Nuffield Farming News

The Arable Group is in limbo at present as we do not have a Chairman. Volunteers welcome. We are hoping to organise a tour to Cornwall next June to incorporate the Royal Cornwall Show. If you are...

The Beckett Scholars met in the far south west of Scotland on the first weekend of July. Hosts were 2015 Beckett Scholar Robert Fleming and his wife Claire. Robert, a beef farmer whose Nuffield study...

The Anglia region is in fine fettle. We had a record number of applicants with five going to interview. I phone and/or meet with all serious applicants and, for those who make it through, consider it...

VISIT TO REVESBY ESTATES JUNE 6TH 2019 A group of eleven Nuffield Scholars and guests met at Revesby Estates between Boston and Horncastle on a lovely June evening. We were met by Peter Cartwright...

After hosting the 2018 NFST annual conference in November, a huge thank you must go to Robert Parker, Heather Wildman and the organising committee for what was a truly outstanding event. Not only was...

The Nuffield GFP is an intensive six weeks of travel aimed at developing scholars understanding of global agriculture. It provides them with a once in a lifetime opportunity to meet with progressive...

This year the Stephen and Gill Bullock Award has been won by a true visionary. The winner is someone who started with an idea and, inspired by their Nuffield experience, has not only built a thriving...

JILL HUTCHINSON-SMITH FRAgS, NSch 1952 It was Bob Matson, my farming mentor, who suggested that I might apply for a Nuffield Scholarship. I was astonished, especially as a woman, knowing that the...

RICHARD COUNSELL NSch 2016 In 2015 I was working in Chicago. I’d spent the last 15 years working in the software industry and my 40th birthday was rapidly approaching. As a farmer’s son from Somerset...

''I went into Nuffield with a pretty specific question that I thought my all important corner of the industry needed an answer for – that’s all I wanted. I’ve come away understanding that I had the...