Tom Pearson farms his family regenerative farm in Cambridgeshire. He is chairman of the West Cambridgeshire Hundreds farm cluster, and one of the lead farmers on the H3 ‘landscape scale regenerative farming’ research package. He is currently studying a Nuffield farming scholarship looking at the role of farmers in food systems and health. He is also a medical doctor, practising in hospital, primary care and public health settings since 2001, both in the UK and abroad. He is a keen supporter of research ‘from the ground-up,’ ensuring that ‘farmer-led research’ does what it says on the tin.