Our Scholars

I’m a designer and the daughter of a farm vet — a combination that has shaped my outlook and vocation. Growing up in rural Shropshire and later studying fashion, I became interested in leather's connection to agriculture.

For me, agriculture represents a story of teenage rebellion. Raised in a farming family, I was actively encouraged to pursue a different career.

Based in East Anglia, I work independently as a potato agronomist, providing unbiased, practical advice directly to growers – with no ties to input suppliers.

Based in Perthshire on our family upland livestock farm, I've worked in a range of agricultural organisations and am currently Director of Farmstrong Scotland, a charity delivering a wellbeing programme for the farming and crofting community.

Food and agriculture have shaped both my professional direction and personal purpose.

After six years in the United States completing a degree in Sustainable Agriculture and time spent working on a variety of fruit and vegetable farms, I returned home to Cambridgeshire and founded Flourish Produce.

I have a passion for the land and now more than ever I feel we have a responsibility to value, protect and share it with people.  For 15 years I was managing the sales and marketing of our family bacon business, but in 2021 our 600 acre 3^rd generation farm in Wes

I grew up in Eryri and now live in Pembrokeshire on a small farm with my husband where we are setting up a wildflower and agroforestry-focused tree nursery.  We have a flock of Badgerface Torwen sheep who undergraze a silvopasture system that we have planted up over the pas

Leading the soils team at Hutchinsons, one of the UK’s largest agricultural distributors, I see every day the immense influence that soil has over productivity, resilience, and the sustainability of our food system.

After growing up on an upland livestock farm I have been passionate about the environment and farming and how the two complement one another from a young age. This led me to study Agriculture, and onto a career in agricultural consultancy.

I’m a regenerative aquaculture specialist, with experience in the finfish, seaweed and coastal restoration sectors. In my current role, I run the Seaweed Academy at the Scottish Association for Marine Science.

As a fluvial geomorphologist, I seek to understand how natural processes shape and maintain rivers and their habitats. Sadly, most of our rivers have historically been modified and negatively impacted.

I grew up on my family farm, earned a Master’s in Mechanical Engineering, and worked five years in international motorsport before serving as a Royal Engineer Officer in the British Army.

From a small village in Northern Ireland and have been passionate about agriculture from a young age, spending much of my time gaining experience on local farms.

I was lucky enough to grow up in a rural part of Devon, on a small, family-run farm, which instilled in me a love for food, farming and family that has stayed with me, leading me to pursue a career in agriculture.

Farming continues to face significant challenges, and building businesses that are profitable, productive, and sustainable has never been more important.

Growing up on my family farm, agriculture was always going to play a part in my life.

Growing up and working on a farming business in Surrey, whilst climate change was on the school syllabus and David Attenborough was on the TV, shaped how I see the world – a place full of complex systems and wicked problems but also with huge potential to deliver life-saving sol

My journey into agriculture has been anything but conventional. Growing up in East Sussex with no ties to farming, I never imagined I would find such a deep passion in the world of pigs.

I’m a first-generation farmer, researcher and educator based in north-east Scotland. After a career in teaching and educational leadership, I came to farming in my 30s, drawn by a fascination with how people and landscapes adapt to change.

I grew up on my family’s farm in Hertfordshire, where I now live and work with my wife and two children, running a beef business.

Samuel is passionate about making agriculture more innovative and sustainable. He has a background in practical agriculture and has won awards for some of his technology investigations.

I was brought up on a multi-generational family farm situated on the Norfolk-Suffolk border.

I grew up on our family beef and sheep farm in the Brecon Beacons and I will be the 4^th generation farming here. Growing up on the farm I developed an early love for agriculture.

My passion for food and farming stems from growing up in a livestock farming family in Monmouthshire, South Wales.