"The award aims to recognise an individual, or farming business, who is bringing the food chain closer together so that buyers and consumers make British food , plants or flowers their first choice"

Those are the NFU President Ben Gill's words on the front of the entry form you have to complete.

This picture shows me in "full flow" thanking my nominators for nominating me and reminding everyone that Greenheyes.com is brought to you by a team not just myself.

Paul, Andrew, Graham and our long suffering wives also deserve just as much credit!

Besides myself Cheshire produced 2 other winners the Farming woman of the year Julie Egglestone from W Nixon & Sons Ltd, Heald Green, Cheadle.

Julie plans a strategic part in the W Nixon partnership by running the farm shop. Farm Shop boosts a wide range of specialities : pork/cumberland sausages/beef/lamb/marinated meat cuts/savoury pies. In the summer the farm shop focuses on speciality BBQ foods.

Also the Great British Food Award this was won by The Allwood family who have farmed at Burland Farm since 1768. Burland Farm is an organic farm right in the heart of Cheshire.

Ravens Oak Diary started in June 1999 and produces a range of soft cheeses from organic milk produced on-farm and from goat, buffalo and sheeps milk purchased from local farmers.

The awards were presented by the Principal of Harper Adams Agricultural collage Professor Wynne Jones pictured on the left of the Photos and on the right is incoming Cheshire County Chairmen Chris Shaw.

Thank you to Gill Shearer for providing details of the other winners.

REGARDS PHIL

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