Governance
TRUSTEES
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Alice Bamford
Trustee
Being fortunate to grow up in the English countryside, I had the benefit of a true edible education running & riding through the fields and...
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Mark Musgrave
Trustee
I have been a solicitor for more than 35 years, became a partner of Speechly Bircham LLP over 30 years ago and am a former managing partner. I...
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Carole Bamford
Trustee
I grew up in the countryside surrounded by farming, and this is...
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Tim Field
Environmental Surveyor, Agricology Executive Board Member
A farming family and a rural upbringing encouraged my interest in land management, but my passion for nature and country sports led me to study...
EXECUTIVE BOARD
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Charlotte Bickler
Knowledge Exchange and Policy Manager
I lead the Knowledge Exchange and Policy team at the Organic Research Centre, ensuring that ORC’s research gets out to our key stakeholders in the...
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Lucy MacLennan
Chief Executive
I get a real buzz out of working with such an engaged and motivated team at the Organic Research Centre, everyone works so hard and is so...
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Alastair Leake
Director of Policy & Public Affairs, Agricology Executive Board Member
My passion for agriculture stems from my love of plants. This took me from my childhood vegetable patch on the outskirts of Glasgow to study...
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Tim Field
Environmental Surveyor, Agricology Executive Board Member
A farming family and a rural upbringing encouraged my interest in land management, but my passion for nature and country sports led me to study...
STEERING GROUP
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Katie Bliss
Knowledge Exchange and Agroecology Researcher, Agricology
Working with our family arable farm in the Cambridgeshire Fens various challenges, in particular blackgrass, inspired me to look at how we can be...
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Janie Caldbeck
Content Editor, Agricology
I work for the Organic Research Centre (ORC) from my base in Lower Teesdale, Co. Durham. I co-ordinate, create and edit the content (ranging from...
INFORMATION & COMMUNICATIONS TEAM
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Charlotte Bickler
Knowledge Exchange and Policy Manager
I lead the Knowledge Exchange and Policy team at the Organic Research Centre, ensuring that ORC’s research gets out to our key stakeholders in the...
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Katie Bliss
Knowledge Exchange and Agroecology Researcher, Agricology
Working with our family arable farm in the Cambridgeshire Fens various challenges, in particular blackgrass, inspired me to look at how we can be...
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Janie Caldbeck
Content Editor, Agricology
I work for the Organic Research Centre (ORC) from my base in Lower Teesdale, Co. Durham. I co-ordinate, create and edit the content (ranging from...
VOLUNTEERS
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Pen Rashbass
Volunteer Copywriter
It’s funny the paths life takes you on. I originally started as a medic, became a developmental biologist and then discovered that sheep were...
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Sophie Wilkinson
Volunteer Copywriter
I’ve recently graduated from the University of Exeter with BSc Geography, where I was able to focus on environmental sustainability. I’ve always...
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Edd Colbert
MSc Double Degree Student
I’ve been working as a food campaigner, researcher and grower since 2013. I’ve worked with local communities to resist factory farming in the UK,...
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Caroline Liddell
Policy Adviser & PhD Researcher
I have always been interested in sustainable land use and ethical farming practices and fully believe in the principles and mission of Agricology...
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Alex Bebbington
Growing up in a rural community, I have always had an appreciation of agriculture and the vital work it does to provide our food and care for the...
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Andreas Soteriades
Since completing my BSc and MSc in Applied Mathematical and Physical...
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John Godlee
PhD student
My interest in the natural environment and our place within it grew from spending weekends in the woods with my father and from...
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Jenny Sharman
Producer / Director
I first became interested in sustainable farming during my geography degree at Sussex University. Focussing on sustainable development, it led to...
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Sarah Chesshyre
Apprentice Planner
I am a volunteer copywriter for Agricology, and come to sustainable agriculture not as a grower but as a consumer. Sustainable food...
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Poppy Frater
After growing up on a mixed sheep, beef and arable farm in Northumberland,...
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Vaidehee Sachdev
I grew up in a distinctly non-farming household. The only references to...