Alongside efforts to reduce carbon emissions and the impact we humans have on our planet has come increased anxiety about food: how it is grown and distributed, and its impact on health.

We will look at new farming methods and best practices in the food industry, alongside our evolving understanding of food and the human microbiome.

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The panel:

Poul Hovesen is known in the UK farming industry for his innovative practices in managing a large mostly arable cropping Norfolk estate of 2,000ha. He has received prestigious awards for improving yields whilst reducing environmental impact, He has also been recognised for his work promoting the understanding of food, farming and the countryside in Norfolk. Poul is currently Director of Farming at a different estate, Holkham Estate, and is Chairman of Catalyst Farming, a data management company set up in 2019 to share knowledge across four progressive farming companies in Norfolk. He is an Honorary Fellow of the National Institute for Agricultural Botany, a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Farmers, and will be Vice President of the Royal Norfolk Show in 2024 and President in 2025.

Sarah Calcutt is CEO of City Harvest, London’s leading food charity. Sarah is a 5th generation fruit farmer and has previously grown and marketed fruit. A Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Fruiterers, she is also a Non-Exec Director of The Covent Garden Market Authority, a founding Non-Exec Director of Outfield Technologies and serves as a Commissioner on the new government Commission into the future of food banks.

Jane Anderson CBE is a consultant physician and researcher, studied human nutrition, gaining her PhD, and qualifying as a dietician prior to retraining in medicine. During her year as Master of the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries she successfully introduced plant-led menus to Society functions. Jane is a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Gardeners and is an advocate for the “One Health” concept, recognising the health of people, animals and plants is inextricably connected to the health of our shared environment. Jane is Chair of the charity Paintings in Hospitals and of the National AIDS Trust.