Healthy Food, Farms & Communities, Global Lessons
Description
This webinar series brings together farmers and practitioners from around the world to share real experiences of building resilience in a changing climate.
As diet-related disease rises alongside growing awareness of nutrient density, farmers are being asked to think not just about yield, but about what their food actually does for the people eating it.
This session looks at the link between how food is grown, the health of the people who eat it and how farms can be the keystone of thriving communities.
Hear from farmers and practitioners who are putting this into practice – growing for nutrition as well as volume, opening their farms to schools and local communities, and building shorter supply chains that keep good food close to home. We'll look at how these choices are delivering benefits to the farm, as well as beyond the farm gate: healthier diets, stronger local economies, and more connected communities.
Good farming has always done more than produce food – this session explores how to make that value visible, and how to grow it further.
Lineup
Sophie Gregory
Sophie is a first-generation dairy farmer, running two tenanted farms across the Dorset-Devon border, producing milk for Arla. She's worked to connect people with where their food comes from, hosting large public open days and building an on-farm classroom for schools and community groups, in partnership with the SFT's Beacon Farm Network. She also represents farmers in wider conversations as Chair of the Organic Roundtable, and completed her Nuffield Scholarship in 2024 exploring the future of organic dairy – bringing a practical, outcomes-focused view on building thriving farm businesses and stronger rural communities.
Nick Rose
Nick Rose is the co-founder and Executive Director of Sustain: The Australian Food Network, a health promotion charity and social enterprise working to build healthy, sustainable and equitable food systems across Australia. Since establishing Sustain in 2016, Nick has led research, policy, advocacy and community initiatives spanning food security, local and regional food systems, sustainable farming, urban agriculture and food systems governance. With a background in law, community development and food systems research, he works to strengthen connections between farmers, communities, governments and researchers. Nick holds a PhD from RMIT University, is a Churchill Fellow, and taught food systems and food policy in the Bachelor of Food Studies at William Angliss Institute from 2016-2026.
Eric Walters
I'm a new entrant farmer running Good Small Farms, a 100-acre mixed farm at Hammonds Farm in Stroud, which we took on in 2021. We're proving that small-scale regenerative farming can be viable – with a market garden, Pasture for Life beef cows, a tree nursery, chickens and agroforestry. Since taking over land left thin and compacted by previous grazing, we've planted 30,000 trees, restored hedges and ponds, and gained full organic certification through the Soil Association in 2025 – regenerating the soil to grow healthier food for our local community.
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