Helen Browning OBE
2023
Helen has been Chief Executive of the Soil Association since 2011. She is a Commissioner for the Food Farming and Countryside Commission and sits on the BBC’s Rural Affairs Advisory Committee. Helen has had a number of roles in agri-politics over the years, including the Government’s Policy Commission on the Future of Farming and Food (‘the Curry Commission’). Helen farms in partnership with her daughter and son in law on an organic farm in Wiltshire with dairy, beef, pigs, cereals, agroforestry and small scale veg/salads. They are experimenting with strip till/pasture cropping with Wildfarmed. Her products are sold through the Helen Browning’s Organic brand in retailers as well as through her mini hotel and restaurant/pub on the farm.
My Sessions
How do we Build Greater Consensus & Secure Political Leadership to Support the Groundswell of Regenerative, Nature Positive Change Across the Farming Sector?
Helen Browning OBE
Rt Hon Lord Benyon
Katie-Jo Luxton
Daniel Zeichner MP
Stuart Roberts
In the margins of the Oxford farming conferences, a consensus emerged between farmers and environmental groups on the future of food, farming, and nature. The consensus is founded upon three shared principles: a healthy natural environment underpins food security, farming has a vital role in producing the food we eat and is also central in […]
Is it Time to Certify Regenerative Agriculture?
Helen Browning OBE
Mike Purnell
Judith Batchelar OBE
Catherine Chong
Rosie Boycott
One of the first issues in discussions about how to scale up Regenerative Farming is the challenge of defining it. What exactly constitutes Regenerative Agriculture? What does a farmer have to do to become ‘regenerative’? What is ‘regeneratively produced’ food? This lack of strict rules and focus on principles and context is, to some proponents, […]