Pearl Costello

Pearl Costello is the Sustainable Food Places Manager for Food Sense Wales.

Between 2019 and 2025, Pearl co-ordinated the Food Cardiff partnership and successfully led the bid for Cardiff to become the first Gold Sustainable Food Place in Wales. Due to Pearl’s experience and success in nurturing a Food Partnership, she is now taking the lead on supporting the development of the Local Food Partnership network across Wales and sitting on the UK Programme Management Board for Sustainable Food Places.

Prior to joining Food Sense Wales, Pearl previously led an ambitious and transformational sustainability programme at the Royal Agricultural University and developed innovative sustainability engagement and behaviour change programmes with the National Union of Students.

Outside of work, Pearl can usually be found in and around the sea: coastal walking, swimming and paddle boarding; or taking too many photos of her dog.