Careers in sustainable food and farming

As the focus on climate and nature friendly food increases for communities, businesses and the government, there are a growing number of job roles and opportunities in sustainable food and farming.

Roots to Work and Sustain: the alliance for better food and farming are hosting a webinar to explore careers within the sustainable food and farming sector.

During this webinar you will:

• Hear from people working in public health, agriculture, food growing and food policy about their career journeys.
• Find out about different routes into the sector and how to find jobs.
• Develop an understanding about the skills and experience required in this sector.
• Have an opportunity to ask questions to the panel.

This webinar is aimed at students aged 14+, careers advisors and other people interested in finding out more about sustainable food jobs.

The event will signpost to a new resource for careers in sustainable food and farming and there will be exclusive additional content for registered participants of the webinar.

Speakers:

• Dr Kawther Hashem, Campaign Lead at Action on Sugar and Lecturer of Public Health Nutrition at Queen Mary University of London 
• Navaratnam Partheeban OBE, farm vet and Co-founder of the British Veterinary Ethnicity and Diversity Society (BVEDS)
• Carol Adams, manager of Cardiff Farmers Markets and Food Adventure Social Enterprise (FASE)
• Jo Wilson, Food Sector Development Lead at Barking & Dagenham Council

The session will be chaired by Sareta Puri, Sustain's Diversity Outreach Coordinator.

If you cannot attend on the day the recording will be available online after the event on this page. Or sign up to the newsletter at www.rootstowork.org to get it emailed to you. 

For job listings and resources visit www.rootstowork.org.