Sponsors

McDonald's

McDonald’s is the world’s largest chain of quick service restaurants, with more than 1,400 restaurants in the UK & Ireland serving over 4 million customers daily. McDonald’s buys ingredients from over 23,000 British and Irish farmers and spends over £1 billion annually in the UK food and agricultural sector. McDonald’s is committed to supporting British and Irish farmers and sources the majority of its ingredients from the UK and Ireland.

• http://www.mcdonalds.com/gb/en-gb.html
• Twitter: @McDonaldsUK

NFU Mutual

Established in 1998 by rural insurer NFU Mutual, the NFU Mutual Charitable Trust promotes and supports charitable causes in agriculture and rural development in the UK. Since it was first set up, the Trust has distributed donations totalling more than £8M to support a range of initiatives that tackle isolation, support mental health and wellbeing, and enrich young lives through agricultural education and innovation.

LinkedIn: NFU Mutual

• https://www.nfumutual.co.uk/about-us/charitable-trust/
• Twitter: @nfum

BASF

BASF Agricultural Solutions are a leading manufacturer of crop protection innovation and digital solutions to support sustainable agriculture by balancing profitable farming with environmentally sustainable land management. 

• https://www.agricentre.basf.co.uk/en/Biggest-Job-on-Earth/
• Twitter: @basfcropuk

McCain Foods GB

McCain Foods GB is the largest purchaser of British potatoes, buying around 15% of the crop, and is the UK’s largest manufacturer of frozen potato products. We work with over 250 growers across the UK, some of whom we’ve worked with for three generations. We employ over 1,300 people across the country with five manufacturing sites in Scarborough, Whittlesey, Wombourne, Grantham, and Hull, and a seed potato business in Montrose, Scotland.

LinkedIn: McCainFoods

• Twitter: @MccainUKIE

TIAH

The Institute for Agriculture and Horticulture (TIAH) is agriculture and horticulture’s professional body. As the home of skills and careers support, they help people and business fulfil their potential and the industry thrive. 

They support a profitable and sustainable industry by transforming the approach to training and skills development.

TIAH: working together to grow agriculture and horticulture's people

• https://tiah.org/
• Twitter: @TIAHnews