Guy Singh-Watson
2024
Self-confessed veg nerd, Guy Singh-Watson has over the last 35+ years taken Riverford from one man and a wheelbarrow delivering homegrown organic veg to friends, to a national veg box scheme delivering to 70,000 customers a week. Tired of meetings, brands and the assumption that greed is our predominant motivation, Guy converted the business to employee ownership in 2018, using the proceeds to buy a small farm and return to growing organic vegetables. A self-professed ‘veg nerd’ Guy’s weekly newsletters connect people to the farm with refreshingly honest accounts of the trials and tribulations of producing organic food, and the occasional rant about farming, and ethical business issues he feels strongly about.
My Sessions
Home-Grown: How Can UK Horticulture Flourish in the Future?
Guy Singh-Watson
Lucia Monje-Jelfs
Will White
Rebecca Laughton
Harry Winslet
Horticulture plays a key role in agroecological and organic food systems, but has been confronted with several systemic challenges. Together, the panel will look at how these challenges may be overcome, and how we can scale up regenerative fruit and vegetable production in the UK. Horticulture plays a key role in agroecological and organic food […]