ROYAL SMITHFIELD CLUB BICENTENARY TROPHY AWARDED TO ELIZABETH BUCHANAN
Elizabeth Buchanan receiving the Bicentenary Trophy from Club President Geoff Burgess
Elizabeth Buchanan CVO, FRAgS has been awarded the prestigious Royal Smithfield Bicentenary Trophy in recognition of her outstanding contribution to British Agriculture. The presentation was made by Royal Smithfield Club President Geoff Burgess at the South of England Farming Conference held in Ardingley, West Sussex on Wednesday 16th November.
The Bicentenary nomination was put forward by Addington Fund CEO, Bill Young, together with Forage Aid Founder, Andrew Ward, and CEO of the Farming Community Network, Jude McCann.
“Elizabeth devotes her time to fight tooth and nail for British agriculture and we are truly in awe of what she continues to achieve for the livestock industry and agriculture in general. Most of this is done quietly and off the record and we consider her to be one of the great advocates for British farming and cannot think of a more deserving winner,” said Bill Young.
Royal Smithfield Bicentenary Presentation l-r Geoff Burgess RSC President, Elizabeth Buchanan recipient of award, Tom Gribble SEAS Trustee, Charles Burgoyne SEAS Chairman
Elizabeth is also a Trustee for The Prince’s Countryside Fund, a non-executive board member of DEFRA, a member of the BBC Rural Affairs Committee as well as working as an adviser to Waitrose and Dairy Crest. She also runs her family 200-acre organic pedigree cattle farm in Sussex.
The Smithfield Bicentenary Trophy is an annual award and, in keeping with tradition, is ‘sprung’ on the recipient without their prior knowledge. In making the presentation, RSC President Geoff Burgess said: “Elizabeth is hugely deserving of this award for her overall contribution to the UK livestock and meat industry and in recognition of the way she devotes herself to the cause of British agriculture in so many different ways.”