Lecturer in Aquaculture Nutrition | University of Stirling
repurposing agriculture and fisheries waste to obtain bioactive compounds that could be fed to aquatic organisms.
I am a lecturer in Aquaculture Nutrition at the University of Stirling. I have a passion for understanding the impact of changing environments on the nutritional needs of farmed aquatic species. With expertise in developing sustainable and resilient feeding strategies, I have experience formulating diets, analysing lipid and amino acid content, and evaluating immune response and flesh quality. My work also focuses on extracting nutrients and bioactive compounds from agricultural and fisheries byproducts.
Sustainability Research and Development Executive | HCC
Local Councillor | West Devon Borough Council
Elizabeth Creak Chair in Rural Policy & Strategy | Royal Agricultural University
Land use strategy, farmer-led innovation
I am Professor of Rural Policy & Strategy at the Royal Agricultural University, where my focus is on how to make agricultural research more useful on the ground and in policy. I am a founder-director of the Centre for Effective Innovation in Agriculture, alongside partners at Reading, Warwick, Newcastle and Harper Adams universities. Current research includes projects on land use change and the social implications of cultured meat. I advise the Food, Farming & Countryside Commission (www.ffcc.co.uk), and was part of the team who produced the National Food Strategy, led by Henry Dimbleby (www.nationalfoodstrategy.org). Until 2019, I was Director of Innovation at the Soil Association, a British-based non-profit promoting better food and farming. I established Innovative Farmers (www.innovativefarmers.org), a network that backs hands-on R&D by farmers, providing peer group support, funding and research expertise. Before joining the Soil Association in 2011, I was Executive Director of the Food Ethics Council, where highlights included collecting the BBC Food & Farming Awards 'Derek Cooper Award'. I've served on various advisory groups and boards, including the expert advisory panel for the UK Cabinet Office Food Matters report, ScienceWise, the BBSRC Science and Society Strategy Panel, and the boards of Sustain and the Brighton & Hove Food Partnership. My PhD investigated the use and abuse of science in food regulation.
Crop Health Specialist | UK AgriTech Centre
Crop protection, primarily use of holistic integrated pest management strategies. Improving crop health to increase productivity and decrease pressure, whilst safeguarding dynamic ecosystems.
I am a plant and invertebrate molecular biologist with expertise studying plant-pest interactions. I have experience working collaboratively in multi-actor projects concerning crop health and broader landscape management in agri-systems, and enjoy connecting with people from different backgrounds who are up for a blether holistic land management and slugs!
Joint Wales Manager | Social Farms & Gardens
Practical projects working with people and communities to build resilience so that everyone can enjoy a healthy affordable diet that doesn't cost the earth.
Working with SF&G to help communities to farm, garden and grow together for nearly a decade. Managing pan-Wales partnership projects since 2021. Personally passionate about food - growing, cooking and eating. Juggler of many roles! Quick to pick up new concepts, solutions focused and enthusiastic.
Food System Lead | Birmingham City Council
Assistant professor | University Of Nottingham
Creating more controllable growing environment at low energy cost, such as, low carbon greenhouse
Dr. Zheng obtained his PhD from the Department of Architecture and Built Environment at the University of Nottingham. He then continued to work at UoN for over 7 years on a number of research projects funded by UK and EU funding bodies. They are mainly related to building energy retrofitting, research and development of the low-pressure Pulse technique for measuring building airtightness, its application in high-integrity enclosures, non-residential and Passivhaus standard buildings. He also worked at Leeds Beckett University as a lecturer in Building Services Engineering for an academic year, delivering lectures on Mechanical Services, Low Carbon Buildings & Renewables, Building Services Systems, Thermofluids and Major Design Project. He has a diverse engineering background, from HVAC and fire detection on trains that run at high-plateau and high speed, to bionic engineering, thermoelectric applications, building physics, energy efficiency, ventilation and airtightness. He has published over 20 articles in peer-reviewed journals and 20 articles in International Conferences. One successful spin-off has been created from the research that he has been closely involved with, which entails the novel Pulse technique, a UK building regulation approved method for measuring building airtightness (The Future Homes Standard). He is passionate about research related to creating suitable indoor growing environment for enhanced food production at low energy cost.
Professor, Food and Society | Newcastle University
Inter- and trans- diciplinary reserch into food systems at different sclaes
I am a social scientist who loves to work in inter- and trans- disciplinary projects in the agrifood sector. Recent projects have, for example, included the following issues: • Developing transdisciplinary research into agri-food systems, including interactions between the social sciences and the biological, environmental, engineering and the arts and humanities. • Understanding the societal drivers and impacts of agrifood systems on the environment and climate change • Understanding social drivers of pro environmental decisions and behaviors • Understanding how to facilitate and accelerate farmer, stakeholder and end-user adoption of emerging agrifood technologies and innovations (in the UK, resource rich and LMICs). • Developing qualitative, quantitative, and digital methodologies to understand attitudes and behaviors related to agrifood and climate security, including co-production methodologies. • Operationalizing scientific foresight regarding research agenda setting, policy and governance
Co-lead for AFN, Professor of Rural & Regional Development | University of East Anglia
Net zero governance; national emissions accounting; livestock farming; land strategy
I am based at the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research at the University of East Anglia. I am a co-lead of the AFN Network+. I am a human geographer by training. I am author of "Net Zero, Food and Farming: Climate Change and the UK Agri-Food System" (2023, Routledge).
Professor | City St George's, University of London
Behaviour change, particularly in relation to food choice and food waste.
I have a background in psychology and am interested in behaviour change for population and planetary health, particularly in relation to food choice and eating. My experimental research aims to identify and understand the variables that influence behaviour. This helps inform my applied work that focuses on the development and evaluation of behaviour change interventions for both adults and children.
Founder | Russell Regen Limited
I am open to partner with any organisation or individual that shares my vision for a truly regenerative food system future and to work on projects that contribute meaningfully to this objective.
I founded Russell Regen in November 2023 following 15 years in the agricultural supply, academic and charity sectors with a purpose to accelerate the transition to a truly regenerative food system. This focuses on regeneration of the whole food chain, with farmers enjoying a good quality of life and purpose in their work; Nature displaying flourishing ecosystems and a reversal of its degradation; and Society offered nutrient dense-food and a reconnection with food growers. My experience and therefore service offering is broad including on-farm support through the Holistic Management framework, carbon footprinting, project management, data analysis and group facilitation.
