Assistant Professor in Management and Organizational Studies at Huron University College, Western University
Richard Bloomfield is passionate about improving the environmental and social sustainability of food production and has taught numerous business management and entrepreneurship courses at the undergraduate level. In addition, he co-founded Urban Roots London in 2017, a non-profit urban farm that is addressing issues around food access. In late 2019 he co-founded Sidetrack: A Wortley Café where many of his passions intersect. Richard completed a Bachelor of Arts in Globalization Studies and his HBA from the Ivey Business School. Later he completed a Masters of Business Administration from Ivey as well.
He is currently a PhD candidate in the Geography and Environment department at Western University studying the political economy of agro-food systems and examining current farmland policy, ownership dynamics, and alternative land-use models to support next or first-generation farmers in Ontario.
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