Jason Rowntree is a professor of Animal Science at Michigan State University where he holds the Charles Stewart Mott Distinguished Professorship for Sustainable Agriculture. Rowntree’s research focuses on identifying the metrics and management that reflect ecological improvement in grazingland and other agricultural systems. Rowntree has given presentations and conducted research throughout the United States, Australian, Canada, Europe, Saudi Arabia, Africa and New Zealand. Rowntree has led or been a co-investigator on $27.75 million in funding to conduct food system research.

Freya Mulvey is an author, environmental lawyer and soil advocate. Freya is a 2023 Winston Churchill Trust Fellow and a 2017 recipient of the Australian Lawyers Alliance Civil Justice Award for her work on the Montara Oil Spill Class Action. Freya advocates for soil and landscape regulation and agricultural reform; essential and complementary climate mitigation tools. Freya is a co-author of Ground Breaking: Soil Security and Climate Change, and host of the SOIL podcast. Freya's strength is in being able to explain complex issues in plain and pragmatic terms.

Philip Mulvey has 45 years experience in restoring degraded land to productive use. He is the founder of several companies operating in the US and Australia including: an agriculture software company, a regenerative agriculture company, and environmental consulting and contracting companies. Phil has a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture  majoring in Soil Science from the University of Sydney and a Masters of Hydrogeology from The University of New South Wales. With that background, Phil's skill is being able to assess landscape in terms of production, resilience and hydration.