21 Aug 2018
Agriculture experts recognised in Queen's New Year Honours list
Eleven experts in food and farming have been awarded for their efforts in the industry.y.
Lauren Dean
A Founding member of Red Tractor Assurance has been honoured with a CBE for his contribution to the British food and farming industry.
Chief executive of the assured food standards David Clarke was recognised in the 2018 Queen’s New Year Honours with the highest order of the British Empire honour the Queen can bestow.
Mr Clarke headed up the scheme for 17 years since its launch in 2000 and it came as the final leg of his 50-year stint in food and farming roles.
He said: “Providing people with safe, nutritious and affordable food is an enterprise with fundamental importance and it has been a privilege to work in food and farming for nearly five decades.
“My position with the Red Tractor scheme in the latter part of my career was especially rewarding.
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“I think this honour only serves to underline the importance of this national initiative to ensure good standards of production across the UK supply chain from farm to retail shelf.”
It came as Dr Tina Barsby, chief executive of Cambridge-based crop science organisation NIAB, was awarded an OBE for services to agricultural science and biotechnology.
‘Great honour’
The plant geneticist was praised for her scientific achievements since her appointment with the organisation in 2008.
“This award is a great honour for me and a tribute to all the colleagues I have worked with across the industry over the years,” she said.
“Every day I am inspired by the work being carried out at NIAB and the essential contribution we are making to help our industry fulfil its potential in food production.”
Ronald Knight of Knight Farm Machinery Ltd was also recognised for his services to agricultural engineer entrepreneurship and charitable fundraising.
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Agricultural honours
CBE
- David Alan Clarke, for services to the British Food and Farming Industry.
OBE
- Dr Tina Lorraine Barsby, for services to UK agricultural science and biotechnology.
- Colin Stuart Squire. for services to the horticultural industry and to charity.
- Paul Walker, for services to engineering, bio-containment and UK animal, plant and food science.
- Robert John (Jack) Dobson, for services to economic development in Northern Ireland. Dunbia co-founder
MBE
- Ms Deborah Karen Bass, for services to exports.
- Ms Rachel Maria Hill, for services to flood risk management and flood recovery.
- Carol Holt, for services to flood risk management and the environment.
- Ronald George Knight, for services to agricultural engineer entrepreneurship and charitable fundraising.
BEM
- James Bell, for services to the farming community in Northern Ireland.
- Ernest O’Hara, for services to agriculture and the community in Northern Ireland.
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