OUr Council Members
The Food Ethics Council’s members work voluntarily and in a personal capacity. Their backgrounds include farming, food businesses and academia.
Jon Alexander
Co-Founder, New Citizenship Project
Dr Julian Baggini (Trustee)
Freelance writer and philosopher
Helen Browning OBE
Organic farmer; Chief Executive, Soil Association
David Croft
Global Director Sustainability, Environment and Human Rights at Reckitt
Chloe Donovan (Trustee)
Founder Hundred River Farm
Nigel Dower (Chair)
Honorary Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, Aberdeen University
Professor Elizabeth Dowler
Emeritus Professor of Food and Social Policy, Department of Sociology at the University of Warwick
Ralph Early (Trustee)
Independent Food Scientist and Food Ethicist
Cathryn Higgs
Head of Food Policy, Co-Operative Food
Joanna Lewis (Trustee)
Strategy and Policy Director, Soil Association
Patrick Mulvany
Agriculturalist
Pete Ritchie
Director of Nourish Scotland, and organic farmer
Dr Alexandra Sexton
Leverhulme Early Career Research Fellow, Department of Geography, University of Sheffield
Geoff Tansey
Curator, Food Systems Academy
Albert Tucker
Independent consultant, advisor and social entrepreneur
Patti Whaley (Treasurer and Trustee)
Retired, Non-executive Director
Dee Woods
Co-founder Granville Community Kitchen, member GLA London Food Board
We are fortunate to have had an amazing array of Council members since we were founded, some of whom have since stepped down, but many of whom are still actively involved in issues relating to food ethics. Former Council members are listed here.