Chair: Ruth Tudor – Writer, psychotherapist, farmer, Director of The Practice of the Wild
Panel:
Henry Mance – Is a writer and journalist whose book How to Love Animals examines the contradictory nature of our relationships with pets, livestock and wildlife. Writing this book took him on a journey from vegetarianism to veganism.
Illtud Dunsford – As a Charcutier Illtud won Food Producer of the Year at the BBC Food and Farming Awards. He has changed his focus and in 2016 founded Cellular Agriculture, the first UK start-up working in the cultured protein space.
Muhsen Hassanin – Muhsen left the city with his family to take over a small farm in Monmouthshire. He is a partner in Abraham Meats, a company that specialises in meat that is both halal and tayib; meat from animals that have been treated with compassion.
Nicolette Hahn Niman – Nicolette is a former vegetarian, environmental lawyer and cattle rancher in the US. She is the author of Defending Beef: The Ecological and Nutritional Case for Meat.