Sophia Lysaczenko

Sophia is the co-founder and operations co-director of The Organic Growers Gathering. This annual grower event in late September has a shared peer to peer and practical learning ethos. In such extreme weather and political landscapes, they found a need to unify their passions and strengthen their resilient farms, food systems and networks.

Sophia is also the co-op member and co-director and sales and brand co-ordinator of Hempen Organic, based on the Hardwick Estate, Oxfordshire. It's a a not-for-profit workers’ co-operative established in 2015. They encourage the cultivation of organic hemp. They seek partnerships with farmers across the British Isles to increase biodiversity, organic soil matter and to produce quality organic hemp products.