Melvin JarmanFood · Nature · Living thinking
Dawn mist in the valleys below a meadow, southern Black Forest
Food. Forest. A different way of seeing.

Wild food.
Living thinking.

For people and organisations.

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Rooted in the Peak District
and the southern Black Forest.
Chef · Forager · Organisational practitioner

Good food opens
good conversations.

Chef, forager, and organisational development practitioner — working at the intersection of food, nature, and how people and organisations grow.

Thirty years cooking, teaching and facilitating across four continents. Founder of a multi-award-winning social enterprise, former lecturer in organisational behaviour, and lifelong student of how people learn and grow.

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Step outside the usual

Food, forest & fire.

Experiences that bring people together.
Space to notice. Time to think.

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Dawn mist in the valleys below a meadow, southern Black Forest
“Not just a great chef… a deep human connector with a recipe for every situation.”Thomas Hann · Cooperative Expert, Hofgut LEO
Different contexts. The same inquiry.

Attention changes
what’s possible.

Through this I've come to see that food and forest have a remarkable way of sharpening attention — bringing people back into contact with what they've stopped noticing. This same quality of attention shapes my organisational work.

A conversation is a good place to start

What could we
make possible?

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