The Caroline Drummond Award

celebrating and communicating farming excellence

The Caroline Drummond Award – Celebrating and Communicating Farming Excellence, supported by The British Guild of Agricultural Journalists, The Institute of Agricultural Management and LEAF.

Set up in memory of former LEAF Chief Executive, Caroline Drummond MBE, who led LEAF for over 30 years, the Caroline Drummond Award recognises an individual who personifies the passion and drive to advance more sustainable farming, communicating that to peers, the wider food chain and the public. The award is open to farmers and those involved in the farming industry.

Award Details

Open date

29 July

Deadline date

31 August

Notification date

9 October

Description

The Caroline Drummond Award – Celebrating and Communicating Farming Excellence is awarded to an individual who embodies Caroline Drummond’s passion for farming and the environment, who has improved the way they or others farm and protect the environment and communicated that passion to others.

The award is open to farmers, environmentalists, those involved in the agricultural supply chain, teachers/lecturers, scientists, policymakers, businesses or institutional leaders, members of NGOs, influencers, or any others meeting the criteria.

Prizes

The recipient will be invited to key British Guild of Agricultural Journalists, Institute of Agricultural Management and LEAF events in late 2025
The winner will be presented with a trophy and invited to share their approach to farming excellence
The winner will receive free membership of all three organisations if they are not already members.
The winner will receive a ticket to the Guild’s Harvest Lunch on 9 October 2025.

Judging Criteria

Entries will be judged on the following:

An individual who embodies Caroline Drummond’s passion for farming and the environment, who has improved the way they or others farm and protect the environment and communicated that passion to others.
Entrants can be an individual representing their own farm or a leader of a business or institutional team.
Entrants will need to demonstrate commitment to how they have improved the way they/others have farmed and what they have done to protect or enhance the environment.
Entrants will need to demonstrate how they have communicated that commitment to a wider audience, whether that is farmers, the food and retail industry, policymakers, pupils/students, the wider public, media or others.
Entrants do not need to have a high national or international profile, with judges looking for exceptional impact on the audience the entrant interacts with, especially those who have been previously unsung.

Judges

The judging panel will consist of representatives of:

The British Guild of Agricultural Journalists

The Institute of Agricultural Management

Linking Environment And Farming

Philip Ward (Caroline’s husband)

Entrance procedure

You may enter yourself or be nominated by others. If you are entering yourself, you will need to be proposed by at least one other person. If you are nominated by someone else, then you will have to give them permission to do so.

Application deadline:

Applications close on 31 August 2025. Submit your entries to Cedric Porter via email: cedric@supplyintelligence.co.uk or phone 07881 956446 for more information.

Information required:

Evidence of positive impacts on the way you or others farm and manage the environment. This could be farming or environmental performance data, visual evidence, third-party testimonials, anecdotal evidence or independently verified data or evidence.
Demonstrate the improvements you have made have been communicated to a wider audience through face-to-face interactions, print, broadcast or digital media.
Outline of business/organisation (location, enterprise etc)

“This important Award recognises and celebrates some of our industry’s most outstanding communicators. It also represents all that Caroline believed in – that the voices of farmers committed to more sustainable farming and protecting our planet for future generations should be amplified”

David Webster, LEAF CEO