Peter Lipman (Sustrans)
Peter is policy director at sustainable transport charity Sustrans and a member of Defra’s Third Sector advisory board. In his personal capacity he is chair of trustees of the Centre for Sustainable Energy and of Transition Network (the charity supporting the work of transition towns).

Peter Madden (Forum for the Future)
Peter Madden is Chief Executive of Forum for the Future, a sustainable development charity that develops cutting edge sustainability solutions with some of the world’s top businesses and government bodies. A leading expert on green issues and futures, Peter works on the strategies and innovations needed to prosper in a low-carbon world. Previously, he worked as Head of Policy at the Environment Agency, a Ministerial Adviser to the UK Government, Director of Green Alliance and Head of Policy at Christian Aid. He is currently a Board member of the South West Regional Development Agency and of the London Sustainability Exchange.

Angela Raffle (NHS Primary Care Trust)
Angela Raffle did her medical training in Birmingham and she has lived in Bristol since 1984. In her working life she is part of the Public Health team for Bristol, which spans NHS Bristol and Bristol City Council, and it has close links with both Universities. The job of the Public Health team is to make sure that health services and all other aspects of civic leadership are all geared to making Bristol a healthy city for everyone who lives in it. Angela was a founder member of a local community group called Sustainable Redland, she set up the West of England Public Health Climate Change Group, which has helped advocate on the environmental and health aspects of issues such as airport expansion. She has been a volunteer and Director for Transition Bristol since 2008.

Phil Haughton (Better Food Company)
Phil has 35 years experience in Organic food, farming and communities. He is Director of The Better Food Company, established in 1992, and heads up growing operations on 25 acres for a new project (The Community Farm). Phil is Chair of Watershed trade board with Plot to plate ethos, Soil Association CSA advisory group member.

Joy Carey (Associate Director of f3)
Joy Carey has worked in the UK local food sector since 1990, with a particular focus on the development of sustainable local food economies.From 1998-2009 she led the Soil Association’s development work on sustainable local food systems through initiatives such as farmers markets; local food distribution schemes; ‘community supported agriculture’; organic buying groups; local food sourcing for catering - public and private; participatory planning processes to enable stakeholders to develop their own local food systems. She was involved in the establishment of the Big Lottery £50 million Local Food Fund and also with the lottery funded Making Local Food Work Partnership. She now works independently as a freelance consultant, is a policy advisor to the Soil Association and Associate Director of f3, a co-operative of local food advisors and consultants.

Links

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