The Farmers Mart Autumn 2017 - Issue 52 | Page 39

Great Yorkshire Show 2017 TYE TROPHY WIDENS SCOPE This year saw the boundary lines for entries to the Tye Trophy extended to allow more farms to take part. » » WITH CONSERVATION AND environmental impact a key issue in agriculture, the Tye Trophy recognises farms which successfully combine commercial farming with sound conservation practice. Joining a prestigious list of winners is Giles Mounsey- Heysham of Castletown Estate Office, Rockliffe, Cumbria, who was presented with his award on the President’s Lawn. Woodland conservation and the innovative ways in which recipients get Yorkshire woods and forests into active sustainable management is recognised by the John Boddy Woodlands In to Management Enterprise Award. This year’s winner was Jason Richardson from the Hornby Estate. Sustainability of a different kind was rewarded as the winners of the Children’s Vegetable Box Competition were announced. Pupils from North Rigton Church of England Primary School took the top award, with a box packed full of fresh produce. And recycling also won the day for a school whose imaginative use of recycled materials gave them a new bench for their playground. Entrants to the competition created models from recycled materials on the theme The Food we love from the Farm. Pupils from Headfield Primary School at Dewsbury picked up their plaque for the bench from YAS Chief Executive Nigel Pulling – youngsters from the second winning school, Hambleton Church of England Primary School at Hambleton, Selby, picked up their well-deserved plaque. MULTIONE UK HEADQUARTERS - 08702 255554 BRIAN ROBINSON AGRICULTURAL - 01325 378552 CALDERS & GRANDIDGE - 01205 358866 FARMSTAR LTD - 01302 786786 NORTHERN POWERGRID HOLDINGS COMPANY - 0800 375675 www.farmers-mart.co.uk Autumn 2017 39