January 2025 Fellows' update: Lucy Mitchell
Lucy Mitchell spoke at the Scottish Shows Forum at the Royal Highland Centre, sharing insights from her Churchill Fellowship.
By Lucy Mitchell, 11 January 2025
Fellow’s Profile
Fellow’s Profile
Agriculture industry engaging with education systems
Exploring how the agriculture industry can engage effectively with education systems and the public.
2024
Scotland
I was brought up on a family farm and, having worked in the agriculture industry for over a decade, I have a natural passion for and interest in agriculture and informing the public about the importance of agriculture.
I am the Commercial and Membership Director of the Ulster Farmers’ Union, the largest voluntary organisation representing farmers and growers in Northern Ireland, dedicated to promoting their interests through professional lobbying, policy advocacy, and support for a vibrant and sustainable rural economy. In this role I am the strategic lead for commercial, membership, events and technical functions at UFU. The events in this portfolio are aimed at various stakeholders and include educational events for the public and schools. I have also held many trustee positions within the agriculture industry, including the Board Chair for the Scottish Association of Young Farmers Clubs (SAYFC), a member-led organisation which develops rural youth aged 14-30 years to realise their potential through competitions, development and training opportunities.
Consequently, I have a vast amount of knowledge about the agriculture industry and I am looking to undertake this Fellowship to search for innovative strategies and ideas on how engagement between the agriculture industry and the public and schools can be improved.
Lucy Mitchell spoke at the Scottish Shows Forum at the Royal Highland Centre, sharing insights from her Churchill Fellowship.
By Lucy Mitchell, 11 January 2025
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Lucy Mitchell spoke at the Scottish Shows Forum at the Royal Highland Centre, sharing insights from her Churchill Fellowship.
By Lucy Mitchell, 11 January 2025
All Reports are copyright © the author. The moral right of the author has been asserted. The views and opinions expressed by any Fellow are those of the Fellow and not of the Churchill Fellowship or its partners, which have no responsibility or liability for any part of them.