Five Fast Facts about Sophie Lamond

Sophie Lamond is the co-founder of the Fair Food Challenge and GIF17 speaker. Find out more about her with our “Fast Five” questions.

 

1. What was your dream job growing up?

SL: It changed constantly. It went from hairdresser, forensic psychologist, costume designer, geneticist to curator, which is what I ended up being before I got into food systems.

 

2. If you could master one skill that you don’t already have, what would it be?

SL: Coding.

 

3. If we were able to live on Mars now, would you sign up to go?

SL: No, I like earth, its humans and all their complexities,

 

4. If you could abolish one piece of modern technology, what would it be and why?

SL: Probably hydraulic fracturing machinery – I’m not keen on exploiting unconventional energy sources for obvious reasons.

 

5. If you could speak to everyone in the world at the same time, what would you say?

SL: Waste less, conserve more, let’s work together on constructive global action on climate change.

 

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