Lucy George
2024
Running her 35 acre fruit farm in South Wales since 2003, Lucy diversified into growing tea in 2015. Gaining recognition for innovative growing practices, her farm proudly supplies award winning single estate tea to independent retail & restaurants globally. Evolving to produce a range of premium specialty kombucha demonstrates continual development towards a zero waste, circular farming system. Nuffield Scholar – “Tea cultivation within agroecology – the development of a high value opportunity for UK Farms” European Tea Growers Association group president 2025 BBC Food & Farming Awards – Best Food & Drink Producer in Wales 2023
My Sessions
Soapbox Hour – 8 Minute Big Ideas
Rob Yorke
Jonathan Jones
Lucy George
Ottilie Cunningham
Michael Kennard
Jo Poulton
Annabel Holmes
Hear 5 big ideas in 8 minutes each: *GM Methods Provide Nature-Based Solutions for Crop Disease Control (Jonathan Jones) *Tea, Soil & Social (Lucy George & Ottilie Cunningham) *A Carbon Negative, Community Supported, Soil Regenerative Model (Michael Kennard) *Basic Income for Farmers (Jo Poulton) *Horses for Healthy Land (Annabel Holmes)