Sustainable Food Conference – the driving force behind what’s on our plates

10 February 2026

Panellists at the Sustainable Food Conference — L-R: LEAF CEO David Webster, NFU President Tom Bradshaw, Tesco Head of Sustainable Ag and Fisheries Natalie Smith, CCO Agreena Frederik Aagaard, Hippone Holding and the Morocco Business Council Ali Belhaj. Photograph: Caroline Carr

The annual Sustainable Food Conference brought together businesses from across the supply chain to debate nutrition and formulation, food and the supply chain, and data and AI.

Across the two-day programme, the buzz words of ‘resilience’ and ‘sustainability’ permeated all areas of conversation.

NFU President Tom Bradshaw spoke as part of a panel on regenerative agriculture, addressing key factors to ensure success for scaling up. “For regenerative agriculture to work in the food supply chain, we need farmers, commercial teams and sustainability teams to come together,” Tom said. “We can no longer work in silos. Farmers are on the front line of climate change and are looking to build resilience, but they need the social licence to do so.”

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