TCA Accelerator 245d ago

In this session, co-leads of the TCA Dialogue Series will share the highlights from these workshops in lightning-talk style, followed by a moderated panel discussion on the most compelling and strategic ideas that emerged for scaling TCA implementation. Participants will be invited to respond with comments and questions. Adele Jones Adele has been with the Sustainable Food Trust since 2013 and now oversees the organisation's strategic activities. In recent years, one of her major focuses has been the development of the Global Farm Metric – an internationally common framework for measuring on-farm sustainability. During her time at the Sustainable Food Trust, she has served as an advisor to the Scottish Government and undertaken part-time secondments with the Welsh and UK governments, working to develop metrics for monitoring farm support schemes. Adele has a background in geography and soil science. Lauren Baker - Deputy Director, Global Alliance for the Future of Food A systems thinker, skilled facilitator, and practical problem-solver, Lauren has worked for over 20 years in non-profit, government, academic, business, and philanthropic contexts. Lauren is Deputy Director of the Global Alliance for the Future of Food. With Global Alliance members and partners, Lauren leads the program strategy and supports diverse organizations and initiatives including the True Cost Accounting Accelerator, Transformational Investing in Food Systems, and the Agroecology Coalition, to address global challenges related to climate, biodiversity, food security, and equity. Martine van Weelden - Director, Capitals Coalition Martine is a Director at the Coalition, responsible for the successful application of capitals thinking in the business sector within the scope of the TEEBAgriFood project. She has over 20 years of experience in the field of sustainability, ecosystem services and natural capital. Prior to her appointment at the Capitals Coalition, Martine worked for the Ecosystem Services Partnership (ESP). She chairs the ESP Sectoral Working Group ES in Business. Her background is in cultural anthropology and she mastered in organisational anthropology & sustainability in 2006. She is passionate about building partnerships with people from various backgrounds to support societal transformation. Swati Renduchintala - Associate Scientist, The Center for International Forestry Research and World Agroforestry Swati is currently an Associate Scientist with World Agroforestry Centre (CIFOR – ICRAF) along with leading the International Cooperation of Andhra Pradesh-community managed Natural farming programme of the Government of Andhra Pradesh. She is liaising with governments, partner organizations, civil societies across the globe, working towards agroecological transformation, knowledge, evidence, measurement on community-centric Natural farming systems. Her work includes food systems transformation, seeding agroecology and building evidence for scaling deep, in and out. She is also pursuing her PhD from Bangor University, Wales on the same subject. Tim Crosby - Co-Founder and Chair, Transformational Investing in Food Systems (TIFS) Tim Crosby is Principal of the Thread Fund, a family office focused on developing systemic investing pathways that use multiple forms of capital to generate social and environmental returns alongside financial returns. Additionally Tim is a Steering Committee Member of GAFF, Co-Founder and Chair of TIFS Initiative, Member Agroecology Fund and has served on many other boards. Tim's previous work includes Advisor UN FAO, Co-Chair Sustainable Agriculture and Food System Funders, Manager Cascadia Foodshed Financing Project, Director Slow Money Northwest, and 15 years as a professional photographer and graphic designer. Tom Philpott - Senior Research Associate, John Hopkins Center for a Living Future Tom Philpott is a senior research associate at the Center for a Livable Future (Johns Hopkins University). He is the former food and agriculture correspondent for Mother Jones (2011-2022) and food editor, columnist , and reporter at Grist (2006-2011). His 2020 book Perilous Bounty was named an “editor’s pick” by by The New York Times Book Review and shortlisted for a New York Public Library Helen Bernstein Award for Excellence in Journalism. It came out in paperback in June 2022. Philpott has worked as a professional journalist for over twenty years, and is currently based in North Carolina and Baltimore.