“I‘ve managed over a million acres, it taught me a lot about land and people”

Kevin has spent the last 35 years in estate management, overseeing projects and providing strategic advice on over one million acres in the United Kingdom and Europe.

His management expertise extends beyond farming to forestry and amenity woodland, wildlife and game including fisheries, and has a deep understanding the various agri-environment schemes currently in place in Great Britain.

Kevin’s love of farming started whilst still at school milking cows at weekends, before going on to three periods at Agricultural College, including Cirencester. In between, he worked for one of the original Farmer’s Weekly farms as well as practical spells on Market Gardens and pick your own establishments.

He then worked for an environmental charity for 14 years advising farmers and landowners with the last six as a director on the Board. He was, until recently, a trustee of the leading organic gardening charity, Garden Organic.

For the last 20 years, Kevin has run his own estate management consultancy, concentrating on the relationship between farming, wildlife and game. Out of this came the realisation that food production needs to change and a close study of regenerative practice and a recent immersion in a 3LM Holistic Management course has given him renewed excitement and vision for the future of land management.

Kevin acts as the Senior Non-Executive Director at New Foundation Farms, providing an important level of oversight to the activities of the executive team.