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Olivia is a writer, podcaster, researcher and community facilitator who works to build just, ecological and joyful food and land futures. She is a PhD candidate at the University of Edinburgh, where she studies the relationship between land ownership and agroecology. She has worked on a number of podcast projects with Farmerama Radio, an award-winning podcast sharing the voices behind regenerative farming, including Who Feeds Us? and Landed. Most recently, she has co-produced Less and Better?, an eight-part series unpacking the many questions surrounding the possible futures of meat.
In what ways does nature inspire or inform your work?
I’m inspired by the magnificence and mundanity of nature every day. I try through my work to be in service to its cycles and systems. To find healing with and through it. To nurture a space where it can thrive on its own terms, and as a place where just and joyful human communities can flourish.
What does it mean to you to be part of a thriving ecosystem?
I once said to my husband that I like to know the names of the trees because then I feel like whenever I go for a walk, I’m with my friends. So, being part of a thriving ecosystem means being in a relationship of mutual care and intimate awareness with the world around me.
