The Cream of the Crop announced from the Cornwall Farm Business Awards 2022
The Addington Fund Cornwall Farm Business Awards did not fail to entertain last week (Thursday 29th September) with a spectacular evening celebrating Cornish agriculture with delicious local produce, fantastic company and the announcement of the winners of the farming award categories.
Held for the first time at the iconic Eden Project, guests arrived looking glamorous as ever in black tie and ball gowns and were welcomed by a glass of cold fizz while overlooking the breath-taking biomes.
Daphne Skinnard from BBC Radio Cornwall was the compere for the evening. Addington Fund CEO, Bill Young welcomed guests with a speech highlighting the current challenges for the sector, how the charity is helping those in need and and future plans for a new entrant’s scheme.
Lord Falmouth from Tregothnan Estate represented the charity patron, HRH The Countess of Wessex, with words of encouragement for British farmers and reiterated the importance of the work of the Addington Fund.
Peter Beaumont, Managing Director of Cornish Mutual (Principal Sponsor of the Awards) recognised the achievements of each of the nominees with his usual wit, humour and style, before announcing the winner and inviting them to collect their trophy.
After celebrating the category finalists, the auction ended the night with a bang raising vital funds thanks to the entertaining style of auctioneer Edd Buckland. The guests were incredibly generous, raising over £5,000 through the auction and raffle and with support from category sponsors the total raised for the Fund is over £11,000!
This phenomenal amount of money goes directly to help British farmers through the work of the Addington Fund.
Congratulations go to all the winners:
James & Jeremy Hosking, Fentongollan Farm - Best Commercial Farmer(s) sponsored by Carter Jonas & AMC
Morwenna Bone, St Buryan Farm Shop - Best Woman in Agriculture sponsored by Azets Accountants
Julian Ellis, Boscarne Farm - Best Mixed Farmer sponsored by PKF Francis Clark.
Rebecca Tonks (The Tonks Family), St Ewe Free Range Eggs - Best Farm Processor sponsored by Savills
David Hichens, Kerris Farm -Best Dairy Farmer sponsored by Saputo Dairy and Davidstow Creamery Direct
Jake Gregory, Kerling Farm and Avril Trehane, Linnick Farm - Best Young Farmer sponsored by NatWest
Malcolm & Catherine Barrett, Tregooden Farm - Best Sustainable Farming Initiative sponsored by Cornish Mutual
Stephen Bone, Trengwainton Farm - Farming Champion sponsored by NFU
And a massive congratulations to James & Jeremy Hosking from Fentongollan Farm, this year’s Cornwall’s Farmers of the Year 2022, sponsored by Stephens Scown Solicitors
The Awards are an extraordinary celebration of British farming and without the support from the sponsors, they would not be possible.
The Addington Fund would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone involved with the awards and all the guests that came along to enjoy the event. Special thanks also go to:
Haines Watts for sponsoring the cost of the beef
Fisher German and The Green Offset for sponsoring the programme
To get involved with the Cornwall Farm Business Awards 2023, please contact Annie Winn events@addingtonfund.org.uk or call 01926 620135 (option 3). To see the latest Addington Fund news and how the fund benefits farmers in need, sign up to the newsletter at www.addingtonfund.org.uk/subscribe .
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