Vision Festival: The Future Is Grown by The Mills Fabrica
The Future Is Grown: Why Fashion and Food Innovations Are Solving the Same Problems
The Mills Fabrica is proud to be part of the inaugural Vision Festival presented by Town Hall by Bottaccio, a brand-new gathering of minds, where culture, science, ideas and live performance collide in Kings Cross.
Join Emily Chan, Sustainability Editor, Writer and Consultant, and Contributing Sustainability Editor at British Vogue; and Amy Tsang, Head of Europe at The Mills Fabrica for a two-part discussion looking at the shared challenges and opportunities across fashion and food.
Emily will open the conversation by exploring why both fashion and food start with the soil, and how both industries ultimately depend on healthy agricultural systems. The conversation will examine regenerative and biodynamic agriculture, the use of chemicals such as pesticides and fertilisers and their implications for environmental and human health, as well as the role of regulation.
Building on these themes, Amy will delve into how climate change and resource pressures are reshaping agriculture, and how fashion and food are increasingly turning to innovation to build more resilient systems. The discussion will highlight climate-resilient crops, regenerative farming models and new uses for agricultural waste, showcasing solutions that strengthen both industries while working in partnership with nature.
Speakers include:
Arizona Muse - Founder, DIRT Charity
Adele Gingell - Director of Impact, Finisterre
Natasha Nickson - Partnerships Manager for Beauty, Wellbeing and Textiles, Soil Association
Olivia Boothman - Global Farm Metric Projects Manager, Sustainable Food Trust
Dr. Mariano Alvarez - Chief Science Officer, Avalo
David Prior Hope - Co-Founder & CTO, Fibe
Naeem Lakhani - Founder and Managing Partner at The First Thirty
Please arrive from 10.30am to enjoy tea and coffee before we begin promptly at 11am.
This event will be located in The Network room.
About The Mills Fabrica:
The Mills Fabrica is a global innovation ecosystem with outposts in Hong Kong and London, dedicated to accelerating sustainable and social impact start-ups within the Agrifood and Techstyle sectors through a VC fund, co-working space, strategic partnerships, industry events and an innovation gallery and concept store; Fabrica X.