Henry Dimbleby
2025
Henry Dimbleby is a leading authority on food systems, health, and sustainability. He co-founded Leon, building it into a £100m international business before its sale in 2021. As a government advisor, he authored the School Food Plan (2013) and the National Food Strategy (2021). From 2018 to 2023, he served as the lead non-executive board member at DEFRA. Now, as Managing Partner at Bramble Partners, he invests in and advises food businesses creating a more sustainable future.
My Sessions
Inside the room: Can British Farming Be Saved?
British farming is under pressure. The Future Farming Programme began with real promise. But that coalition is now coming apart. First the scrapping of Agricultural Property Relief for many farmers. Then, without warning, the government cut the Sustainable Farming Incentive. Now media is full of talk that the SFI may not return, and that cheap, […]
Bringing Beans and Pulses back home
Sheila Dillon
Henry Dimbleby
Amelia Christie-Miller
Andrew Howard
Josiah Meldrum
Legumes can fix nitrogen, support biodiversity and enhance soil structure and have an incredible impact on our diets. But we eat far too few in the UK, and those we do eat are mostly imported. The session will look at the benefits and barriers of eating more pulses for farmers, the soil, planet and human […]