2020 Nuffield Farming Scholars

2020 SCHOLARS

AOIFE BEHAN Policies for a transition to agroecology by 2045 (Scotland) MacRobert Trust NICOLA HARRISON Mapping out a green growth strategy for UK horticulture Worshipful Company of Fruiterers & Food Chain Scholarship LUCY MACLENNAN Do audits really improve microbiological food safety in fresh produce? Central Region Farmers Trust

DAVID BUTLER

Biodiversity for the Future of Fruit Farming

Thatchers Cider EDWARD JONES

Are we investing in the right agriculture technology and innovation?

Royal Welsh Agricultural Society TERESA MEADOWS

Challenging the Conventional: Behaviour change methods for the adoption of IPM

John Oldacre Foundation LIZZIE CARR-ARCHER

How seed breeding could reduce farm inputs in the future

Worshipful Company of Farmers with Savills & Central Region Farmers Trust FRED LANGDALE Frost protection and post frost care in cool climate viticulture John Oldacre Foundation EMMA PATTERSON TAYLOR The position of farming in the public consciousness Royal Highland & Agricultural Society of Scotland

PETER CRAVEN How to progress a farming business from ‘Good’ to ‘Great’

Thatchers Cider

JAMIE LOCKHART Unlocking the potential of Data Use and Agri-tech within Agriculture Royal Norfolk Agricultural

Association

ANGUS RUSSELL The Family Farm’s Sustainability and Profitability Through Joint Venture Farming John Oldacre Foundation, McDonalds UK & Ireland & Young Nuffield (Bob Matson) Award

2020 SCHOLARS

HANNAH SENIOR

Accelerating AgriTech Entrepreneurs

Elizabeth Creak Charitable Trust (a Clyde Higgs Scholarship) JAMES STOBART

Effective monitoring methods that measure ecological outcomes in grazing systems

The Company of Merchants of the Staple of England & AHDB MARTIN GOTT

Artisan Cheese: how farming systems impact cheese quality

Alan & Anne Beckett NSchs SAMUEL SMITH

Regenerative agriculture: a shared ambition for the future of farming?

McDonald’s Restaurants ALASTAIR TRICKETT

How Brands Drive Demand for Regenerative Agriculture

Yorkshire Agricultural Society & National Trust JOE TOWERS

Will Carbon be the Dairy Quota of the Future?

McDoanld’s UK & Ireland GARY SPENCE

I can’t believe it’s not beef! Can livestock compete with alternative proteins?

Thomas Henry Foundation SAM MARTIN How do we make dairy farming an attractive career choice for the Millennial generation? Elizabeth Creak Charitable Trust (a Clyde Higgs Scholarship)

SAMUEL STEGGLES The journey to maturity - Navigating sustainable food business growth

2019 SCHOLARS

2018 SCHOLARS

NFU Mutual Charitable Trust

JAMES STANDEN Achieving excellence in university and college farms. Implementing best practice from home and abroad

John Oldacre Foundation