Hugh
Locke

Hugh Locke has spent his career working at the nexus of environmental conservation, international development, humanitarian service and interfaith collaboration. Central to his worldview is the understanding of our planet as a unified, interconnected system, a perspective given further dimension by membership in the Bahá’í Faith. Since co-founding the Smallholder Farmers Alliance in Haiti in 2010, he has directed this range of experience toward smallholder agriculture, becoming a recognized advocate for regenerative farming and smallholder farmer empowerment. He continues a very active role in championing the legacy of his mentor, the forester and global conservationist Richard St. Barbe Baker, and ensuring that the lessons of St. Barbe's lifetime of work remain a living force in how we care for our planet's forests. Hugh is president of the Impact Farming Foundation and serves on the board of the global reforestation nonprofit One Tree Planted.