Jyoti Fernandes is an agroecological smallholder farmer based in Dorset, UK. She produces a range of products, from blankets and meats to cider, juice, and preserves. The farm is part of a local smallholders’ cooperative that shares collective processing facilities and runs a popular education agroecology school called the Land Skills Hub.
Jyoti coordinates the Policy, Lobbying and Campaigning work of the Landworkers Alliance, a small farmers union in the UK and a member of La Via Campesina. She participated actively in advocating for agroecology as climate adaptation in the COP processes.