Proud to be sponsoring 'The Farm Conservation Award'

The Countryside Restoration Trust are proud to be sponsoring 'The Farm Conservation Award' for the Three Counties Farmer Awards.

Countryfile's Adam Henson will be hosting the live online broadcast on Thursday 26th November when the region's top farmers are recognised. CRT Trustee and Farmer Tim Scott will be presenting 'The Farm Conservation Award' at the event. Other celebrity guest speakers include:

Ben Fogle (English broadcaster, writer and adventurer)
Michael Chakraverty (2019 Great British Bake Off Finalists)
Stu Deeley (MasterChef: The Professionals 2019 winner )
Steven Carter-Bailey (Winner of the Great New Year’s Bake Off 2019 and Finalist in series 8 of The Great British Bake Off)
Clive Mantle (English Actor)
Arthur Smith (Comedian, Presenter, Actor, Writer)
James Haskell (Former England, Lions, Northampton Saint and Wasps rugby union player)
Rebecca Addlington (OBE is a British former competitive swimmer who specialised in freestyle events in international competition. She won two gold medals at the 2008 Summer Olympics)
Shirley Ballas (Head judge on the BBC TV show, Strictly Come Dancing)
Sian Lloyd (Welsh television presenter and meteorologist from Maesteg)

Tim Scott and Ivy
CRT Trustee and Lark Rise Farmer Tim ScottCRT Trustee Tim Scott comments: “We all have a responsibility to look after our environment. On Lark Rise Farm in Barton, I recognise the complex and interlinking systems of flora and fauna and amend my farming practices accordingly. This category is to acknowledge other farmers that are following the same mindset in the Three Counties area.”

Tim Scott farms CRT’s Lark Rise Farm in Barton which in 2020 received RedList Revival awards for top 1% highest density of farmland bird species such as grey partridge and yellowhammer and top 10% including linnets and Skylarks.

The CRT will be presenting the award to farmers who proactively utilise sensitive and sympathetic farming practices to encourage and protect the species and habitats on their farmland whilst also producing quality food alongside what way they communicate their conservation approaches to a local community.

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