A YEAR IN REVIEW 2018 LEAF (Linking Environment And Farming) the go-to organisation for the delivery of more sustainable and farming

Our Vision Our Mission Our Work A world that is farming, eating and To inspire and enable sustainable We work to develop and promote Integrated living sustainably. farming that is prosperous, enriches Farm Management in three core pillars: the environment and engages local • Facilitating knowledge generation and communities. exchange • Developing market opportunities through LEAF Marque • Educating and engaging the public in sustainable food and farming.

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From the Honorary President

LEAF’s work in developing, demonstrating and communicating about more sustainable farming is of vital importance. Never more so for our young people. Engaging future generations about how their food is produced and where it comes from is critical, both to the future of the agricultural industry as well as for their own health and wellbeing.

During 2018, LEAF Education commissioned a pioneering research programme to encourage better teenager engagement in farming and food production. This is helping the farming industry define how it becomes more relevant to the next generation, addressing the issues they care about and igniting their interest in the sector’s career opportunities.

I was delighted to attend LEAF Education’s Teenager Engagement Day and privileged to talk to young people about their views, beliefs and values in relation to food, farming and the countryside. It was a truly inspiring day, representing an important first step in ensuring their voice is heard.

LEAF’s work in promoting more sustainable farming and strengthening everybody’s connection with farming and food production, is helping promote healthier lifestyles, nurturing interest in the natural world and building a sense of our own personal responsibility in protecting it.

I greatly look forward to supporting LEAF’s exciting and inspiring work in 2019.

LINKING ENVIRONMENT AND FARMING From the Chairman Looking back on my first year as Our annual conference made us all Chairman of LEAF, I am amazed at the realise just how vulnerable our food breadth of activity the organisation supply chains are with the global undertakes. The influence and impact demand for food increasing by 60% we have at every level, whether it be within the next 30 years. Potentially, in our detailed response to ‘Health this will have to come from a smaller and Harmony’, further development production area, using fewer inputs, of more sustainable food and farming producing less waste and enhancing systems or public engagement, we our natural environmental assets. The are there, delivering our vision of ‘a challenges ahead are enormous. world that is farming, eating and living sustainably’. I am greatly looking forward to another busy year ahead; we have 2019 will be the start of a new era for great ambitions and a capable team to our farming industry. One where LEAF deliver them. I am extremely proud of will have a vital role to play, whether everything LEAF achieves and my thanks that is supporting farmers to deliver go to Caroline and her team for all they more sustainable production systems do to support our farmer members in that will meet the Government’s delivering more sustainable farming. new environmental agenda, or the continued recognition of LEAF Marque Philip Wynn as the leading environmental assurance system ensuring high standards are upheld here in the UK and around the globe.

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G adndd From the Chief Executive How true Thomas Jefferson’s quote LEAF’s Integrated Farm Management remains over 230 years later. The addresses many of the public goods importance of farming providing referred to in both the Bill our food, managing much of our and the 25 Year Environment Plan, biodiversity, acting as part of the including more sustainable water and solution to climate change mitigation, soil management, animal welfare, fashioning our landscapes and enhancement of biodiversity and access contributing to our rural infrastructure. to the countryside. We also understand only too well the importance of ensuring One thing is certain, finding stability and people understand and appreciate clarity in this volatile world will require what farmers deliver. This year’s LEAF vision, innovation and belief. Our Open Farm Sunday saw nearly 300,000 members and LEAF Marque certified people visit a farm to learn about farmers and growers are well placed farming and food production. to build the resilience and productivity of their businesses, delivering a wide I am immensely proud of what we have range of public goods and critically, achieved this year. My thanks to our “Agriculture is our wisest pursuit, being recognised for doing so. Chairmen, Trustees, the LEAF Network, because it will, in the end, contribute LEAF’s time is now. With the our members, supporters and staff most to real wealth, good morals, and environment featuring strongly in for their continued commitment, hard work and inspiration. There are happiness.” the new Agriculture Bill together with measures to strengthen the huge opportunities ahead and we are (letter from Thomas Jefferson to transparency of supply chains, our LEAF determined to build a more resilient George Washington 1787) Network and LEAF Marque assurance future for all. system will be critical as we develop Caroline Drummond, MBE post-Brexit agriculture policy.

LINKING ENVIRONMENT AND FARMING The year at a glance CEDAR becomes a LEAF Innovation Centre Spring 2018 New Chairmen for LEAF and LEAF We continue to lead the way knowledge around soil and water Marque, Philip Wynn (left) and Tom in driving IFM research and management. Green development through our LEAF Network. We were delighted to Our third LEAF Marque Summit welcome The Centre for Dairy explored the role of assurance Research (CEDAR) as a LEAF systems in delivering positive Innovation Centre – joining changes in global food and farming a select group of some of the systems. Kindly supported by country’s most prestigious Waitrose, some hugely inspiring education and research speakers from across the food, organisations, set up to support farming and research sectors the development of IFM and help raised the discussion around our members to turn agricultural the efficiency, transparency and innovations into commercial impact of assurance schemes. opportunities. Finally, we welcomed Philip Wynn Equipping farmers with the latest as our new Chairman, who took skills and know-how around over from Stephen Fell. Philip has a sustainable farming is at the heart long connection with LEAF, having of LEAF. We were pleased to hold been manager of one of LEAF’s first a number of technical training Demonstration Farms. events on LEAF Demonstration Farms in partnership with ARTIS, to inspire farmers and build their Speakers at this year’s LEAF Marque Summit Environment Minister Michael Gove MP visits Tuesley Farm on LEAF Open Farm Sunday Summer 2018 We work to transform the way A record breaking 293,650 children and young people learn people visited farms on LEAF about farming. Our visionary Open Farm Sunday – the highest approach to education and public ever number since we started the engagement has been further campaign. Nearly 400 farms took strengthened with our merger part, showcasing the breadth and with FACE last year, culminating diversity of British agriculture and in the launch of LEAF Education connecting people with farming at a reception in the House of and where their food comes from. Commons, hosted by George A truly spectacular day for the Freeman MP and attended by whole industry to be proud of. food and farming minister, George We further strengthened the Eustice MP. LEAF Network with two new A key priority for LEAF Education sites – NIAB EMR – the UK’s is opening young people’s minds to largest horticultural research what farming delivers and the many and development organisation career opportunities available and Blackbird Farming, an arable in the agri-sector. We were very sheep and fruit farm in Kent. As pleased to run our first national Network Sites, they are critical schools farming competition in to advancing knowledge around LEAF Education’s inaugural more sustainable farming and farming competition at Llysfasi partnership with Coleg Cambria’s driving uptake. College Caroline Drummond receives an Llysfasi College, which immersed Honorary Fellowship from the Royal students and their teachers in a Agricultural University weekend of farm-related activities.

LINKING ENVIRONMENT AND FARMING To view a selection of videos from 2018 visit leafuk.org/news-and-media/video-library The year at a glance Launch of A.J and C.I Snell a LEAF Demonstration Farm Autumn 2018 As part of our drive to better engage We were delighted to welcome two LEAF Education working with students from Brockhill Park school teenagers with farming, food and new Demonstration Farms - A.J the countryside, LEAF Education and C.I Snell in Herefordshire, one commissioned a pioneering of the UK’s leading fresh and frozen research programme, supported soft fruit growing businesses and by , involving Bowhill Farming Ltd, a mixed hill/ over a thousand 12 to 18 year upland enterprise in the Scottish olds, to explore their ideas around Borders. They join over 35 farms farming, food production and the across the UK showcasing the very natural environment. Forming best of sustainable farming practices part of this was our Teenager to a wide range of audiences. Engagement Day, held at The Throughout 2019, our staff, Farm School in Hertfordshire and Demonstration Farmers, Innovation attended by our Honorary President, Centres, trustees and supporters HRH The Countess of Wessex. A have given thousands of talks truly amazing day, buzzing with and sit on numerous industry and ideas and great discussion with all government groups, representing the students sharing their views the views of our members and and ideas around food and farming pressing the case for better which we will use to shape future recognition of IFM. This will be LEAF Education activity. absolutely critical as we look to embrace the opportunities of post- Brexit agriculture. HRH The Countess of Wessex attends the LEAF Education Teenager Engagement Day Speakers at the LEAF Annual Conference Winter 2018 LEAF Education is helping Tom Heap. Always a hugely popular transform how the agricultural event bringing together a range of industry communicates and renowned experts in this area and engages with future generations. providing valuable insights into the We were extremely proud to unveil risks, solutions and opportunities the results of our twelve-month for more resilient food and farming teenage research programme at systems. our third education and public engagement conference, hosted We were also delighted to attend by Rothamsted Research. We the Farm Business Innovation Show again this year where we welcomed over 170 teachers, farmers, students, policy makers launched the start of LEAF Open and educationalists to explore new Farm Sunday 2019 and announced ideas and fresh thinking and set our new plans to support farmers out an exciting road map, to inspire opening their gates next year. young people about farming and food production. Food protection, security and defence was the subject of this Launch of LEAF Open Farm Sunday 2019 year’s Annual Conference, kindly supported by Barclays and chaired LEAF Education and Public Engagement Conference by BBC broadcaster

Recap on some of this years highlights from LEAF events at leafuk.org/news-and-media/events/archived-events Knowledge Exchange

Facilitating knowledge generation and exchange Providing farmers with the skills, know- how, resources and training to farm more sustainably is at the heart of what LEAF does. Elveden Estate hosts this years IFM Field Event Our UK wide network of Demonstration Supporting farmers with management Farms and Innovation Centres – tools and resources to help them build representing some of the most greater business resilience is a core part progressive and forward-thinking farmers of LEAF’s technical activities. A highlight and research establishments underpin all of the year was the launch of Simply LEAF’s technical activities. During 2018, Sustainable Biosecurity – the fourth in we welcomed five new sites to the LEAF our Simply Sustainable series of technical Network – The Centre for Dairy Research guidance booklets, offering simple and (CEDAR) and NIAB EMR as Innovation practical steps for better biosecurity – all Blackbird Farming joins the LEAF Network Centres and Blackbird Farming, A.J and part of our drive to strengthen our offer in C.I Snell and Bowhill Farming Ltd as the livestock sector. Demonstration Farms. They join nearly 50 sites across the UK to support the ongoing 2018 also saw the continuation offour EU development and demonstration of more Horizon 2020 funded projects looking at sustainable farming through IFM. issues such as on-farm demonstration, crop diversification, intercropping and This year’s IFM Field Event, held at water stress in crops. Working with Elveden Estate saw farmers, researchers researchers and farmers from over 20 and advisors come together to explore Bowhill Farming Ltd launches as a LEAF countries, the outcomes of this valuable Demonstration Farm how farmers can optimise biodiversity collaboration is helping to drive forward to achieve business benefits across the sustainable farming innovations and whole farm. Field tours and industry uptake amongst our own members and experts highlighted new trends over a further afield. range of topics including the role of ley on soil quality, intercropping, placement and diversity of field margins to increase pollinators and their use in horticultural 38 rotations. LEAF Demonstration Farms

LINKING ENVIRONMENT AND FARMING For more information on our LEAF Network visit: leafuk.org/farming/leaf-network-1 Market Opportunities

Developing market opportunities LEAF Marque offers a powerful pathway to more sustainable farming, enabling farming businesses to profile their environmental commitments and gain recognition in the market place. LEAF Marque celebrated its 15th In addition, our close partnership with anniversary in 2018; since it was launched the Jersey Government continues as we in 2003, it has grown to become the support all their dairy and arable farmers foremost indicator of sustainable farming. to become LEAF Marque certified. We 36% Our global reach now extends to some have held a number of specialised training of UK produced fruit and vegetables 1,032 businesses in 34 countries, events during the year, working directly grown by LEAF Marque certified representing 386,583 hectares of crop. We with farmers and equipping them with businesses continue to see steady growth in the UK the necessary knowledge and skills to Working with Jersey Goverment to deliver more horticulture sector and for the sixth year ease their transition to LEAF Marque sustainable farming running, the percentage of UK produced certification. fruit and vegetables grew with 36% of UK produced fruit and vegetables now being As full members of ISEAL (International grown on LEAF Marque certified farms. Social and Environmental Accreditation and Labelling) we work hard to ensure Our valued partnerships with major LEAF Marque remains robust, transparent retailers and global food brands including and relevant. At the end of 2018, our Waitrose, M&S, Jordans and Lidl go industry wide consultation began on the from strength to strength, as they look next version of the Standard, which will to demonstrate their environmental become effective at the start of 2020. Partnerships with UK retailers and leading food brands continues commitments through LEAF Marque. We were also delighted to receive funding from ISEAL’s Innovations Fund to look at developing a more outcome-based approach and initial work started on the area of biodiversity. LEAF Marque is 386,583 leading the way in this approach and will Hectares of crop on LEAF Marque be the first sustainability standard to make certified businesses globally this transition.

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Thank you to all our members and sponsors who have helped support our work over the year. Engaging the Public

Engaging the public in food, farming and the environment Building a better understanding of farming, what it delivers and how it impacts on all our lives is key to delivering our vision of a world that is farming, eating and living sustainably. LEAF Open Farm Sunday continues to Throughout the year our members and lead the way in providing opportunities LEAF Demonstration Farmers host for everyone to experience farming at first visits for a broad range of audiences 87% hand. This year we saw the highest number ranging from local schools, community of visitors said it changed the way of visitors since the campaign started in groups to policy makers and politicians. 2006. Nearly 300,000 people visited 362 By seeing sustainable farming in action, they think about farming following farms across the country to learn about we are building understanding and their LEAF Open Farm Sunday the story behind their food with 92% of appreciation of what farming delivers experience visitors saying that it made them more and helping everyone engage with the appreciative of the work farmers do. natural world. Farming in the spotlight at Hill Farm Our far-reaching media campaign across Collaboration is key to building better broadcast, print and on-line achieved over connections and we are Wproud to 800 pieces of coverage and a magnificent work with partners across the food and 17 million reach on our social media farming sectors in the Access to Farms channels. The total number of visitors Partnership, National Outdoors for All over the last 13 years has reached over Working Group (NOfAWG) and of course, 2.2 million, demonstrating the enormous Countryside Classroom, as the lead impact the event has on bringing people partner organisation. Thank you to all closer to farming. our partners and supporters for your Visitors enjoy a tour of Uncle Henry’s time, ideas and inspiration. This year, we were delighted to launch a refreshed online version of our Speak Out Communications Toolkit, featuring videos, tried and tested tips and resources to help farmers inspire, enthuse and 293,650 engage visitors in the world of farming. Record number of visitors to Huge thanks to the Crop Protection LEAF Open Farm Sunday 2018 Association for supporting the update.

Find out how you can get involved in LEAF Open Farm Sunday at farmsunday.org Educating Future Generations

LEAF Education LEAF Education is leading the way in engaging future generations with farming, food and the natural environment, opening their eyes to future career routes in the agri- industry and promoting health and wellbeing. Our wonderful team of Regional Connecting teenagers with farming and Bringing farming into the classroom with Education Consultants have worked food is one of our key priorities. We FaceTime A Farmer with nearly 500 schools and delivered commissioned an extensive research to 10,560 young people this year, programme involving over a thousand developing resources, visiting schools 12 to 18 year olds and held a Teenager and working with farmers to help Engagement Day to listen to their them deliver high quality educational views and to understand the issues they experiences for young people. care about. The outcomes are helping us shape our future priorities and we Finding new and exciting ways to reach were delighted the launch our five key out to children and young people themes for 2019 – Outdoor Inspiration; Learning about farming through LEAF Open Farm about farming and why it matters is at Community Hub; Fit for Life; Farming School Days the heart of our FaceTime a Farmer Futures and Careers and Let’s Connect. initiative – an idea developed by We greatly look forward to working Cambridgeshire farmer, Tom Martin. with all our partners to develop exciting It really gained momentum this year initiatives to mobilse and inspire future with the introduction of a ‘matching’ generations about farming and all it service, pairing over 70 schools and delivers. farmers, using FaceTime or Skype, to bring farming into the classroom. This year’s LEAF Education conference, Thanks to sponsorship from Strutt & attended by over 170 delegates, Parker and Sainsburys, we are looking brought together some hugely inspiring to significantly amplify the reach of the speakers, including teenage speakers initiative across the UK in 2019. from Brockhill Park School and the 100% UK Youth Parliament. Our thanks to of respondents have enjoyed the everyone who attended, to all our FaceTime A Farmer initiative* 10,560 wonderful speakers and our hosts, Rothamsted Research. Young people directly engaged with* LEAFEd LEAF Education Learn more about LEAF Education at education.leafuk.org *Statistics taken from academic year 2017-2018 Working In Partnership

Better together LEAF has always been about partnerships, working with others across the farming and food industry to achieve shared sustainable farming objectives. We are very proud of our alliances, they are absolutely vital to our continued growth and impact. A key highlight of 2018 has been Likewise, our valued partnerships our involvement in four EU Horizon with Innovative Farmers, Agricology, 2020 funded projects bringing GWCT, AHDB and the NFU continue to together researchers, universities drive forward sustainable innovation and institutes from over twenty and knowledge exchange. European countries to explore We continue to be represented on a diverse range of issues such as a number of industry groups and improving water efficiency and initiatives including the Campaign crop diversification, sustainable soil for the Farmed Environment, the management and enhancing the Greenhouse Gas Action Plan, Tried benefits of on-farm demonstration. These projects have recieved funding from the European and Tested, Catchment Sensitive Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovaion programme Workshops, conferences and Farming and The Voluntary Initiative. under the following grant agreements No 727388 (PLAID), No technical meetings have taken place 72747 (SolACE), No 727482 (DiverIMPACTS) (DIVERSify) throughout the year where we have All excellent examples of the industry been able to share experiences, pool working together, pooling resources expertise and learn from each other in and expertise to achieve even greater order to generate a rich and powerful impact. collective intelligence to address shared challenges around the delivery of more sustainable farming. Once again, we have joined forces with a number of organisations including the NFU, ARTIS and BASIS, to deliver farmer focused training around key IFM topics including soil and water management, intercropping and Working in partnership across the industry to Collaborations across Europe address shared sustainability precision farming. deliver sustainable farming challenges

LINKING ENVIRONMENT AND FARMING See who we are working in partnership with at leafuk.org/about-leaf/working-in-partnership

Money matters Summary of income and expenditure for the year ended 31 March 2018 Our grateful thanks to the following organisations and individuals who have provided donations to LEAF and LEAF Education: Baron Davenport The CLA Charitable Trust Chef on the Farm Dumbreck Charity Ian Askew Charitable Trust Kenilworth and District Agricultural Society MHS Farms Ltd Morrisons Foundation The Ninevah Charitable Trust Samuel William Farmer Trust The Almoners Committee of the Worshipful Company of Farmers The HDH Wills 1965 Charitable Trust Trustees of the Ganton Furze Settlement Whitley Animal Protection Trust The William Dean Trust The Wilmcote Charitrust Our thanks also to our LEAF Education patrons: Beeswax Dyson Farming Hutchinsons Sainsburys And to our additional LEAF Education sponsors: Bayer Garfield Weston The NFU Mutual Charitable Trust Strutt and Parker

LINKING ENVIRONMENT AND FARMING Who’s who at LEAF To all these people and the many others who give their time and expertise to support us, we owe our grateful thanks LEAF Board of Trustees LEAF Head Office Staff Regional LEAF Chairmen Philip Wynn, Chairman Caroline Drummond MBE, Chief Executive Ian Brown, North East Ian Ashbridge, Bidwells Rosie Beaufoy, Administrator Andy Guy, East Midlands Andrew Burgess, Produce World Jim Blumire, Bookkeeper Robert Kynaston, Chris Collins, University of Reading Simon Bull, Marketing and Communications Manager Andrew Nottage,East of Sara Eppel, Eppel Sustainability Ltd Jeremy Padfield, South West Kathy Winrow, The Oxford Diocesan Schools Jenny Clark, Senior Technical Assistant Carl Edwards, Director Education and Public David Roberts, Trust Ian Waller, South East Philip Huxtable, JSR Farms Limited Engagement Cedric Porter, Supply Intelligence Caroline Ellis, Bookkeeper LEAF Demonstration Farmers Richard Quinn, Trading Ltd Val Goldstraw, Membership Coordinator Robert Addicott, Addicott Partners, Somerset Richard Whitlock, Richard Whitlock Ltd Kathryn Green, Senior Technical Officer Peter Barfoot and Nathan Dellicott, Barfoots of Botley, Ian Pigott, J W Pigott & Son Justine Hards, Publications and PR Coordinator West Sussex Angus Davison, Haygrove Janet Hickinbottom, National Education Officer Brian and Patrick Barker, E J Barker and Sons, Suffolk Tom Green, Spearhead International Ltd Justine Hunt, IFM Administrator Edward Baxter and Matt Waldie, Gilston Mains, Fife Steve Jones, Chief Operationing Officer Chris Baylis, Sir Richard Sutton Estates Ltd, Lincolnshire LEAF Marque Board Jamie Markham, Marketing and Communications Jackie Barr, New Forest Fruit Company, Hampshire Tom Green, Chairman Assistant Nick and Claire Bragg, Frogmary Green Farm, Somerset Mel McCarthy, Events and Open Farm Sunday Ian Ashbridge, Bidwells Hugh Broad, P N Broad and Son, East Lothian Coordinator Anthony and Lucy Carroll, Carrolls Heritage Potatoes, Andrew Burgess, Produce World Alice Midmer, IFM Manager Angus Davison, Haygrove Northumberland Clare Mike, Director, Business Development Caroline Drummond MBE, Chief Executive Philip Chamberlain, Crowmarsh Battle Farms Ltd, Lucy Redmore, LEAF Marque Technical Assistant Steve Jones, Chief Operationing Officer Oxfordshire Annabel Shackleton, Events and Open Farm Sunday Jeremy Durrant, E W Davies Farms Manager Duncan Farrington, Bottom Farm, Northamptonshire Laura Tippin, Technical Assistant (Projects) David Felce, R C Felce and Son, Cambridgeshire Sue Whittington, Certification and Assurance Andrew Ferguson and Andrew Hoad, Leckford Estate, Manager Hampshire William Forbes, G’s Marketing, Cambridgeshire LEAF Innovation Centres LEAF Marque Andrew Francis, Elveden Farms Ltd, Norfolk Bangor University, Gwynedd Jake Freestone and Penelope Bossom, Overbury Technical Advisory Bayer Cropscience, Cambridgeshire Enterprises, Gloucestershire The Allerton Project, Leicestershire Committee Ralph Grindling, Russell Smith Farms, Harper Adams University, Shropshire Ian Finlayson, Chairman Cambridgeshire ,Perthshire Belinda Bailey, Crop Protection Association Keith Harris, Silton Manor Farming, Dorset Rothamsted Research North Wyke, Devon Richard Baldwin, Paul Hayward, E Dunning and Son, East Yorkshire Royal Agricultural University, Accreditation Service Paul Faulkner, Eric Wall Ltd, West Sussex Gloucestershire Lucy Bjorck, Royal Society for the Protection Philip Huxtable, JSR Farms Ltd, East Yorkshire SRUC Crichton Royal, Dumfries and of Birds Andrew Jackson, Man of Ross Ltd, Herefordshire Galloway Jim Egan, Game and Wildlife Conservation David Kennedy and Chris Savage, Morriston Stockbridge Technology Centre, Yorkshire Trust Farms, Ayrshire University of Reading (CEDAR), Berkshire Andrew Francis, Elveden Farms Mark Knight, Tangmere Airfield Nurseries Ltd, Geoff Howe, West Sussex LEAF Policy and Strategic Development Rebecca Inman, Farming and Wildlife Robert Kynaston, Great Wollaston, Shropshire Committee Advisory Group (East} Chris Newenham and Andrey Ivanov, Wilkin and Tom Heap, Chairman Robin Levin, SAI Global Ltd Sons Ltd, Essex Sue Armstrong-Brown, Green Alliance Andrew Penton, Environment Agency Jeremy and Sue Padfield, Church Farm, Somerset Mike Barry, Marks and Spencer plc Andy Mitchell, Marks and Spencer Hamish Stewart, Ragley Hall Farm Rachel Bragg, Care Farming UK Stephan Morris, Blueskies Ltd Ian Pigott, J W Pigott and Son, Hertfordshire Peter Carey, Bodsey Ecology Limited Stephen Musyoka, Oserian Agriculture Ltd Tim Pratt, Wantisden Hall Farms, Suffolk David Ellerton, H L Hutchinson Richard Perkins, World Wide Fund for John and Helen Renner, Renner Farming, Keith Goulding, Rothamsted Research Nature Northumberland Alastair Leake, Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust Jane Rickson, National Soil Resources Nick Tilt, R P Tilt and Son, Shropshire Tom Oliver, Future Landscapes Institute, Cranfield University Ian Waller, Hampden Bottom Farm Ltd, John Peck, BASF Richard Sheane, 3Keel Ltd Buckinghamshire Cedric Porter, Supply Intelligence Hamish Stewart, Ragley Home Farm Duncan Worth and Simon Day, Worth Farms Marion Regan, Hugh Lowe Farms Ltd Guy Thallon, Produce World and FarmCare Carrie Jarvis, G H Dean & Co Ltd Jonathan Sutton, Univeg Anthony Snell, A.J & C.I Snell Bruce Tozer, Independent Consultant Sion Williams, Bowhill Farming Ltd Michael Winter, University of Exeter

LINKING ENVIRONMENT AND FARMING Who’s who at LEAF LEAF Advisory Board Julia Roberts, National Federation of Women’s Tom Martin, G Martin & Sons Institute Claire Bragg, Frogmary Green Farm, Philip Wynn, Chairman Duncan Russell, National Association of LEAF Demonstration Farm Mark Aitken, Scottish Environment Protection Agency Agricultural Contractors Peter Thompson, Game and Wildlife George Baxter, National Federation of Young Farmers Clubs Patrick Stephenson, Association of Independent Conservation Trust Andrew Clark, National Farmers Union Crop Consultants Sarah Cowlrick, Association of Independent Crop Graeme Willis, Campaign to Protect Rural LEAF Open Farm Sunday Consultants Andy Cureton, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Public Engagement and Education Regional Co-ordinators Research Council Committee Rebecca Dawes, Scotland Jennifer Don, National Association of Agricultural Philip Gorringe, West Midlands Contractors Gary Richardson, Chairman Andy Guy, East Midlands Dave Freeman, Agricultural Industries Confederation Alison Capper, NFU, Horticulture & Potatoes Jo North, South East Andrea Graham, National Farmers Union Board Jeremy Padfield, South West Jill Hewitt, National Association of Agricultural Contractors Andrew Wolfe, Port Hill Farm Jamie McCoy, Wales John Ibbett, Bedfordia Farming Annabel Shackleton, LEAF Tim Isaac, AHDB Carl Edwards, LEAF LEAF Education Regional Glyn Jones, Food and Environment Research Agency Caroline Drummond, LEAF Education Consultants Jeremy Kerswell, Plumpton College David Canty, Strutt & Parker Gaina Dunsire, Vanessa King, FAI Farms Ltd Des Lambert, Landex David Etheridge, North East Jamie Letts, Environment Agency Donna Ashlee, Brockhill Park Performing Arts Bobbie Harvey, East Midlands Sarah Mukherjee, Crop Protection Association College Debbie Hicks, South West Calum Murray, Innovate UK Edward Venmore, Foot Anstey Katy Pallas, North West Sarah Palmer, National Federation of Young Farmers Clubs Helen Cox, Jane Powell, Wales/Cymru Karen Paterson, Environment Agency Ian Pigott, J W Pigott & Son Brian Hainsworth, West Midlands Robert Pinches, Agricultural and Farm Contractors Jane Craigie, Jane Cragie Marketing Jo Hatton, South East David Pink, Harper Adams University and the Food Ethics Janet Hickinbottom, LEAF Elizabeth Lake, Central Council Kathy Winrow, The Oxford Diocesan Schools Trust Jennifer Preston, NIAB P J Bossom, Overbury Enterprises Christopher Price, Country Land and Business Association Sally Mercer, Mercer Farming Limited Sophie Green, Yorkshire Agricultural Society Susie Emmett, Green Shoots Productions

LINKING ENVIRONMENT AND FARMING In future, the world’s going to need more crops, higher quality ones too. Thus, few things are more precious than the soil where those crops begin. To ensure the soil remains healthy tomorrow, it has to be treated with care and respect today.

BASF is working with farmers to create chemistry that can keep the soil fertile and fruitful with the right amounts of water and nutrients. Stewarding the land and planning for the future. With help from BASF, it’s in the farmers’ hands.

For more information visit www.agriculture.basf.com Looking ahead to 2019

Working with our Public engagement members Connecting people with Supporting our members farming and how their food is with the latest thinking produced through LEAF Open around sustainable farming Farm Sunday and our range and providing training, tools of innovative communication and technical resources to tools and Speak Out training. strengthen their businesses.

Building Knowledge exchange LEAF Marque Building the capability of our LEAF Network of Extending the reach Demonstration Farms and Innovation Centres and impact of LEAF to deliver the know-how and expertise to Marque as the leading transform sustainable farming uptake, environmental assurance research and development. system. Providing a framework for farmers and the food chain to manage the complete sustainability agenda and giving consumers the assurance that their food has been produced to high environmental standards. Political influence Educating future generations Working with government to ensure the commitment LEAF Education will lead a collaborative of LEAF members to approach within the industry to innovate, farming more sustainably inspire and engage young people with farming and the range of public and the natural world. This will include: goods and services they • Strengthening our training provision to deliver, is recognised teachers and farmers delivered through our and rewarded in future team of Regional Education Consultants support mechanisms post Brexit. • Broadening the reach and impact of FaceTime a Farmer • Building on our teenager outreach work • Running our second national farmers competition.

Strengthening our membership offer Building our membership tools and services to help develop business resilience in order to meet the challenges of a changing and volatile world.

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