Speakers

Kate Humble is a writer and broadcaster.  Her television series include Escape to the Farm, Britain’s Best Coastal Walks, Back to the Land, Animal Park, Lambing Live, Springwatch, Living with Nomads & Wild Shepherdess.  She also presented the award-winning comedy game show Wild Things, wildlife quiz Curious Creatures and has made guest appearances on Would I Lie to You, 8 out of 10 Cats & Countdown.

She is the author of six books including Where the Hearth Is:  Stories of Home, Homecooked:  Recipes From the Farm, A Year of Living Simply and Thinking on My Feet:  The Small Joys of Putting One Foot in Front of The Other (Shortlisted for the Wainwright Prize and the Stanford Travel Writing Award). She has been a columnist for The Telegraph, The Radio Times, and Country Smallholding and regularly writes on wildlife, rural affairs, travel and wellbeing for various publications.

In 2011 she took over ownership of a council farm in Wales and she and her husband set up a partnership with farmers Tim and Sarah Stephens to demonstrate that a small farm could be run in tune with nature and still be viable.  They established Humble by Nature, a rural skills centre showcasing and passing on the skills of local artisans, growers and producers.  

She was the first female president of the RSPB for 110 years and is currently president of WWT.  She’s also a qualified commercial diver. If you need barnacles removing from the bottom of your boat, she’s your girl.