Thank you to everyone who made the Enterprise Fair 2026 such a beautiful experience. The incredible entrepreneurs who shared their creativity and enterprise, our two speakers, Howie Firth and Jo Hunt, the organisers and everyone from the region who came to celebrate our unique and innovative region. Together we make it happen.
Our two keynote speakers shared fascinating insights on their topic: From Polycrisis to Local Food Production: Building Community Wealth and Resilience from the Ground Up. Find videos of their addresses below.
Thank you also to Mark Richards, Aurora Imaging, whose images capture this brilliant day.
Our keynote speakers: From Polycrisis to Local Food Production: Building Community Wealth and Resilience from the Ground Up
Jo Hunt is a consultant economist turned crofter who runs Knockfarrel Produce, an organic certified regenerative croft near Dingwall, growing 81 varieties of fruit and vegetables while helping build resilient, low-carbon local food systems. With over 20 years of experience in agricultural business and policy, Jo works with farmers and co-operatives in Scotland and beyond to create a fairer, more sustainable future.
Howie Firth is a science communicator, author, and community development advocate based in Elgin. With a background in mathematical physics, he directed the Orkney International Science Festival for many years and has spent decades supporting community-led initiatives, local democracy, and sustainable development across Orkney. Through his work, he champions systems thinking and community-based solutions to help build resilient local food systems and thriving communities in the face of today’s global challenges.
There were four zones around the Park
Entrepreneurs, Makers, Healers, Sponsors – let’s Make It Happen again in 2027!
Help build community wealth – by supporting the Enterprise Fair 2027. Be a sponsor, or register your interest in having a stall at next year’s Enterprise Fair. Email celebratingenterprise@gmail.com.
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Be listed as one of the enterprises that keep our economy locally powered.
Visit the Enterprise Directory, and if you’re not there, complete this form now! You can share info on your enterprise, along with an image or video. The deadline for submitting a video is 12 July, if you’d like it live before the Enterprise Fair.
The Enterprise Fair team is looking forward to seeing you in 2027!
From left to right: George Goudsmit, Fasil Bogale, Cornelia Featherstone, Edward Fitsell, Carolin Waldmann and Adelle Horler.
‘Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.’ ~ ~ Margaret Mead, American cultural anthropologist, author and speaker