Group celebrates its success (From Evesham Journal)

Group celebrates its success

11:29am Thursday 26th November 2009

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PENELOPE Bossom, owner of the Overbury Estate, will be helping LEAF (Linking Environment and Farming) celebrate its 18th anniversary next month.

LEAF is marking its years of work for the agricultural; industry with a dinner at the Royal Overseas League in London on Tuesday, December 2, followed by the annual meeting and president’s event at the Crypt on the Green, Clerkenwell, from 10am-3.30pm on Wednesday, December 3.

The president’s event Making Farming Cool will explore the future of farming, focusing on sustainability and making the consumer think about their buying habits. It will also look at how farming can be made an attractive career to younger generations. Mrs Bossom, a LEAF Marque producer, will take part in a question and answer session with David Richardson, LEAF’s founding chairman, Rob Davies, of Fresh Source at Covent Garden, and Greg Wallace of TV’s Masterchef.

Earlier this year, Mrs Bossom was awarded the Bledisloe Gold Medal for Landowners, recognising outstanding achievement in successful land management and development of an agricultural estate in England.

Mrs Bossom, a member of the Country Land and Business Association’s Worcestershire committee said she was “delighted” with the accolade.

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