Julia Wright has worked for 25 years in international agricultural development with a focus on organic agriculture and food security. In 1998 she commenced her PhD thesis at Wageningen University in the Netherlands, on post-petroleum farming and food systems in Cuba. For the last 6 years she has worked at Garden Organic in Warwickshire (formerly the Henry Doubleday Research Association) where she ran the International Programme and is currently Head of Programmes. Julia is also trustee of the Bioregional Development Group and POM 354, and on the steering committee of Canalside Community Foods CSA in Leamington.