Lesley Mitchell
2024
Lesley Mitchell is policy director for the Sustainable Food Trust, leading an expert team to develop policy, evidence and advocacy to drive the regeneration of food and agriculture. Previously she led Forum for the Future’s global food systems practice for five years. Lesley is a specialist in systems change for a sustainable future and has partnered with some of the most ambitious and forward-looking organisations stretching ambition and equipping partners to deliver their climate, environment and development ambitions and building diverse collaborations bringing together unlikely allies to innovate where no one player can solve a challenge alone.
My Sessions
Reviving Hides & Skins as Valued Livestock Products
Alice Robinson
Lesley Mitchell
James Allen
Mike Redwood
John Mettrick
For regenerative livestock to be viable and sustainable, the non-edible outputs must be considered and valued. Historically, abattoirs were able to derive significant value from hides and skins but the market and infrastructure for these has largely collapsed due to the rise of synthetics and cheap imports. Yet these products not only make full use […]
More than a By-Product: Reviving British Markets for British Wool
Maria Benjamin
Lesley Mitchell
Jennifer Hunter
Stephen Tricks
India Hamilton
How do we move from a position where wool is considered a by-product (or even a waste product) of the meat industry to one where it is valued as a co-product or crop? What changes need to be made in the current system and infrastructure to create a buoyant market for wool in the UK? […]