Professor John Moverley

To be introduced & chaired by Professor John Moverley (until recently Chief Executive of the Royal Agricultural Society of England). He will present his thoughts on competing pressures for land and how this impacts on the market for fruit & vegetables.

Professor John Moverley

  Nigel R Jenney - Fresh Produce Consortium

Currently Nigel heads up the FPC, a leading organisation which represents the whole of the fresh produce supply chain including major retailers, packers, importers, wholesalers and growers.  He sits on the Freshfel Board as Vice Chairman of the Freshfel Wholesale Division and attends regular EU Fresh Produce Advisory Meetings in Brussels.  Freshfel is an organisation representing fresh produce in the EU. 

 Nigel has sat on the Gangmaster Licensing Authority Board since its inception, policing and promoting the licensing of labour providers committed to the welfare of migrant workers.

 On behalf of FPC members Nigel works closely with DEFRA, the Department of Health and other government bodies to advise and influence legislation which impacts on the industry.

Nigel R Jenney  FPC

Kenneth Hayes -  Soil Association

"Over the past 2 years I have been coordinating the Soil Association's consultation on air freighted organic products. The debate is arguably one of the hardest to reconcile when considering how and where we produce our food. Through the consultation I have been able to discuss with businesses, NGOs and governments how to tackle the closely linked issues of climate change and development through trade, which are thrown into sharp relief by air freight. I am also involved in progressing Soil Association Ethical Trade; these are recently developed social justice standards for organic products. Previous to joining the Soil Association standards department, I was involved in academic research in the area of molecular biology."

Kenneth Hayes

Volkert Engelsman
CEO Eosta

Board Nature & More Foundation

After graduating in economics and business administration Volkert worked for Cargill Inc USA before founding Eosta in 1990. The Dutch company is presently Europe's largest and fastest growing importer, packer and distributor of organically grown fresh produce and serves major retailers and natural food stores in Europe, the USA, Canada and the Far East. Eosta is the first to offer TÜV certified Climate Neutral products in the European Foodmarket.

Eosta runs warehouses and pre-packing facilities exclusively dedicated to organic products in Europe's main fresh produce centres. All Eosta products carry a unique Nature & More ‘trace & tell’ code that provides retailers and consumers with direct web access to the producer as well as to the unique ecological and social context in which the product was grown (www.natureandmore.com).

Eosta and the Nature & More “trace & tell” scheme have been awarded with various prizes among which the Anglo Dutch Award for Enterprise, the National Dutch Award for Corporate Social Responsibility, a nomination for the Public Eye Award for corporate social responsibility at the World Economic Forum in Davos and the Fresh & Cash Export Award.

Volkert Engelsman
CEO Eosta