Feeding Liverpool is delighted to welcome Michael Fitzsimmons as our new Food Enterprise Coordinator. Michael joins us after spending the last four years as Director and Head Grower at Cinderwood Market Garden – a venture that he established in partnership with chef Joseph Otway.

Cinderwood was founded in 2020, born from the idea that good food should be flavourful, nutritious, easily accessible and grown responsibly. Ingredients are grown with an emphasis on flavour, experimenting with varieties and focusing on maintaining rich, healthy and biodiverse soil.

Michael will work with Liverpool’s small, medium and social enterprises to support the establishment of a food business network in the city, establish sustainable practices and develop shorter, value-driven supply chains. We believe that Michael’s prior experience will be invaluable to Liverpool’s food alliance as we embark on this new area of work.

Feeding Liverpool is committed to working alongside our food alliance partners and communities to develop a better understanding of local contexts and support actions that ensure everyone in our city is able to access good food. Michael’s appointment is a significant step in us realising that ambition.

Michael will undertake a detailed onboarding prgramme, beginning Monday 4th August.

If you would like to arrange a meeting with Michael, please do so by emailing him here.