Join Claire and Lauren as they discuss the politics and realities of working the land, diasporic belonging, and how far the legacy of colonialism permeates through horticulture, botany, agriculture, and into the unfolding climate crisis.
Claire Ratinon is a food grower and writer based in East Sussex. Claire has grown edible plants in a variety of roles, from growing organic vegetables at field scale, to delivering workshops and talks for institutions including the Barbican Centre, Tate Britain, Charleston House, and the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Her practice is rooted in a deep commitment to sustainable, inclusive, and justice-focussed relationships with the land.
Claire contributes a regular gardening column to the Guardian's Saturday Magazine, and is co-author, with artist Sam Ayre, of Horticultural Appropriation (Rough Trade Books). Her most recent book, Unearthed: On Race and Roots, was published by Vintage Books in 2022.
Claire is also an organiser with the grassroots trade union for landworkers, SALT, Solidarity Across Land Trades, who advocate for fair, equitable and ecologically grounded landbased livelihoods.
