Ben Raskin has worked in horticulture for more than thirty years, with a wide range of experience in practical commercial growing as well as policy and advocacy work. As the Soil Association’s Head of Horticulture and Agroforestry, he provides growers at all levels of production with technical, marketing, policy, supply chain and networking support. He is currently implementing a 200-acre silvopastural agroforestry planting in Wiltshire. Additionally, Ben co-chairs the Defra Edibles Horticulture Roundtable and sits on the boards of the Organic Growers Alliance and Community Supported Agriculture Network UK.

Ben is the author of The Woodchip Handbook as well as books on gardening, including Zero-Waste Gardening, The Community Gardening Handbook and three volumes of the Discover Together Guides: Compost, Grow, and Bees, Bugs, and Butterflies.