Alice Pawsey

Alice Pawsey

2025

Alice married into farming after a career in TV. She defines her roll as “catching the spinning plates“ from health and safety and managing building programmes, to head of Sheep Sales, Weddings, Events and Rentals. What she enjoys most is recording life on an innovative organic farm and sharing it with many young people who visit. Alice does not consider herself a “farmer” but a veteran support structure for a team focused on growing food while simultaneously improving the environment.

Farming: Our Natural Health Service?

Soil Tent

Food should nourish both people and the planet, yet our current food system is broken. Farming has the potential to be our ‘Natural Health Service’, so what do we need from food production to regenerate public health; how can we engage consumers as allies; how do we navigate the obstacles preventing change? Whole Health Agriculture […]

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Couples Therapy

PFL Tent (DF A31)

Many farmers are best friends, partners and business collaborators. But how do we balance personal and professional collaboration, and even conflict whilst needing to maintain harmony at work and at home. How do you decide how you work together, maintain boundaries, accountability and get the best out from each other? This session will have helpful, […]

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Growing the Future: Children, Food, Farming & Sustainability

Breakout Tent

Chaired by Olivia Shave, this session highlights two initiatives bringing learning to life on farms across the UK. A nine-year partnership between Barnham CEVC Primary and Euston Estate shows how farming and sustainability can shape the whole curriculum. The Sustainable Food Trust’s Beacon Farms Network connects schools with over 40 farms, helping children understand where […]

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