Archives: Team Members

Hannah Jones is a Farm carbon and soils adviser with the Farm Carbon Toolkit. Hannah has previously coordinated and carried out research projects spanning herbal leys, arable systems, cover crops and field vegetables. Her role has been to coordinate farm-based trials by working closely with farmers and agricultural businesses to optimise the impact and applicability of the research. She has taken this experience and is contributing to the developing project portfolio of FCT. Her work includes bespoke trials which feed into the Farm Carbon Calculator, the advisory work and knowledge transfer. Her interests and drive focus around the business and environmental sustainability of farms, and her favourite days include discussing innovations on farm around a kitchen table!

She has a PhD in plant pathology from Oxford University, a degree in plant sciences from Birmingham University, a Masters in postgraduate teaching from the University of Reading, and is FACTS qualified. Hannah has taught crop sciences at Duchy College and the University of Reading, supervised 10 PhD students, and various masters and undergraduate students. She has contributed to a range of refereed papers relating to organic farming systems, wheat breeding, herbal leys, climate change effects on crops and plant breeding for diversity. Read ‘A Day in the life of Hannah Jones’

Location: South West

Anthony is a Senior Farm Soil & Carbon Advisor. With a BSc (Hons) in Agriculture with Environmental Management and the BASIS Diploma in Agronomy, Anthony has spent a number of years working in commercial agronomy, environmental management and research and development in both the UK and Australia. Driven by a passion for sustainable, nature friendly farming, Anthony helps manage his family’s sheep and arable farm in Cornwall with his father.

Location: South West

Rob is based on the Devon/Cornwall border and is one of our Farm Carbon and Soils Advisors here at FCT. Rob came to us from a farm advisory role with the Devon Wildlife Trust. Here he primarily advised farmers on management changes to help improve water quality, as well as helping farmers to provide wider ecosystem services. Rob has an extensive background in livestock and arable farming in the UK, and further afield in Canada. He is passionate about regenerative systems, especially grazing systems and believes soil health should be at the core of any farm business.

Rob has also previously been the Southwest Regional facilitator for Pasture for Life, providing advice and support for its members in the region. Additionally he has a BSc in Environmental Biology from the University of Nottingham. Read ‘A day in the life of Rob Purdew‘

Location: South West

Tilly is a Farm Carbon and Soils Advisor for the FCT. Prior to this role, Tilly worked as a soil scientist, helping to support all elements of land development, management and regeneration by providing soil analysis and technical advice.

Her passion for soil was ignited and solidified during her masters degree at the University of Edinburgh and SRUC where she studied Soils and Sustainability. Here, she was able to research and study the impact of different land uses and farming systems on soil health and ecology, and the influence these practices have on the ability of soil to sequester carbon and regulate nitrous oxide emissions.

Location: South West

Joe is a Farm Carbon and Soils Project Assistant with FCT. Before deciding to change his career, he taught abroad in South Korea where his childhood interest in nature and the environment was rekindled, and he decided to return to education.

Studying the Land and Ecological Restoration MSc at the Eden Project, he eventually decided to specialise in soil, influenced by the passion of his tutors, and specifically focussed on the field of soil health. Joe completed the second year of his MSc whilst also working as a Research Assistant on the EU-funded, ReCon Soil Project. His aspiration is to see a thriving natural environment where humans sustainably manage the land for physical, mental and emotional well-being.  Read ‘A Day in the life of Joe Jones’

Stefan is based in Cornwall and supports a variety of projects at FCT, including work with Duchy of Cornwall tenant farmers and the Farm Net Zero project. Stefan grew up on a mixed tenanted family farm and studied Agriculture at the University of Reading. Here, a passion for soil health developed and became a central focus for his final year dissertation investigating the relationship between organic rotations and Soil Mesofauna populations. 

Aside from the family farm, Stefan has a diverse range of on farm experience, including livestock, arable and vegetable production. He has long been passionate about regenerative agricultural practices, recognising how they can promote better soil health to improve resilience and provide a range of mutually beneficial ecosystem services. Read ‘A Day in the life of Stefan Marks’

Location: South West