Helen and her husband, Charlie, farm 50 acres in rural Tyrone, cultivating an increasingly diverse mix of crops including flax for fibre, oats, potatoes, apples and pears. They are commercial producers of Irish-grown linen. Helen is a co-founder of Source Grow, an online platform to help farmers decide what to grow to suit their soil and local market demand. It allows restaurants and retailers to place orders with multiple growers for delivery within two days. Helen is also an Entrepreneur in Residence at Queen's University Belfast and an Innovation Broker for the Water Innovation Network, working to create nature-based solutions to improve water quality in the Ballinderry Catchment.