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Environment
Nicola Slawson

Sustainable agriculture: here's who you should be following on Twitter

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Find out who to follow in the world of sustainable agriculture. Photograph: Alamy

If you’re trying to stay on top of the fast-developing and broad sector that is sustainable agriculture, following experts and organisations on Twitter can be both interesting and useful. To help you get a diverse range of news and analysis from those in the know, we’ve compiled this eclectic mix of Tweeters, ranging from campaigners and social entrepreneurs to academics and farmers. Let us know of any Tweeters you would recommend following via @OriginGreen.

Danielle Nierenberg

Food Tank’s founder and president – and an expert on sustainable agriculture and food issues – curates news stories, in-depth features and interviews on her popular Twitter feed.

Salif Romano Niang

Niang and his brother Mohamed Ali are the brains behind Malô, a social enterprise in Mali that produces high-quality, fortified rice to address poverty and malnutrition among smallholder farming communities. Niang, who is also an Aspen Institute New Voices fellow this year, posts about farming in west Africa, social entrepreneurship and food security.

James Rebanks

Dubbed Twitter’s favourite shepherd, Rebanks tweets live action from his farm in the Lake District in northern England. He’s passionate about flying the flag for farming and is also the best selling author of The Shepherd’s Life. If all that wasn’t enough, he acts as a consultant on sustainable tourism in developing countries for organisations such as Unicef.

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

A US coalition on federal food and farm policy. Follow for tweets on family farms, the environment, healthy food and strong communities.

David O’Flynn

As Dawn Meat’s corporate social responsibility manager, O’Flynn is interested in a variety of topics. Follow him for Tweets on sustainable farming in Ireland, Irish livestock issues, business transparency and modern slavery in supply chains.

Sustainable Food Cities Network

Facilitated by Food Matters, Soil Association and Sustain, the Sustainable Food Cities Network is helping urban areas take a holistic approach to food. Expect tweets about a range of related topics from food processing and supply to health and nutrition.

Louise Nicholls

Head of responsible sourcing for Marks and Spencer, Nicholls leads the retailer’s Plan A food sustainability plan. As well as sharing news about her work, she can also be found sharing articles and insights into a diverse range of subjects such as supply chains, forced labour, climate change and food fraud.

Ulrike Sapiro

As director of sustainability at Coca Cola and president of the Sustainable Agriculture Initiative Platform, Sapiro is well immersed in issues around water conservation and sustainable agriculture. She also tweets about women’s empowerment in developing countries and the circular economy.


Paul Polman

Unsurprisingly, Unilever’s CEO commands a large Twitter following. Although he doesn’t exclusively tweet about sustainable agriculture, his tweets on related topics such as ending poverty and responsible business which are relevant and interesting nonetheless.

SIANI Agriculture

Based in Sweden, SIANI is a member-based network that supports and promotes Swedish expertise on sustainable food security and nutrition. Follow them for meaningful news about these issues as well as agricultural development.

Andrew McConville

Passionate about sustainable agriculture and food security, McConville is head of corporate affairs at Syngenta, a leading agriculture company. As well as tweeting interesting articles and news, he live-tweets from agricultural and business events. In his own words, he’s “committed to telling agriculture’s story”.

e-Agriculture

A global initiative to enhance sustainable agricultural development and food security by improving the use of information and communication technologies. Follow for cutting edge news from the sector.

Kathryn Mitchell

A prolific tweeter, Mitchell is sustainability manager at Leaf, a farming and environmental charity. She’s interested in how farmers, science, industry and supply chains can all work towards sustainable agriculture. She posts industry news, as well as info on events she attends and places she visits through work.

Content on this page is paid for and produced to a brief agreed with Irish Food Board, sponsor of the food hub.

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