Food Systems & Sustainability

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Real-world stories and insights

CEO of Sustainable Table & Co-Owner of Black Barn Farm

Operations Manager at Sustainable Table

CEO at Brookfarm

Jade is a local food advocate and educator, business builder, food co-op founder, author, podcaster and regenerative heritage fruit farmer. Together with her husband and three kids, Jade runs Black Barn Farm, a biodiverse orchard, nursery and workshop space in Northeast Victoria. She’s an active presence in the regenerative space, hosting school programs, permaculture and homesteading workshops while sitting on multiple boards – all in the name of reconnecting people to nature, food and a simpler existence.

Hanna Guy is a curious, creative and passionate advocate for systems that are kinder to our land and the people it holds. With experience in community development and social business across rural Australia, The US, and then building a sustainable fashion company in Cambodia, Hanna isn’t shy to the complexities of our current environmental and climate emergency. Hanna’s green thumb and love of food result from growing up in a backyard to table family. She is driven to play her part in growing more regenerative food systems and a greater connection to the positive impact our food choices can make.

Since childhood, Will has worked in every part of the Brookfarm family business from applying stickers to bags of muesli, sweeping the bakehouse floor to managing major sales accounts and commissioning new state-of-the-art bakehouse equipment. As the CEO, Will’s continues his family’s passion to produce high quality real food while making a difference in the community and in the environment. In just over 30 years, Brookfarm has not only become one of Australia’s leading producers of premium quality macadamia products, but they’ve simultaneously planted over 35,000 trees to regenerate the onsite rainforest.

Real-world stories and insights

CEO of Sustainable Table & Co-Owner of Black Barn Farm

Jade is a local food advocate and educator, business builder, food co-op founder, author, podcaster and regenerative heritage fruit farmer. Together with her husband and three kids, Jade runs Black Barn Farm, a biodiverse orchard, nursery and workshop space in Northeast Victoria. She’s an active presence in the regenerative space, hosting school programs, permaculture and homesteading workshops while sitting on multiple boards – all in the name of reconnecting people to nature, food and a simpler existence.

Operations Manager at Sustainable Table

Hanna Guy is a curious, creative and passionate advocate for systems that are kinder to our land and the people it holds. With experience in community development and social business across rural Australia, The US, and then building a sustainable fashion company in Cambodia, Hanna isn’t shy to the complexities of our current environmental and climate emergency. Hanna’s green thumb and love of food result from growing up in a backyard to table family. She is driven to play her part in growing more regenerative food systems and a greater connection to the positive impact our food choices can make.

CEO at Brookfarm

Since childhood, Will has worked in every part of the Brookfarm family business from applying stickers to bags of muesli, sweeping the bakehouse floor to managing major sales accounts and commissioning new state-of-the-art bakehouse equipment. As the CEO, Will’s continues his family’s passion to produce high quality real food while making a difference in the community and in the environment. In just over 30 years, Brookfarm has not only become one of Australia’s leading producers of premium quality macadamia products, but they’ve simultaneously planted over 35,000 trees to regenerate the onsite rainforest.