Tom co-ordinates the Seed Sovereignty programme in Scotland as a job share with Louise. Together they manage the network of commercial and community seed growers in Scotland. Alongside this role Tom also co-runs East Neuk Market Garden, a 4-acre vegetable farm in the East Neuk of Fife. There he grows veg, salads and herbs for a 170 member CSA and wholesale customers in a collaborative team having taken the first steps into creating a cooperative with Falkland Kitchen Farm in 2024. The farm has also been branching out into seed production, selling it’s first seed lot in the summer of 2024 and helping found the Scottish Seed Hub. Tom has a background in city planning before farming and still isn’t totally sure how he ended up here. 

Tom recommends Dirt; the erosion of civilizations by David R. Montogomery and The Peregrine by J.A. Baker.