The Conduit, in partnership with Todelli, Women in the Food Industry, and FUTURE WOMAN, presents Fertile Ground – a fresh, engaging discussion about how food, lifestyle, and our changing environment are impacting fertility.

We’ll convene some of the sharpest minds in wellness and nutrition, including Francesca Lyon (fertility expert and lead nutritionist at FUTURE WOMAN), Jenny Tschiesche (nutritionist and cookbook author), and Dr. Jenny Goodman (ecological medicine pioneer and author of Staying Alive in Toxic Times) to break down complex topics like toxins, hormones, and lifestyle changes and share tips you can actually use.

Plus, don’t miss the chance to sample some seriously good, health-focused snacks! Courtesy of Todelli, you’ll enjoy tastings of innovative, clean, preservative-free products from independent British makers committed to health and sustainability.

Event Schedule:

2:00pm: Pre-event networking and product tasting

2:30pm: Panel discussion

3:30pm: More networking and tasting

4:30pm – Event ends

Speakers:

Francesca Lyon is lead nutritionist and co-founder at FUTURE WOMAN. She graduated from South Pacific College of Natural Medicine and is a nutritionist, naturopath and medical herbalist. Francesca specialises in women’s hormones, with a particular focus on fertility and ovulatory disorders. She manages a team of expert nutritionists at FUTURE WOMAN and regularly teaches other practitioners how to support their female clients with their hormones.

Jenny Tschiesche is a cookbook author and nutritionist with a lifelong passion for food and wellbeing. A passionate advocate for real food, she has developed a growing interest in ultra-processed-free eating, which inspired her latest book: Unprocessed Air Fryer – 101 Healthy, Family Recipes Free from Ultra-Processed Foods. Jenny is also the bestselling author of several other titles, including two Instant Pot cookbooks and the No.1 Sunday Times Bestseller, Air-Fryer Cookbook. Jenny’s energy, warmth, and genuine love for what she does shine through every time she presents, making healthy living feel achievable for everyone. In our panel she will address the impact of ultra processed foods on both male and female fertility.

Jenny Goodman is a medical doctor, lecturer and broadcaster. She qualified at Leeds University School of Medicine and worked as a junior doctor but, disillusioned with conventional medicine’s inability to heal sick people and its failure to enquire about the causes of illness or to do preventive healthcare, she qualified in Ecological Medicine with British Society for Ecological Medicine, a group of doctors and other practitioners who help patients to attain dramatically better health through changes in diet and nutrition, and through detoxification. She has been practising Ecological Medicine for twenty-two years now, specialising in pre-conception care, helping people who had suffered from infertility or repeated miscarriages to have healthy babies, and is the author of Staying Alive in Toxic Times. Photo credit: Zoe Salt.

Moderated by Mex Ibrahim, who is passionate about gender equality and co-founded Women in the Food Industry in 2019. The social enterprise supports women across the food sector, advocating for equality, inclusion, and leadership opportunities, and empowering women to achieve their career goals in the food  industry.  She has been a Conduit member since August 2023 and manages The Conduit’s Food Systems Community Group on LinkedIn.