Minna is the chief executive and founder of Compost Works. She is passionate about the environment, particularly waste reduction and soil regeneration. Minna would love to see more people in Liverpool City Region to take an interest of communal growing and composting.

Lucy is a food campaigner who works with the charity Feedback on community focused activities, education and advocacy to reduce food injustice. She’s a keen cook & photographer who enjoys a morning walk in Woolton Woods every day.

Charlotte is a Professor of Psychology of Eating Behaviour at the University of Liverpool where she does academic research and teaches on all things food-related. She is passionate about tackling food insecurity and the role of community food growing in creating a healthy, sustainable and equitable food system. Her recent work as part of the Rurban Revolution project is providing important new evidence of the many benefits of urban food growing for people and planet.

Jon is a Director at Groundwork working across Cheshire, Lancashire and Merseyside. He is involved in three large community food growing projects and passionate about creating more of these fantastic spaces that bring people together in local communities.

Beth is a Psychology researcher at the University of Liverpool where she studies how we make decisions about our food, and how the environment an our food affect our health and well-being. She is a particularly interested in how growing more food in our towns and cities can support a healthy, sustainable food system that means everyone has access to fresh fruit and vegetables. She works with community food growers and researchers to develop new evidence about this and the benefits that food growing can have for people and environmental health.

Barry is a medical doctor (GP) and is passionate about reconnecting our urbanised communities to the land. He runs an inner-city community garden for patients, and foraging courses for the public. Barry campaigns for a Right to Grow and is focused on building resilient, local food systems.