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Get your free copy26 January 2017, 06:57 AM
- The National Farmers' Union has appointed Philip Hambling, currently Sainsbury's senior agricultural manager, as its new head of food and farming
In addition to his Sainsbury’s post, Hambling brings experience from various food industry roles, including working for Defra, Randall Parker Foods and the British Meat Processors’ Association.
Hambling joins the NFU in mid-April, a crucial time for the commodity boards, as they face both the challenges of responding to the start of the Brexit and establihing food and farming’s sustainable recovery from depressed markets.
Philip Handling said, “The NFU has a hugely important and influential role to play in the development of agriculture and food chains at this time of significant challenge and potential opportunity for UK producers.
“I particularly look forward to working with the NFU’s commodity boards, offering my experience of working in government, as well as with policymakers inside and outside commercial value chains, to help us shape and capture the best of those opportunities for UK farmers and growers.”
