Samantha Jones

Samantha Jones, co-founder of Homegrown Collective, is an artist, research scholar, and social entrepreneur, working within the field of operations to create alternate models of locally owned economic production. Jones is also a Fellow of the School of Social Entrepreneurs. With a background in arts and creative technology, she supports Homegrown Collective approaches to growing fresh ingredients hydroponically. Jones is also passionate about reviving the overlooked heritage of female brewers, alongside continuing the heritage of brewing that stems from the area of Anfield. She was part of the In Transit • Urban Development and Placemaking Project, a research exchange led by the Goethe-Institutes; has participated in conferences such as Geographies of Co-production Conference, Royal Geographic Society, London, 2014; and published in magazines such as Cultural Science Journal Special, Liverpool Biennial Stages Journal, and Royal College of Art Journal. Jones lives and works in Liverpool.