“Vincent proved a valuable addition to our panel, his knowledge of regenerative design contributing significantly to our discussions and helping our audience gain insights into this business-critical sector.”
Gus Bambridge-Sutton - Reporter - FoodNavigator (2024)
Dr Vincent Walsh is a leading circular and regenerative food and agriculture expert in the UK. He is a consultant to some of the UK’s biggest food and beverage organisations, supporting them on projects and product development aligned to net zero targets.
Current clients include global foodservice business Compass Group (and its subsidiaries Levy UK + Ireland and Lime Venue Portfolio), and QuornPro (the foodservice division of the meat-free Quorn brand).
Further he is an advisor to the Plant Based Food Alliance, and works closely with organisations such as the Organic Research Centre (ORC) on issues such as carbon capture and soil health.
Vincent also acts as a mentor to young famers as part of Defra’s Farming Innovation Programme, and has supported cohorts of social entrepreneurs on the Zinc Venture Builderprogramme.
As well as being a farming and food consultant, Vincent is a dynamic entrepreneur who applies his experience to create food businesses and brands. z
In the last five years he has founded RegenfarmCo a regenerative agriculture company which works with farmers and landowners to replace monoculture with more circular growing processes; Mycoloops, a start-up which upcycles food and other waste to create high-grade organic compost; and Herblabism, a plant-based food brand developed specifically for the foodservice sector
Renowned for his academic rigour, his ability to enthuse others, and his down-to-earth personality, he is regularly asked to take part in conferences and events about food and farming issues.
Recently he was invited to speak in Dubai as part of COP28’s Expo City Farm program, and has been involved in a wide range of industry-leading discussion panels and conferences in both the UK and Europe.
These include Food Navigator’s Climate Smart Food Summit, Food Manufacture magazine’s Scope 3 Emissions roundtable, the Livestock Supply Chain Connect expo, the LSE’s Future Impact Summit, and the International Plant Based Foods Sustainable Foods Systems conference in Brussels.
With a particular specialism in the hospitality and events sector, Vincent was also invited to take part in Micebook’s prestigious Ventures 23 hospitality leaders event, Event Sustainability Live , and UKHospitality’s Welsh sustainability conference in Cardiff.
In addition to speaking at events, Vincent has written comment pieces for trade publications such as Farmers Guardian, New Food magazine and Plant Based News, and has been featured in The Guardian, The Ecologist, and The Caterer.
He has also appeared on several food and farming podcasts talking about his work, his approach, and his passion for the biosphere.
You can contact him via drvincentwalsh@icloud.com or follow him on LinkedIn
Collaborating with people, communities, farmers, brands, start-ups, developers, PLCs, NGOs and cities. To be environmentally aware, put carbon in the soil, raise biodiversity by creating, designing and implementing regenerative landscapes and farms, focused on resilient food infrastructures across different scales and intersections.
Dr Vincent is critical to the development of our internal Apprenticeship programmes to help shape and develop the right qualifications we need for the skills development of our people but at the same time raise awareness and understanding. Dr Vincent is inspirational, engaging and an expert in this field and having this expertise more available will only accelerate the developments of our Apprenticeship offer and programmes.
Jonathan Foot, Head of Apprenticeships - Compass Group
You will not find a more energetic and dynamic person who is committed to bringing about change in regenerative agriculture, and striving to make the world a better place. A bundle of ideas, creativity and energy, Vincent is great fun to work with - and Levy is a better company for our association with him
Jon Davies, Managing Director, Levy UK + Ireland
I've had the pleasure to work with Dr Walsh since the completion of his PhD. He brings a tremendous amount of energy and optimism to his practice. The Bioplous Group appointed him to support our technology rollout into the UK market - he enabled a range of high profile Leads with tech organisations and property developers.
Prof Istvan kenyeres - CEO Bioplous Group
“Dr Walsh is a natural communicator who brings enthusiasm, ambition and energy to every project he is involved in. He also relishes a challenge, and combines blue sky thinking with a tenacious, practical and pragmatic approach to overcoming barriers and tackling problems. He engages and connects with all kinds of people and different types of communities at every level.
Richard Bond, Communications Strategist.
“Few people understand better than Vincent how to apply agro-tech, permaculture, agroforestry and other systems to urban farming. His grasp of creatively integrating food production, community cohesion and biodiversity represent whole systems ecology to address many of the transformative challenges we face in the future.
Dr. David Haley - Academic & ecological artist.
Dr. Walsh is a very unique entrepreneur. He combines multidisciplinary expertise – design, architecture, agroforestry – with an infectious passion for environment, food and social interactions. His endless energy matches his talent and originality in for designing concepts that blend science & human experiences in impactful and memorable ways”.
Dr. Claudio Marinelli. 2020 - Business Mentor