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George Brown
Chairman, elected late 2025, George is an organic farmer from Berkshire
Stephen Risdale
Mixed farm in Vale of York 260 acres, combinable crops and contract heifer rearing Studied animal science at Harper Adams
Jeremy Perkins
Farms in West Suffolk, keeping Galloway cattle
Humphrey Mills
A mixed farmer on 400 acres in Suffolk with a focus on ecology and soil health
Richard Trevethan
Organic Suckler Beef farmer from Cornwall Pedigree Beef Shorthorn herd 40ha all grass farm Studied Ag Engineering/ Horticulture and Agriculture at Duchy College
Colin Bowen
Tenant farmer on 640 acres in partnership with wife Jennifer and 2 sons, Steven and Allan. 540 arable, 100ac grass, 350 ewes, contract finishing pigs, farm contracting business in Shropshire
Will Shaw
Will Shaw Took over family farm tenancy near Doncaster when 19. Expanded to 900 acres grass and cereals Been organic in cereals, now conventional
Dave Greenow
Livestock farmer in Herefordshire in partnership with his wife Vivien. .Mainly suckler cows and store cattle ( but getting less) run about 70 sheep of our own and around 1000 overwinter tack sheep. Farming around 360 acres with extra mowing grass taken on with short let’s. Produce hay for the equine industry.
Angus Dalton
First generation tenant dairy farmer. 100% grass fed dairy herd OAD milking system using a regenerative approach to business and the environment from Derbyshire.
Ed Beckett
Arable farming and farm management in Shropshire and Worcestershire
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