Vicki Hird
2025
Vicki Hird MSc FRES is Strategic Lead on Agriculture at The Wildlife Trusts UK and was formerly Head of Sustainable Farming at Sustain. An award-winning campaigner, writer and strategist, she has worked for 30 years on food, farming and the environment. Vicki has a Masters in Pest Management and is a Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society. Her recent book, ‘Rebugging the Planet’, celebrates the vital role of insects and invertebrates.
My Sessions
Beneficial insect monitoring and identification for farmers
Vicki Hird
Dr Kelly Jowett
Alex Dye
Dr Dion Garrett
Harrison Webb
Discover how beneficial insects, like Carabid beetles, pollinators and decomposers, support crop health and soil. Learn how to trap and identify insects, and receive a free Carabid ID guide and app intro. This session includes a practical ID demo using site-collected traps and links to a habitat safari walk (Thu 9am – Safari Tent) focusing […]
How shifting baselines cloud our view of what’s possible
Helen Browning OBE
Georgina Bray
Vicki Hird
Sarah Langford
With each generation that passes, our understanding of the abundance of nature is muted- and we forget just how much we’ve lost. Younger farmers, familiar with today’s depleted landscapes, may not realise the scale of decline witnessed by older generations. This panel explores shifting baseline theory, and highlights the role farmers, policymakers, and technology has […]
Lowland peat Solutions – Rethinking farming on lowland peat
Vicki Hird
Phil Jarvis
Sarah-Jane Taylor
Sarah Johnson
Cameron Edwards
Lowland carbon peat soils are precious — from storing vast amounts of carbon to being a key wildlife, food and hydrological resource. Yet they are severely degraded, leading to soil and nature loss and greenhouse gas emissions. This session will explore the tools we have to rethink agriculture on lowland peat with speakers [including farmers] […]