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Making a difference
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Agriculture is a worldwide business with lessons and opportunities that can be taken from all corners of the globe. Just as the first Nuffield Scholars came back with new ideas some 60 years ago, so today’s Scholars return with new thinking, thought provoking solutions and innovative practices in all areas of food and farming to the benefit of themselves, as well as their industry.
As a result, many past Scholars have added considerable value to their own businesses or profession through simply changing the way they work, or radically changing their business structure and even starting up brand new businesses, thanks to Nuffield.
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An ambassador for lifelong learning
Tim Downes has always been open to new ideas to remain cutting edge on his mixed organic dairy, beef and arable farm in Shropshire. But the knowledge he gained from his Scholarship travels - to South America, Australia and New Zealand - to meet some of the best broad acre, beef, dairy and fruit farming discussion groups has served to galvanise his belief in the benefits of lifelong learning groups and forums. More >> |
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Innovative marketing - free range eggs
Nuffield provided Christine Jackson with the opportunity to travel and study extensively, to meet experienced and innovative egg producers around the world, and further increase her knowledge of the egg business. The learning journey has been hugely valuable in the successful growth of Sunny Hill Eggs. More >> |
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A gem of an idea... Open Farm Sunday
In 2002, Ian Pigott set out on his Nuffield Farming Scholarship to see how three countries - Denmark, the USA and Canada - embraced agriculture within their respective school curriculum. He returned full of enthusiasm and a determination to use agricultural education as a pivotal tool in the teaching of both nutritional and environmental subjects. More >> |
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Creating a business in energy crops
Martin Davies was eager to understand the factors that would influence the future direction of the UK arable industry. He spent his Scholarship travels in countries running mature bio-fuel industries and returned with firm conclusions about the challenges and opportunities facing farmers as profitable energy producers. More >> |
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Precision farming... driving farm efficiency
Clive Blacker’s interest in precision farming was ignited long before he won a Nuffield Farming Scholarship in 2004. But the knowledge he gathered from his Scholarship travels, across America and Australia, inspired him further and gave him sufficient confidence and the conviction to start his own precision farming usiness. More >> |
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Anaerobic digestion... a business inspiration
Dorset dairy and arable farmer, Owen Yeatman, set out on his Scholarship studies with a strong instinct that there was a huge potential for the application of anaerobic digestion technology on farms in the UK. His findings from overseas visits to commercial units in Germany and the USA helped not only establish the viability of biogas as a renewable power source, but the opportunity it offered to UK livestock and arable farmers - from an investment, build size and production reliability stand point. More >> |
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Creating a premium food service
Paul Kelly travelled to North America and mainland Europe visiting not only companies within the food service sector, but within many other industries, including fashion and electronics. Through his studies he was able to gather so many new ideas it has made him realise that the opportunities are endless, almost overwhelming! More >> |
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