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10/01/2012 13:20:28
Next generation meets with Paice to discuss future
The Minister of State for Agriculture and Food, Jim Paice, will meet with the NFU’s Next Generation Policy Forum today to support the crucial role that young farmers will play in the future of the farming industry.
This second meeting of the forum will also focus on the lobbying work of the NFU in Westminster, and critically the work done in relation to the grocery supply chain.
The forum, made up of 16 young farmers representing each farming sector and region in England and Wales, will also elect a chairman to serve for the remainder of the two year term.
NFU director of corporate affairs Tom Hind said: ’We are keen to make sure that the forum knows how the NFU lobbies on behalf of its members but what’s more important is getting the views of the next generation on how we work in the future.
’We know that as financial support for agriculture declines, the role of the marketplace becomes more important. So I’m really keen to hear from them about how we and farmers can engage more effectively with the supply chain.
’We are also delighted and grateful to have the Minister Jim Paice in attendance to show the importance the next generation has to the farming industry.’
Minister for Agriculture Jim Paice said: ’The future workforce of our industry is hugely important, and as world demand for food increases there will be big future opportunities for exciting careers using cutting edge ideas and technology.
’That’s why we have to make farming an attractive and well-respected profession, and this forum is an excellent way of inspiring innovative ideas from the next generation of farmers.’
This second meeting of the forum will also focus on the lobbying work of the NFU in Westminster, and critically the work done in relation to the grocery supply chain.
The forum, made up of 16 young farmers representing each farming sector and region in England and Wales, will also elect a chairman to serve for the remainder of the two year term.
NFU director of corporate affairs Tom Hind said: ’We are keen to make sure that the forum knows how the NFU lobbies on behalf of its members but what’s more important is getting the views of the next generation on how we work in the future.
’We know that as financial support for agriculture declines, the role of the marketplace becomes more important. So I’m really keen to hear from them about how we and farmers can engage more effectively with the supply chain.
’We are also delighted and grateful to have the Minister Jim Paice in attendance to show the importance the next generation has to the farming industry.’
Minister for Agriculture Jim Paice said: ’The future workforce of our industry is hugely important, and as world demand for food increases there will be big future opportunities for exciting careers using cutting edge ideas and technology.
’That’s why we have to make farming an attractive and well-respected profession, and this forum is an excellent way of inspiring innovative ideas from the next generation of farmers.’
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