Regional award for Arundel farmer

ETHICAL, productive farming has landed an Arundel farmer with a prestigious accolade.

By The Newsroom

Published 9th Jul 2012, 07:09 BST

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Peter Knight, of the Norfolk Estate, has been named south east England regional winner in this year’s RSPB Telegraph Nature of Farming Award.

Bruce Fowkes, farm conservation adviser for the RSPB South East said: “The Norfolk Estate is an impressive example of what it’s possible to achieve for wildlife within a commercial farming system, and shows that conservation needn’t clash with profitability.

“Peter has been managing the Norfolk Estate for 24 years, and has supervised the change from a fully production-based system to a commercially managed estate that has conservation at its heart.”

Eight regional winners will be short-listed to four finalists, by a panel of judges, with the final winner being chosen by public vote.

For information, go to www.rspb.org.uk.

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