GM Science Review Panel - Members' Interests

Professor Jules Pretty

Professor Jules Pretty is Director of the Centre for Environment and Society and member of the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Essex. He has published widely, and his books include Agri-Culture: Reconnecting People, Land and Nature (2002), `The Living Land: Agriculture, Food and Community Regeneration in Rural Europe' (1998), `Regenerating Agriculture: Policies and Practice for Sustainability and Self-Reliance' (1995), `Fertile Ground: The Impacts of Participatory Watershed Management (1999, co-authored), `The Trainers Guide for Participatory Learning and Action' (1995, co-authored); `The Hidden Harvest - Wild Foods and Agricultural Systems' (1992, co-authored); and `Unwelcome Harvest: Agriculture and Pollution' (1991, co-authored)

He is Deputy-Chair of the government's Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment (ACRE). He is a regular speaker, contributor to media, and presenter of the 1999 BBC Radio 4 series Ploughing Eden and contributor and writer for the 2001 BBC TV Correspondent programme The Magic Bean. He received a 1997 award from the Indian Ecological Society for "International Contributions to Sustainable and Ecological Agriculture", and was runner-up for the 2002 European Sicco Mansholt Prize for agricultural science. He was appointed A D White Professor-at-Large by Cornell University for six years from 2001. He is a founding member of the Agricultural Reform Group and the Neighbourhood Think Tank, editorial advisor to academic journals, vice-president of Suffolk-ACRE, member of the Institute of Biology and British Agricultural History Society, adviser to government on social and environmental development, and adviser to the corporate sector. He was appointed to the International Jury for the Slow Food Award in 2002.