BGAJ member Milly Fyfe has been awarded an MBE in the King’s Birthday Honours
Milly, a Northamptonshire farmer, social entrepreneur and community champion, received her gong for services to farmers and family nutrition.
The award recognises Milly’s work as Founder of No Fuss Meals for Busy Parents CIC and creator of its flagship initiative, The Countryside Kitchen, a pioneering field-to-fork education project based on her family’s farm at Yelvertoft in Northamptonshire.
For more than two decades, Milly has dedicated her career to supporting farming families, improving food education and championing the connection between agriculture, health and wellbeing. Through No Fuss Meals for Busy Parents CIC, she has worked tirelessly to make healthy eating accessible and achievable for busy families while helping people better understand where their food comes from.
The Countryside Kitchen, which officially opened in 2025, has become the physical embodiment of that mission. Situated on a working mixed livestock and arable farm, the project includes a purpose-built classroom, demonstration kitchen and community honesty shop. Together, these facilities provide hands-on opportunities for children, families, schools and community groups to learn how food is grown, prepared and enjoyed.
The project’s ‘Grow, Cook, Eat, Discover’ approach helps tackle food insecurity, improve nutritional understanding, support mental wellbeing and reconnect people with British farming and food production.
“I am incredibly honoured and humbled to receive this award,” said Milly. “While my name appears on the citation, this recognition belongs to an extraordinary community of people who have supported, encouraged and believed in the vision of No Fuss Meals for Busy Parents and The Countryside Kitchen.”
“This honour is for every farming family who continues to work tirelessly to produce food, often in the face of enormous challenges. It is for every volunteer, supporter, funder, teacher, parent and child who has been part of our journey,” she added.
Image credit Olivia Brabbs.
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