Helen Browning runs a tenanted 1,350 acre organic livestock and arable farm in Wiltshire, which supplies organic meat to multiple retailers. The business recently diversified to take on the running of the village pub, successfully adding a restaurant. She is currently Director of External Affairs at the National Trust and before taking up that role she was Food and Farming Director at the Soil Association for many years.
She is also Chair of the Food Ethics Council and has been a member of several important commissions concerning British agriculture and food, including the Curry Commission on the Future of Farming and Food; the Agriculture and Environment Biotechnology Commission; and the Meat and Livestock Commission. She was awarded an OBE in 1998 for services to organic farming.
Helen was appointed as Director in October 2010 and will take up the post on 14 March 2011.
Fish landings grow 8% in the first half Argentina
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Declared landings by the national fishing fleet r...
Mifco recorded tuna purchases worth 11.3 million mvr in June Maldives
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The state-owned Maldives Industr...