
Why bother about what livestock is fed?
Online at the Better Hospitality Conference 4-5pm 21st April 2021
Research is also building showing that it’s also healthier, with higher levels of key fatty acids and minerals. With the links between environmental, animal and human health becoming increasingly clear, come and hear how and why you should engage with this movement – a membership organisation comprising farmers, butchers, chefs, academics, and many more, which turned ten in March – and help drive it forward.
In this session, we will hear from a chef on how they are engaging and working with Pasture for Life produce, a farmer on the environmental and animal welfare benefits that farming in this way brings, and an academic building the evidence behind the health benefits. The session will be chaired by the PFLA Executive Director, Jimmy Woodrow, who himself comes from a retail/hospitality background and, frustrated by the disconnect between food and farming, was spurred on to do something about it.
About the speakers
Chantelle Nicholson
Chantelle Nicholson is the multi-award winning chef-owner of Tredwells (the recipient of a green Michelin star in 2021) and All’s Well. As one of the leading female voices in the UK’s hospitality industry, Chantelle is an advocate for seasonality and sustainability, championing veg-forward cooking through both the restaurant and her cookbook, Planted. Originally from NZ, and a trained lawyer, Chantelle is committed to creating a more sustainable future across her operation and activities, whilst also being an independent board member for ReLondon – moving London towards a more circular economy.
Jimmy Woodrow – chair
Jimmy works at the intersection of food and farming, as the Executive Director of the Pasture-Fed Livestock Association and a freelance consultant. Before that he worked across a range of commercial and project-based roles in London-based food businesses, including GAIL’s Bakery and Neal’s Yard Dairy, and spent his early career in financial advisory roles in the City of London.
Hannah Davis
Hannah Davis is a lecturer in sustainable ruminant production at Newcastle University. Hannah’s research focuses on pasture-based ruminant management, examining how dairy management practices (for example, grazing strategy) impacts milk nutritional quality, the environment and animal health and welfare.