LEAF’s Chief Executive awarded an Honorary Doctorate
Caroline has worked for LEAF since it was established in 1991 and was recognised for her contribution to the farming industry as a Pioneer for the Life of the Nation by Her Majesty the Queen. In 2009, she was awarded an MBE for services to the agricultural industry. Caroline also sits on a number […]
Whisky waste scientist is nominated for two prestigious awards
The President of Celtic Renewables was shortlisted for the Scottish Resources Outstanding Contribution award. The accolade is a “people’s award” decided by members of the public in an online vote. The Scottish Biofuel Programme, of which Professor Tangney is founding director, has also been nominated as Best Green Public Service or Public Sector Provision at […]
Pedometer-wearing Cows Win SRUC International Science Award
Now in their 23rd year, the Ig Nobel prizes are intended to celebrate the unusual, honor the imaginative and spur people’s interest in science, medicine, and technology. Prizes are awarded for research that ‘first makes people laugh, and then make them think’. SRUC livestock researchers Bert Tolkamp, Marie Haskell, Fritha Langford, Colin Morgan and David […]
Joseph Heler celebrates outstanding award season
The Cheshire-based creamery have achieved accolades in some of the most sought-after dairy awards the country has to offer, including eight gold awards at the International Cheese Awards at Nantwich Show and a silver in the highly regarded Danisco GP at the Great Yorkshire Show. These award wins prove that key industry figures and cheese […]
The Yara Prize honors youth entrepreneurship and policy advocacy
The Yara Prize Committee has selected two prominent African laureates for their work for African farmers and for the continent’s green revolution. The award recognizes their effective entrepreneurial work which has spread knowledge that has inspired smallholder farmers and youth to improve their lives, and their policy dialogue and advocacy which has enabled change in […]
A cluster of stars for Godminster
Seen as the equivalent of chefs gaining a Michelin star, Great Taste is the UK’s largest and most rigorous food awards scheme involving over 400 judges and thousands of hours of blind tasting. Godminster’s Organic Vintage Oak Smoked Cheddar has been awarded 1-star, the cheese, which is made to a 70-year old recipe, was commended […]
The Honor Chapman Foundation Mentoring Awards
Honor Chapman was one of the best business mentors of her generation. A property and planning expert with an innovative approach to urban regeneration, she also cared passionately about the role and value of food. The first CEO of Think London, the capital’s official foreign direct investment agency, she was also a highly acclaimed […]
Work with local farmers wins East of England Co-op a national award
The East of England Co-operative Society has been recognised for its commitment to supporting the regional economy by being awarded a ‘Business in the Community’ award at a ceremony attended by the Prime Minister David Cameron on Tuesday 5th July. Having already secured the regional Dairy Crest Rural Action Award in the 2013 Responsible Business […]
M&S announces England ‘Farming For The Future’ award shortlist
The winner will be announced on the first day of the Great Yorkshire Show in Harrogate on 9th July. The shortlisted entries include Chalder Farm in Chichester, milk supplier to M&S, family-run Packington Pork in Burton-on-Trent, Rowe Farming in Cornwall, which supplies daffodils to M&S, and Greens of Soham, which specialises in growing high quality […]
