I've spent more than 30 years participating and working in community engagement with arts, environmental and conservation initiatives, starting in Yorkshire where I grew up, followed by stints in Edinburgh, at London's South Bank Centre and Hackney Empire and many others and, more recently, Dorset, leading the Jurassic Coast Arts Programme. This led to a PhD at The University of Glasgow exploring UNESCO, World Heritage and the implicit geopolitics and colonialism in Western concepts of land management, however "nature friendly". I suggested a more-than-human approach to working with the land, in which all life is recognised, respected and collaborated with.
The birth of my daughter and a house move followed, before I joined the team at The Community Farm in summer 2021, where we are beginning to bring some of this theory into practice, not least by including all species present on and in the land as members of our community. There are never two days the same, and I love being part of the 'farmily'!
