Nominations sought for prestigious potato industry award
Potato Council is seeking nominations for this year’s British Potato Industry Award. This prestigious honour is presented to an individual recognised for his or her outstanding contribution to the British potato industry.
Potato Council continues to back progressive moves by leaders in the fields of marketing, innovation and research and development who satisfy this demand. By presenting this award it recognises the dedication and entrepreneurial spirit of those who have made outstanding contributions to the British potato industry.
Allan Stevenson, Potato Council chairman, comments: The British potato industry is made up of many wonderful people who have helped shape it to what it is today. We are asking for nominations of outstanding people for this award from all sectors within the industry.
Please help us find a new, worthy winner for 2011 who is a leader today.
Anyone wishing to nominate a person for the British Potato Industry Award should send a nomination form to the award committee secretary by July 31, 2011. The award committee, drawn from the different sectors of the industry, will select the winner.
The winner of the award will receive a silver rose bowl which will be presented at BP2011 at Harrogate.
Nomination forms are available from the award committee secretary, Margaret Skinner, British Potato Industry Award, Potato Council, Rural Centre, West Mains, Newbridge, Midlothian EH28 8NZ or email bpindustryaward@potato.org.uk Tel: 0131 472 4064
Potato Council is a division of Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB). The address is: Potato Council, Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board, Stoneleigh Park, Kenilworth, Warwickshire CV8 2TL. AHDB Switchboard: 0247 669 2051.
The British Potato Industry Award committee is made up of Jim Godfrey, OBE, Lincolnshire farmer, former chairman of the International Potato Center (CIP) in Peru, former chairman of SCRI and current council member of Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC); David Walker, OBE, independent member and former chairman of British Potato Council (BPC);
Previous winners of the British Potato Industry award are Charles ‘Mac’ McCarthy (1997); Frank Pirie (1998); Prof John Hillman (1999); Rod Herbert (2000); the late Richard Watson-Jones (2001); Bob Meredith (2002); Richard Harris OBE (2003); Eric Allen (2004); Dr Harry Duncan (2005); Alan Owens, OBE (2006); David Walker, OBE (2007); Dr Stuart Wale (2008); Michael Higgins (2009); Dr John Bradshaw (2010).