2024
Sue is the Chief Executive of the Food, Farming and Countryside Commission. Sue leads the organisation in its mission to bring people together to act on the climate, nature and health crises, through fairer and more sustainable food systems, and a just transition for rural communities and the countryside.
Sue’s background is in combined research and practice in leadership and organisation development for systems change, working with leaders across public, private and not for profit organisations, especially on complex partnership projects.
She is a Trustee of CoFarm Foundation and is an independent Governor at Royal Agricultural University. Living on an organic farm in Wales, Sue and her family raise livestock and farm for conservation.
Come to this session hungry for a return to real food! Mallika Basu, food writer, culture commentator and host of the Good Food (formerly BBC Good Food) podcast will lead a lively debate on what led to the high proportion of UPFs in our diet. The panel will be talking about those subverting the system, […]
Citizens say they support farmers and want food business and government to act. So how do we accelerate change? This session will be a relaxed and inclusive conversation about transforming the UK food system for the better. Drawing on the Food, Farming and Countryside Commission’s groundbreaking Food Conversation project, we will hear from citizens about […]