Dr Lucy McCarthy

Dr Lucy McCarthy

Co-Founder

Agri-food supply chains and rural development.

Dr Lucy McCarthy is a senior lecturer at the University of Bristol, School of Management. She is a member of the Food Justice Network and ARCIO, the Action Research and Critical Inquiry in Organisations. Her background is in community and rural development, particularly around challenges of historically marginalised areas.

Dr Anne Touboulic

Dr Anne Touboulic

Co-Founder

Sustainable food systems and participatory research with farmers.

Dr Anne Touboulic is associate professor at the University of Nottingham (UK) and a member of the leadership team of the Future Food Beacon, an interdisciplinary centre for food research. Anne has an interdisciplinary background in the social sciences and her research is inherently boundary-spanning.

Dr Ursula Davis

Dr Ursula Davis

Senior Researcher

Leveraging data to support bottom up sustainable supply chain transitions.

Dr Ursula Davis is a research fellow at the University of Leicester and senior researcher at the University of Nottingham (UK) centre for Food Policy and Foresight. Ursula is passionate about bridging research and real-world application and supports the translation of academic research into actionable food related policy recommendations and impact.

About us

As team we value and care about food and nature, communities, farmers, producers and place. 

Our work is underpinned by our values of fairness, transparency, inclusion and respect. We are inquisitive by nature and our combined research expertise in agri-food systems spans multiple decades.