Ben Raskin

Ben Raskin has worked in the commercial growing world for more than thirty years and has a wide range of practical horticultural experience, having started his career growing vegetables for chefs, box schemes and farm shops. He now focuses mainly on integrating trees into farming systems. Ben is head of agroforestry for the Soil Association and keeps his hands in the field implementing a pioneering agroforestry system on a 1,500-acre farm in Wiltshire in South West England. He also works as an independent advisor, trainer and author, writing books for children and grownups, and is chair of the Community Supported Agriculture Network UK.