Richard Kipling

After completing a degree in Economics and Politics, and working as a clerical officer for the NHS, Richard Kipling decided to follow his interest in natural history and volunteered for the National Trust in Shropshire before studying Countryside Conservation at Aberystwyth University, ultimately gaining a PhD in Pollination Ecology. Subsequently, he worked as a field assistant on Skomer Island with the Wildlife Trust of South & West Wales, was then lecturer at Aberystwyth University and presently is Head of Research of the Sustainable Food Trust.