Exploring Careers in Sustainable Food and Beyond: Opportunities with Sustain

When: 09 June 2025, 12:00 — 13:30
Venue: Birkbeck Central

Curious about a career that makes a difference?

Join Sustain’s Diversity Outreach Coordinator, Roshni Shah, for an inspiring and interactive 90-minute workshop exploring the exciting world of careers in sustainable food and farming.

Open to students from all degree backgrounds, this session will:

- Break down the wide range of career paths- from food production and hospitality to policy, health, education, and more
- Show how your passions - whether for the planet, social justice, or simply great food - can translate into a meaningful career
- Highlight transferable skills you already have and how to apply them in this growing sector
- Offer practical tips, career insights, and clear next steps, whatever your experience level

Whether you're climate-conscious, a foodie, or just looking to do work that matters, this is your chance to explore a sector full of purpose and potential.

Come with questions and leave with clarity, inspiration, and resources to help you take the next step.

Contact name: Chloe Hennigar

Speakers

Roshni Shah —
Roshni joined Sustain in September 2024 as Diversity Outreach Coordinator (Maternity Cover). She coordinates Sustain's diversity outreach work which aims to bring more people from underrepresented backgrounds, with specific focus on ethnic diversity, into the progressive food and farming sector. The work includes a movement building programme, helping organisations to become more inclusive and anti-racist. She also manages Sustain’s Roots to Work jobs platform which is a tool to engage new and diverse talent into the sector.

Roshni has over 10 years of experience of working and volunteering in sustainable food and community spaces and has always been passionate about diversity. Most recently she was Plant Prospects Programme Manager at Made in Hackney and Community Coordinator at Elizabeth House Community Centre.

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