Our Team

Communities Against Factory Farming (CAFF) is a coalition of local residents, farmers, lawyers, environmentalists, politicians, councillors and activists. We support and empower communities to challenge factory farm planning applications and campaign for national legislation change.

MAYA PARDO

Maya co-founded CAFF in April 2025 and leads its campaigns and legal strategy.

A King's College London law graduate, she uses planning law to hold agribusinesses accountable for the environmental, public health, and animal welfare impacts of factory farming, supporting residents through planning challenges and building a movement towards a fairer, plant-rich food system.



Campaign Lead and Legal Strategy Coordinator

BINI PITWELL

Bini co-founded CAFF after living in Lincolnshire, the UK county with the highest number of factory farms, and witnessing firsthand the damage factory farming does to animals, rivers, and local communities.

As CAFF's Social Media Lead, she grows CAFF's reach and empowers people to take action, building a collective movement to protect animals, nature, and people from factory farming.


Social Media Lead

Campaign Coordinator

JO LAZARUS

Jo uses her project management background to keep campaigns running smoothly and support the team and volunteers behind the scenes.

She cares deeply about the harm factory farming causes to animals, the environment, and human health, and believes in the power of communities working together to push back against it and towards a more compassionate food system.

SHANNON & JORDAN NEWTON

AI and Digital Innovators

Kat Sargeant

Legal Researcher 

Comms Support

DAN CLARK

Dan is a communications specialist and advocate for plant-based food systems, having written for Plant Based News, The New European, and Environmental Rights Review. He supports CAFF with press and written content.

Co-founder of Plant-Based Cambridge in 2022, Dan grew up in Lincolnshire, witnessing the damage of intensive animal agriculture first-hand, and now works to stop the spread of factory farming and the misinformation surrounding food sustainability.

JANE LOVERING

Campaign Researcher