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Guy Singh-Watson

Guy Singh-Watson has over the last 30 years taken Riverford from one man and a wheelbarrow delivering homegrown organic veg to friends, to a national veg box scheme delivering to around 80,000 customers a week.

Tired of meetings, brands and the assumption that greed is our predominant motivation, Guy converted the business to employee ownership in 2018, using the proceeds to buy a small farm and return to growing organic vegetables. In common with many of Riverford’s new co-owners, Guy is an advocate of using business to shape a part of the world, however small, to be kinder, more considerate and sustainable; more like the world most of us want to live in. 

His weekly newsletters connect people to the farm with refreshingly honest accounts of the trials and tribulations of producing organic food, and the occasional rant about farming, ethical and business issues he feels strongly about.

Articles by Guy Singh-Watson

    • News from the farm

    Back to our roots

    Following our beliefs rather than fickle consumer fashions made us stand out, and allowed us to stick to what we did well.

    By Guy Singh-Watson - 29th July 2020

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    • News from the farm
    • Environment & ethics
    • Technology

    Gene editing will fall at the same GM hurdles

    Genome editing is a powerful research tool, with huge potential to aid our environmental challenges – but all the signs are that it will be used to take us further in the wrong direction.

    By Guy Singh-Watson - 23rd July 2020

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    • News from the farm
    • Environment & ethics
    • Ethical business

    Still cocking my leg out

    As I enter my declining years, I am slightly disappointed to still feel the need to validate my existence by leaving a mark; a physical embodiment of my purpose.

    By Guy Singh-Watson - 16th July 2020

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    • Environment & ethics
    • Ethical business
    • News from the farm

    Making measurement count

    As previously, transport is our biggest sin, and the final delivery to the door is the most carbon costly – so we are converting over 70 per cent of our vans to electric by 2023.

    By Guy Singh-Watson - 1st July 2020

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    • News from the farm
    • Farming

    Seeds from a stony ground

    In my experience, seed can do pretty well in stony ground; far from withering at the first challenge, the adversity can give strength lacking in those pampered by an easy start in life.

    By Guy Singh-Watson - 24th June 2020

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    • News from the farm
    • Inequality
    • Diversity

    Unconscious bias in the field and the board room

    Our co-owner council discussed the issue last week: reading the notes, I was struck by the depth, nuance and humility.

    By Guy Singh-Watson - 17th June 2020

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    The uncomfortable truth about fishing

    I found it hard to disagree with the main conclusion of Seaspiracy: that there is almost no sustainable fishing, and the labels claiming sustainability fall a long way short of delivering it.

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