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
Regen at Landscape Scale – Partnerships, Opportunities & Pitfalls
This session will be helping delegates to understand how working across a whole landscape or catchment can work – looking at some of the existing programmes in the Wildlife Trust Federation such as Wilder Marches across 4 counties and 2 countries and with many partners. They will hear from farmers and practitioners on what works, […]
ELMs – Where Are We Now? And Where Do We Need To Be?
Alice Groom
Vicki Hird
James Robinson
Martin Lines
Andrew Meredith
The past few years with ELMs have not been an easy ride, with delays, mistakes and changes to the various schemes. Despite these stumbling blocks, ambitious agri-environmental schemes have the potential to help transform our landscape into one which delivers for nature and for farmers. We speak to farmers and experts in order to understand […]