Peter Coates is Emeritus Professor of American and Environmental History at the University of Bristol. His previous books include Salmon (2006) and A Story of Six Rivers (2013), both published by Reaktion Books.
Fabio Parasecoli is Associate Professor and Coordinator of the Food Studies Program, The New School, New York, the author of Bite Me! Food in Popular Culture (2008) and co-editor of the six-volume Cultural History of Food (2012).
Susanne Lucas is Executive Director of the World Bamboo Organization and a horticulturist, designer, landscape gardener and consultant based in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
Gavin D. Smith is a freelance journalist and the author of many books and articles on drink-related topics, including The Scottish Beer Bible (2001). He lives in the Scottish Borders.
Philip Glahn is Associate Professor of Critical Studies and Aesthetics at Temple University, Philadelphia, and a contributor to Afterimage, Art Journal, The Brooklyn Rail and Public.
Ursula Heinzelmann is the author of Food Culture in Germany (2008) and a regular contributor to Slow Food and Gastronomica among other publications. She trained as a professional chef and holds a sommelier diploma from Hotelfachschule Heidelberg. She lives in Berlin.
Until her death in 2012, Diane Toops was an award-winning journalist and the News and Trends editor for Food Processing magazine.
Alcestis P. Rodi is Assistant Professor of Architecture at the University of Patras, and a practising architect in Athens.
Alexander Tzonis is Professor of Architecture at Tsinghua University, China, and Professor Emeritus at Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands. His numerous books include Le Corbusier: Poetics of Machine and Metaphor (2001).
Hugh Warwick is an ecologist and author, and is a regular contributor to BBC Radio 4 and Radio Scotland. He lives in Oxford.