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11:01 AM December 17, 2020
Stephen Briggs, who is a tenant of the Cambridgeshire County Farms Estate, has won the Stephen and Gill Bullock Award for his research into agroforestry systems.
- Credit: CAMBS COUNCIL
A Fenland farmer whose business now employs 11 people and generates an annual turnover of £400,000 has won a national award for his research into agroforestry systems.
Stephen Briggs built a farm shop, café and education centre at his farm in Farcet three years ago thanks to a £250,000 investment from Cambridgeshire County Council.
A tenant of the Cambridgeshire County Farms Estate, Mr Briggs work investigated how farmers in other countries operated agroforestry systems.
Published:
12:00 PM December 14, 2020
Updated:
11:19 AM December 16, 2020
Stephen Briggs, a tenant of Cambridgeshire County Farms Estate, investigated how farmers in other countries operated agroforestry systems and was convinced that it could be applied successfully in the UK.
- Credit: Archant
A farmer who developed the UK’s biggest agroforestry system on his land at Farcet has won a top national award for his research into the system which involves growing trees and conventional crops side by side.
Stephen Briggs, a tenant of Cambridgeshire County Farms Estate, investigated how farmers in other countries operated agroforestry systems and was convinced that it could be applied successfully in the UK.
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