Chris Berry is a freelance writer who has been a long time contributor to the Country Post magazine found inside The Yorkshire Post's Saturday edition. He regularly contributes features to the magazine including his popular Farm of the Week. He is an author who has written thriller novels and a children's series, as well as being a singer/songwriter.
Stephen is a dairy farmer and regional chairman of the TFA a position he has held for over 25 years. The Tenant farmers Association provides advice, services and rural representation for members throughout the north of England.
Rachel is a member of the Yorkshire Agricultural Society Council and farms a mixture of tenanted and owned land on the edge of Baildon Moor and the urban fringe. She has been part of the GYS cattle committee for a number of years and Rachel’s family has shown dairy cattle at The Great Yorkshire Show for around 15 years, winning Holstein Champion for two years running in 2023 and 2022. Passionate about British food, Rachel is also a member of the Yorkshire Agricultural Society’s Women In Farming Network and enjoys volunteering at the Society’s Countryside Days for schoolchildren at the Great Yorkshire Showground.
"My entire career to date has been in UK Agriculture, with experience ranging from laboratory R&D, field trials and on farm agronomy in UK distribution before moving to Nufarm. I am proud to be the Nufarm Country Manager for UK & Ireland, and I believe that my breadth and depth of knowledge within the UK Agriculture Industry will help in establishing Nufarm as a key partner to develop solutions that best meet the needs of our customers. This includes using technology to ensure working alongside Nufarm is a better experience than our competitors."
Sophie joined Myton Food Group in 2023 as Technical and Sustainability Director, leading work across all 19 of Myton’s UK sites. Sophie previously worked as Head of Agriculture at Morrisons since 2017 and prior to that has 10 years experience in the veterinary sector running research and training programmes. Additionally, Sophie’s experience also includes being a non-exec director for AFS (Red Tractor) until March 2025, a steering committee member for the Food Industry Initiative on Antimicrobials and was part of Defra’s Animal Health and Welfare Pathway sub-group on legislation. She also was a key in setting up the School of Sustainable Food and Farming at Harper Adams University, to help shape research, training and innovative support for current and future farmers on the path to net zero and sustainable farming. At home, she lives with her dairy farmer husband, and three children, two of whom work on the farm and one who is studying for a degree apprenticeship at Morrisons.
