Psychologist, environmental economist

The founder of Agri Kulti. Through the domains of local-resource based regional development, short food supply chains, bioregionality and sustainable food-systems he is working on re-establishing the connection between City and Rural Areas. Inspired by research and modelling, he also builds actual enterprises. He is the co-owner of Házikó Farm Group: a living lab of business-based sustainability and community-based agro-innovation since 2014.

Biologist, ecologist

In the past ten years, he has co-worked with various nature conservation, cultural conservation and regional development organizations. With this background, he has an unique perspective of issues relating to sustainability and sustainable rural development.  Being a leading researcher at Agri Kulti from the early beginnings, he coordinates and manages several projects.

Medical doctor, sociologist, environmental economist.

His PhD research examined consumer preferences in short food supply chains. He has massive  work experience in nature conservation, resilience of social-ecological systems, research on ecosystem services, sustainability impact assessment and various education methods.

Agroecologist

Graduated as a nature conservation and agricultural engineer, during her studies she oriented towards organic farming. After a couple of years of various corporate jobs she returned to her original profession to research the issue of sustainable agriculture and food production, and to promote small-scale farming. In her spare time she blogs about her family farm and discusses topics of sustainable food shopping and healthy diet.

Economist

The writer of Agri Kulti’s applications and tenders, the leader of the Szécsény project. He graduated  from the Budapest University of Technology and Economics and obtained his BSc from International Business. He has completed his MSc studies at the Corvinus University of Budapest,  in the field of business development.

Sociologist

She did her BA in Sociology at ELTE in Budapest before spending a year at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut. She then received her Master’s degree in Gender Studies in 2020 at Central European University.  So far, her research focused on gender inequalities in education and on the labor market. Sustainability, environmental protection and gastronomy are among her top priorities and personal interests.

Geographer, regional developer

She has finished her Geography MSc studies at the Károly Eszterházy University in 2019, specializing in the fields of local and regional development. She participated in a broad range of local developmental projects in Northern-Hungary, working primarily with small-scale farmers and producers. Her major focus-areas are bioeconomy, local markets, local products and local resource-based regional development.