Jyoti Fernandes

Jyoti Fernandes is an agroecological smallholder farmer based in Dorset, UK. She runs a micro-dairy on her farm and produces a wide range of products from cheese and meats to cider, juice, and preserves. The farm is part of a local smallholders’ cooperative that shares collective processing facilities and markets the products of the members’ smallholdings collectively. Jyoti coordinates the Policy, Lobbying and Campaigning work of the Landworkers Alliance, a small farmers union in the UK, which is a member of La Via Campesina.