a horticulture student at University of Wisconsin and has...

Lucy Gilliam

Dr Lucy Gilliam is a Founder and Director of New Dawn Traders,...

Richard Young – SFT Policy Director

Policy Director, Richard Young, has been an editor of the journal New...

Alicia Miller – Website Editor

Website Editor Alicia Miller also runs Troed y Rhiw Organics, an organic horticulture farm...

Sustainable Food Trust

Articles, films and images from the Sustainable Food Trust.

Aine Morris

As a graduate of Slow Food’s ‘University of Gastronomic Sciences,’ Aine returned...

Ed Dowding

Ed Dowding is an innovator, business analyst, information architect, system designer and...

Alice Holden

Alice Holden is fast becoming a role model for young farmers. She...

Annelie Bernhart

Since Annelie’s graduation from the University of Gastronomic Sciences in Italy she...

Anya Fernald

Anya has developed her expertise in sustainable food and business management with...

Jamie Pike

Jamie is Chairman and Co-Founder of Bristol’s vibrant, mixed-use, community hub Coexist...

Janno Lanjouw

Janno Lanjouw is one of the founders of the Food Film Festival...

Joris Lohman

Joris is chairman of the Youth Food Movement the Netherlands, part of...

Nick Rapps

Nick Rapps was brought up in Chew Valley. After studying computing at...

Nicola Robecchi

Nicola is a passionate photographer of issues and themes around food and...

Patrick Holden

Patrick Holden is the founding director of the Sustainable Food Trust, working...

Pavlos Georgiadis

Pavlos is a food author, olive grower and social entrepreneur. He is...

Rebecca Seal

Rebecca is a journalist whose writing specialises in food, drink, food security...

Samuel Levie

Samuel was born in Oxford and raised in Amsterdam. He studied political...

Tessa Tricks

Tessa’s interest in food and its future stems from a childhood on...

Trevor Brinkman

Trevor is an industrial product designer with a passion for sustainable design....

Ulla Kaja

During Ulla’s studies in agriculture she met organic beekeepers, traditional cheese makers...

Julianne Mesaric

Julianne’s features explore individual and collective food cultures, as well as the...

Hannah McGowan

Originally from Northern California, Hannah McGowan left her small farming community for...

Helena Rosebery

With a Master’s of Food Culture and Communication from Slow Food’s University...

James Vaccaro

James Vaccaro is head of Market and Corporate Development at Triodos Bank...

Francesca Price

Francesca Price is an author, journalist and broadcaster. She was a BBC...

Elisabeth Winkler

Elisabeth Winkler is a journalist and was editor of the Soil Association...

Ellie Athanasis

Ellie joined the Sustainable Food Trust in November 2012, after completing her...