Senior Consultant | Environment Systems Ltd
I am eager to collaborate with members on developing new funding bids and projects aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the agri-food sector. Working together, we can leverage our combined expertise to secure funding and create impactful, sustainable solutions.
Product Owner specialising in software development of business analytic dashboards. I have a strong background in UAS and satellite remote sensing for agricultural applications, working with commercially available satellite and UAS sensor technology. With a deep understanding of their applications, I specialise in delivering Earth Observation (EO)-derived services for agricultural R&D and business intelligence. Leveraging the latest innovations in remote sensing technology, AI, and machine learning, I drive valuable insights and optimise outcomes. I have successfully managed Innovate UK projects and maintain a diverse portfolio of clients, in Government and Industry. Through building strong client relationships, I play a key role in driving ongoing business development and sales.
Doctoral Researcher | Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford
Sustainable food systems transformation.
Genia is a doctoral researcher based in the Environmental Change Institute Food Systems Transformation Group. Her doctoral work investigates potential pathways to include diverse actor perspectives in food system transformation processes, particularly across level and scale. To illustrate this, she works with Papua New Guinean cocoa smallholders, exploring their perceived trade-offs between economically and environmentally-oriented behaviours, further linking this to landscape level and multi scale change. Genia’s work is founded in her belief that food systems can be an effective tool to improve economic, social, and environmental outcomes including biodiversity and climate adaptation, people’s health and well-being, incomes, and gender disparities.
Sector Development Manager | York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority
Food & Agriculture Policy
With over 30 years in food manufacturing and agriculture - from Nestlé, Kerry Ingredients, Northern Foods and Vion, through to Genus PIC. Tracey has worked in senior sales and marketing roles with UK, Europe, and global remits. Tracey's current role is working as part of the York and North Yorkshire Inward Investment Team, where the team work to attract overseas and wider UK investment into the region. A role which is crucial to delivering economic growth to the region. Tracey's areas of focus are Agritech & Industrial Biotechnology.
Learning Partnerships Facilitator | Newcastle University
Student engagement and research at Newcastle University
Bringing industry and students together to boost their skills and employability and drive business innovation and recruitment.
Farmer | Slade Farm
Research fellow | Nottingham Trent University
Senior Research Fellow | Chatham House
Agribusiness consultant | Terrafarmer
Delivering value and solutions to farmers through innovation, soil and sustainable farming practices.
With a foundational education in Agriculture with Farm Business Management from Harper Adams University, my journey led me to Terrafarmer where I currently advise on sustainable agribusiness practices. Our team's focus is on sustainable and profitable farming practices, to enhance farm productivity and resilience. This aligns with my previous role at Savills, where I honed my expertise in farm management and diversification, stewardship planning, and securing grant funding for rural businesses. The goal is to guide clients towards achieving their objectives. With experiences that span from hands-on farm work to strategic consultancy, my approach is always grounded in practical support and the pursuit of excellence in agribusiness. Our work at Terrafarmer is a testament to the power of combining tradition with technology, ensuring the future of farming.
Lecturer | University of Glasgow
AI, robotics, machinery and data science for agriculture
I am a researcher in autonomous systems, machine learning, and robotics. I am a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow and Lecturer at the University of Glasgow since 2022. I also hold the positions of Honorary Research Fellow at Imperial College London, Visiting Professor at Carnegie Mellon University, and Visiting Scientist at Wageningen University and Research.
Agri-food climate adaptation | Defra
Climate risk to the agri-food supply chain
Researcher (Food Policy), Director/Coordinator | Shropshire Good Food Partnership
Local to county to bioregional relocalisation and food strategy/policy, from community grassroots to town & Parish to county council-levels; food partnerships; civil food resilience mapping and planning.
I have a background as a food policy researcher, educator, environmental scientist and market gardener. I currently work as a director/coordinator of the Shropshire Good Food Partnership and founder/lead of Food Forward Bishop’s Castle. I hold a PhD in Food Policy from City University’s (now City St. George’s University, London) Centre for Food Policy, where my research focused on sustainable food production and local level food policy and the organisational structures of food partnerships. With the Shropshire Good Food Partnership (SGFP), I have worked from community to county and bioregional levels of food systems, network building and public engagement for food transitions. I contribute to the governance and strategic direction of the organisation, as well as the comms, lead on policy work and more. SGFP is becoming known for the annual Marches Real Food and Farming events, and the Shropshire Good Food Trail. Through the Partnership, we're engaging with the wider Marches area through working with other food partnerships to form the Marches Real Food and Farming Network. My interests are largely in relocalisation and resilience across our local/regional/bioregional food systems, sustainability, food security as a civil defence mechanism, and the integration of local level food strategies at the town and parish council level – all this with the aim of connecting the food system dots in a sustainable way for wider regional and national level systems resilience.
Lecturer in Soil Science | Newcastle University
Research on greenhouse gas emissions / sequestration on farms and managed environments; soil chemistry and health.
I\'m a geochemist and soil scientist. I look at element cycling from soils, across agricultural systems, to the river-ocean system, and relate this to greenhouse gas balance, nutrient availability and soil health. More broadly, I’m interested in examining questions about interconnections of biogeochemical cycling and climate change through Earth history, and how these might evolve in the future under human influence.
