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Jane Barker

Associate

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About

Jane is MD of Dalefoot Composts, one of the UK’s leading peat-free compost makers which supplies garden centres, champion growers, nurseries and online customers. Innovative eco products include composts made from sheep’s wool and bracken. The company is Soil Association-approved and a Living Wage employer. Jane also runs Barker & Bland,an environmental contracting business restoring critically important peatlands and uplands, from Dartmoor to the Cairngorms, for organisations like Natural England, Scottish Natural Heritage and wildlife trusts. Jane is currently Professor in Practice at the University of Cumbria and a former Secretary of State Appointee to the Lake District National Park Authority. She trained as a chartered town planner.

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