Susanne Padel

Susanne worked as a consultant for farmers interested in organic farming in North Germany before becoming a Research Associate at Aberystwyth University. She worked for ten years for the ORC as a senior researcher/programme manager, followed by a ove to Germany and part-time work as a researcher in the Thünen Institute for Farm Economics on a project about women on farms. She now works part-time as a consultant on business and policy issues and continues her engagement in the organic sector in the UK and in Europe.

Susanne has much experience in working with various socio-economic aspects of the organic sector, both in the UK and in Europe. Her research experience includes projects related to organic market data, market development, supply chains, organic conversion and whole farm planning, farm management, the regulatory regime and support policy development. Susanne has led a Defra study on UK organic regulation options post Brexit and a study for the Land Use Policy Group on transition to Agroecology. She worked on numerous EU funded projects (including case studies of supply chains in the EU funded DIVERSIFOOD) and was involved in several external studies for the DG AGRI including on value added in organic supply chains and the EU Organic Regulation. Susanne also was a member of the first board overseeing the establishment of Agricology and is a tutor on the SRUC programme MSc/PG Dip Organic Farming.

Susanne has contributed to the Organic Farm Management Handbook from the start and has been a co-editor for the last 8 editions.