The second meeting of the winter 2023/2024 programme will be held on Wednesday 6th December at Fynn Valley Golf Course for breakfast 7:45am. Our speaker for that morning is Professor Sir Dieter Helm - Professor of Economic Policy, University of Oxford. The talk is entitled “The Future of Farming in the Sustainable Economy”. James Black […]
Thursday 11th January evening supper meeting at Ufford Park Hotel 7:30pm. Our speaker is Anna Hill, BBC Radio 4 Farming Today presenter. Her talk is titled “Microphones at Dawn”
Thursday 22nd February evening meeting at Fynn Valley Golf Club for a buffet 7:30pm. We welcome Barrister, Farmer and Author Sarah Langford to the February meeting of The Club. Sarah published her first book in 2018, In Your Defence: Stories of Life and Law. This soon became a bestseller. Detailing stories of her career as […]
Thursday 21st March evening buffet meeting at Ufford Park Hotel 7:00pm The evening commences at 7.00 pm. with the Club’s 71st AGM. We then welcome our keynote speaker for the evening Daniel Cross who is Managing Director of Dyson Farming. The Philosophy of Dyson Farming is “Innovative Farming for the Future” They are excited about […]
It may not feel like summer yet but in a few weeks’ time we will be having our Annual Farm Walk and B B Q kindly hosted this year by Boxford Suffolk Farms, Hill Farm, Brick Kiln Hill, BOXFORD, Suffolk. CO10 5NY. Commencing at 5.00 p.m. on Thursday 9th May. The “Boxford Group” of companies […]
Friday 14th to Monday 17th June Farm Study Tour Aberdeenshire. Itinerary includes visits to Mackie's ice cream, chocolate and crisps Fyvie Castle guided tour Duncan farms, large arable operation and free range egg producer Glen Dronarch distillery tour Peterhead fish market Fish processor visit and if possible vessel tour Peterhead maritime academy
Mick Hawkes former SAS soldier, undercover surveillance operator and security consultant (https://www.hawkesandco.uk)
Hillary Curnow - Agriculture Counsellor New Zealand High Commission London
One of the original 2000-mile-harvest operators https://frederickharvesting.com/ Frederick Harvesting is a family-owned business that has grown from a grassroots one-machine, one-truck operation in the 80's, to the progressive, custom harvesting operation of today! This growth and success is due to honest hardwork, dedication, Christian values, Midwestern work ethics, unsurpassed reliability, and pride in our work. […]
Please note the change of date. Professor Tom MacMillan - Royal Agricultural University Biography Elizabeth Creak Chair in Rural Policy and Strategy. As Creak Chair, Professor MacMillan's role is to inform national and international policies on land, the environment and food. Tom is a founding Director of the Centre for Effective Innovation in Agriculture and Deputy Director […]