Sara Grady Email & Phone Number

Co-founder of British Pasture Leather, the first supply of leather that is traceable to regenerative farms in the UK. My work focuses on creating food and fibre systems that are beneficial to people, animals, land, and nature.As Vice President of Programs for agricultural non-profit Glynwood (www.glynwood.org) in New York’s Hudson Valley, I directed numerous initiatives supporting regional farming and food culture. I have also worked with various food and farming enterprises to provide strategic planning, research, grant writing, program design and creative direction. Previously, I was a multimedia producer.I co-founded British Pasture Leather with collaborator Alice Robinson, inspired by a belief that regenerative agricultural practices are a crucial solution in renewing soils, stewarding land and reforming food and fashion systems. By linking leather with exemplary agriculture, British Pasture Leather is forging new connections between farming, food and material culture. In 2023, we were named Sustainability Thought Leaders for the Vogue Business 100 Innovators List, and won the Climate+ Award from the Textile Exchange, a global organisation promoting sustainability in material supply chains.I am a Senior Fellow of the Environmental Leadership Program; a fellow in the Royal Society of Arts, Commerce, and Manufacture; and I was a Royce Fellow at Brown University. I was named “Best Friend to the Farmers” by Hudson Valley Magazine in 2015, and I was a founding Board member of the New York Cider Association. I received the Weston Award for Excellence in the Arts from Brown University, where I graduated with honors.