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Following our inaugural edition at the Barbican, Landed 2026 will take place in the Cotswolds at Daylesford Farm, one of the UK’s most iconic regenerative farming estates.
Landed is Founders Forum’s dedicated forum on regenerative agriculture and nature restoration, designed to break silos and accelerate collaboration between entrepreneurs, investors, farmers, corporates, policymakers, and creatives.
Together, we’ll explore how everything comes back to soil - and how businesses, communities, and ecosystems can regenerate from the ground up.
35% Founders & Innovators
20% Investors (Partner level)
20% Corporates (CEO/CSO/Director)
15% Farmers Landowners
10% NGOs, Policymakers, Activists, Journalists, Thought Leaders
Hear from founders, investors, corporates, farmers, policymakers and creatives shaping the future of food, farming and biodiversity.
Small-group discussions designed to break silos and drive meaningful action between innovators, landowners, NGOs and decision-makers.
Hosted at Daylesford Farm, giving guests first-hand exposure to world-class farming and biodiversity practices.
Spotlighting cutting-edge agritech and regenerative solutions tackling biodiversity loss and sustainable food challenges.
Designed to inspire and reconnect participants to soil, water and biodiversity while showcasing the human side of regeneration.
Farm tours and live demonstrations bringing innovation and practice to life.
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Food sourced directly from Daylesford’s fields and music to close, creating space for informal networking with high-calibre leaders.
Ben is co founder of Nattergal, a new natural capital venture focused on restoring landscapes and seascapes at scale. Ben is a former non-executive director of the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
Cindy is a thought leader, acclaimed author, over 25 years dedicated to systems change. Her book ‘Bright New World,’ adopted by Australian National Curriculum. Founder of Planetari, pioneering Earth- led education. Previously MD of Blue Marine Foundation & CEO of Cambridge Science Centre, Cindy is an Associate Fellow of University of Cambridge Homerton College, currently writing a book on colonisation and climate change.
Craig is the Founder of Whole Earth Foods and Green & Black’s organic chocolate. He’s the former Chair of the Soil Association, Chairman of Carbon Gold Ltd, and Chairman at Gusto Organic drinks. Craig’s career has followed organic food and farming, and he authored ‘About Macrobiotics’, ‘The Little Food Book’, and other food and farming related books.
George Lamb is the co-founder of Wildfarmed - a regenerative food and farming business that is connecting farmers, food businesses and consumers to quality food grown in nature rich landscapes, in a bid to accelerate the global transition to regenerative agriculture.
Indy is co-founder of Dark Matter Labs and of the RIBA award winning architecture and urban practice Architecture. Indy is a non-executive international Director of the BloxHub, the Nordic Hub for sustainable urbanization. He is on the advisory board for the Future Observatory and is part of the committee for the London Festival of Architecture. He is also a fellow of the London Interdisciplinary School and professor at RMIT University.
Ben is co founder of Nattergal, a new natural capital venture focused on restoring landscapes and seascapes at scale. Ben is a former non-executive director of the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
Cindy is a thought leader, acclaimed author, over 25 years dedicated to systems change. Her book ‘Bright New World,’ adopted by Australian National Curriculum. Founder of Planetari, pioneering Earth- led education. Previously MD of Blue Marine Foundation & CEO of Cambridge Science Centre, Cindy is an Associate Fellow of University of Cambridge Homerton College, currently writing a book on colonisation and climate change.
Craig is the Founder of Whole Earth Foods and Green & Black’s organic chocolate. He’s the former Chair of the Soil Association, Chairman of Carbon Gold Ltd, and Chairman at Gusto Organic drinks. Craig’s career has followed organic food and farming, and he authored ‘About Macrobiotics’, ‘The Little Food Book’, and other food and farming related books.
George Lamb is the co-founder of Wildfarmed - a regenerative food and farming business that is connecting farmers, food businesses and consumers to quality food grown in nature rich landscapes, in a bid to accelerate the global transition to regenerative agriculture.
Indy is co-founder of Dark Matter Labs and of the RIBA award winning architecture and urban practice Architecture. Indy is a non-executive international Director of the BloxHub, the Nordic Hub for sustainable urbanization. He is on the advisory board for the Future Observatory and is part of the committee for the London Festival of Architecture. He is also a fellow of the London Interdisciplinary School and professor at RMIT University.
John is the Founder of Environmental Data Services (1978), Countercurrent (1983), SustainAbility (1987) and Volans (2008). Author of 21 books including: Green Swans and Tickling Sharks (Fast Company Press, 2020/2024). Served on 80+boards and advisory boards.
Lucy is a modern explorer, filmmaker and Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, dedicated to redefining what exploration means today. Having led expeditions from the Arctic to the Amazon, she uses storytelling to champion environmental resilience and responsible adventure. Founder of The Explorers’ Collective and a council member of the Scientific Exploration Society, Lucy works to inspire a new generation to connect with the wild.
Merlin is a biologist and author of Entangled Life, a million copy New York Times and Sunday Times bestseller, and winner of the Royal Society Book Prize and the Wainwright Prize. Merlin is a research associate of the University of Oxford and the VU Amsterdam, the UK Policy Lead for the Fungi Foundation, a core member of the More-Than-Human Life Project, and works closely with the Society for the Protection of Underground Networks.
Nicolaj founded GANNI and served as CEO for a decade alongside his wife, Ditte. He led sustainability initiatives like carbon footprint mapping and a 44-goal responsibility plan. In 2017, he secured a partnership with L Catterton for global expansion. He stepped down in 2018 to focus on tech and sustainability and is now a Venture Partner at Giant Ventures, a VC firm focused on responsible projects.
Sarah qualified as a barrister in 2005 and went on to practice in criminal and family law for nearly a decade before leaving on extended maternity leave to have her two young sons. During this time she wrote about her experiences as a barrister in her narrative non-fiction memoir, “In Your Defence: Stories of Life and Law” (2018) which became a Sunday Times Bestseller.
In 2017 she moved to the Suffolk countryside and took on the running of a small farm. This experience forms part of her second narrative non-fiction book, “Rooted: Stories of Life, Land, and a Farming Revolution” (2022). It seeks to shine a light on the world of farming at a critical point in the future of the countryside.
Sarah has written for Prospect Magazine, The Times, Country Life, The Financial Times, Start the Week, Times Radio and Red Magazine and appeared as a guest on radio and podcasts including BBC’s Woman’s Hour, BBC Radio 3’s ‘Private Passions’ and The Spectator’s ’Table Talk’.
John is the Founder of Environmental Data Services (1978), Countercurrent (1983), SustainAbility (1987) and Volans (2008). Author of 21 books including: Green Swans and Tickling Sharks (Fast Company Press, 2020/2024). Served on 80+boards and advisory boards.
Lucy is a modern explorer, filmmaker and Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, dedicated to redefining what exploration means today. Having led expeditions from the Arctic to the Amazon, she uses storytelling to champion environmental resilience and responsible adventure. Founder of The Explorers’ Collective and a council member of the Scientific Exploration Society, Lucy works to inspire a new generation to connect with the wild.
Merlin is a biologist and author of Entangled Life, a million copy New York Times and Sunday Times bestseller, and winner of the Royal Society Book Prize and the Wainwright Prize. Merlin is a research associate of the University of Oxford and the VU Amsterdam, the UK Policy Lead for the Fungi Foundation, a core member of the More-Than-Human Life Project, and works closely with the Society for the Protection of Underground Networks.
Nicolaj founded GANNI and served as CEO for a decade alongside his wife, Ditte. He led sustainability initiatives like carbon footprint mapping and a 44-goal responsibility plan. In 2017, he secured a partnership with L Catterton for global expansion. He stepped down in 2018 to focus on tech and sustainability and is now a Venture Partner at Giant Ventures, a VC firm focused on responsible projects.
Sarah qualified as a barrister in 2005 and went on to practice in criminal and family law for nearly a decade before leaving on extended maternity leave to have her two young sons. During this time she wrote about her experiences as a barrister in her narrative non-fiction memoir, “In Your Defence: Stories of Life and Law” (2018) which became a Sunday Times Bestseller.
In 2017 she moved to the Suffolk countryside and took on the running of a small farm. This experience forms part of her second narrative non-fiction book, “Rooted: Stories of Life, Land, and a Farming Revolution” (2022). It seeks to shine a light on the world of farming at a critical point in the future of the countryside.
Sarah has written for Prospect Magazine, The Times, Country Life, The Financial Times, Start the Week, Times Radio and Red Magazine and appeared as a guest on radio and podcasts including BBC’s Woman’s Hour, BBC Radio 3’s ‘Private Passions’ and The Spectator’s ’Table Talk’.
Sammy drives the growth of the UK and Europe’s leading climate tech start-ups. He has led Tech Nation’s flagship programmes supporting 165 companies to date, which have gone on to raise 50% more than the industry average. Alongside this, Sammy co-created Tech Zero, which helped 350+ tech companies advance their net zero strategies and mentors for the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership’s Canopy Program.
Sammy drives the growth of the UK and Europe’s leading climate tech start-ups. He has led Tech Nation’s flagship programmes supporting 165 companies to date, which have gone on to raise 50% more than the industry average. Alongside this, Sammy co-created Tech Zero, which helped 350+ tech companies advance their net zero strategies and mentors for the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership’s Canopy Program.
Under Carole Bamford’s pioneering vision, Daylesford Organic set out to reclaim a more intuitive way of eating, growing and living driven by the seasons. As the founder of Daylesford Organic, Bamford and Chateau Léoube, Carole has devoted her career to celebrating organic farming, craftsmanship and holistic living, and is recognised as a visionary in the organic food, drink and lifestyle space.
Arizona is renowned for her sustainability advocacy in fashion, models for top brands like Prada, YSL, and Chanel, gracing covers of magazines like Vogue and Dazed. Beyond modelling, she champions eco-causes with Greenpeace and UN agencies. Her charity, DIRT, founded in 2021, focuses on soil regeneration to make fashion a climate solution.
Governments across the UK, EU and US are funnelling record investment into restoration and regenerative farming. With UK land-use and biodiversity policies imminent, founders, investors and corporates have a unique chance to influence the future.
Regenerative and climate-positive innovations are moving from niche to mainstream portfolios. Corporates, under legal pressure to cut Scope 3 emissions in food, fashion and materials, need Landed to find solutions.
Only 3% of land remains ecologically intact, deforestation drives 7% of global emissions and more than 3.2 billion people are affected by land degradation. Without restoring ecosystems, climate strategies will fail - Landed convenes leaders to act before the window closes.
Tech innovators rarely meet farmers, landowners or NGOs. Landed closes this gap, creating the UK’s only cross-sector platform for real-world collaboration.
Momentum, investment and urgency are converging now. Landed positions you at the heart of this shift to influence policy, scale innovation and drive regeneration.
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