How to use our Farming Media Centre search facility
The Farming Media Centre will put you in contact with Members and Friends of the British Guild of Agricultural Journalists – and other key contacts in the food and farming industries.
You can search by name, region, expertise and knowledge, or for a particular discipline e.g. Journalist, PR Consultant or Photographer. Clicking Search without entering any criteria will display all Members and Friends. In all cases, listings are displayed in random rather than alphabetical order.
If you are an editor or journalist working outside the agricultural industry, members can help by checking information for an article to ensure its accuracy or suggest suitable contacts for stories.
If you represent a commercial or other organisation, members can provide freelance writing, website editing, video content and production, broadcasting, photography and PR / marketing services on all topics related to the rural sector.
The Guild offers a recruitment advertising service for organisations wanting to appoint staff in rural communications roles, such as reporting, editing, PR and marketing communications. Click here for more details.
The Guild can also help with contacts in other countries through its affiliation to the International Federation of Agricultural Journalists (IFAJ) and European Network of Agricultural Journalists (ENAJ).
For emergency help with story contacts or checking facts, or for crisis management PR, contact Guild Chairman Catherine Linch on 01568 617620.
- Decide which fields you wish to search against and enter your criteria: for example, select ‘Eastern’ Region and ‘Arable’ to search for all Guild members who can advise on arable farming matters and who are based in the eastern counties.
- Click ‘Search’
- The next page will show a list of all members matching your search requirements. Telephone numbers and/or email addresses will be displayed in some cases, but all members can be contacted using the email facility, which sends a message with details of your request. They will respond at the earliest opportunity.
- There are no limits to the number of searches you can perform.
If you don’t get the results or responses you need, please contact Guild secretary Nikki Robertson on 07584 022909 or by email to gajsec@gmail.com for further help and advice.
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Name
Region
Expertise
Discipline
Member
Richard Shepherd-Barron
Richard Shepherd-Barron, Freelance
Freelance specialising in field-scale vegetable crops, horticulture, robot technology and sustainable farming.
Member
Simon Haley
SRH Agribusiness Limited, Rural Business Adviser
Rural business adviser specialising in agricultural policy, strategy & sustainability, rural grants, environmental schemes, and enterprise appraisals,
Member
Alistair Driver
Mark Allen Group, Editor - Pig World, Agricultural Group Editor
Overseeing editorial content of Agronomist & Arable Farmer, Farm Contractor & Large Scale Farmer; Editor - Pig World, Webmaster - National Pig Association.
Member
Hannah Binns
NFU Mutual, Rural Affairs Specialist (Press Officer)
Providing information and comment on farming and rural issues including rural crime, farm business, insurance and weather events.
Member
Leo Townsend
Whisper PR, Account Manager
PR manager specialising in arable and other agricultural industry topics.
Member
Lesley Eaton
Granite PR, Account Executive
More than 20 years' experience in journalism and PR in the North-east of Scotland.
Member
David Richardson, OBE, FRAgS
David Richardson, OBE, FRAgS, Freelance
Freelance columnist for Farmers Weekly and East Anglian Farming World. Special Interests: the practice, politics and economics of managing land based businesses.
Member
Jamie Day
AgriTrade News, Editor
AgriTrade News is the news service aimed at UK agribusiness and farm supply trades. Available for freelance work in agribusiness, animal health and general agriculture.
Member
Peter Read
Peter Read, Freelance
Special interests: all aspects of agriculture and rural land use. Member of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors.
Member
Katie Jones
AgriConect, Farmers Guardian Livestock Editor / Editor of Dairy Farmer
Livestock editor for Farmers Guardian and Editor of Dairy Farmer magazine.
Member
Pippa Sellwood
Pippa Sellwood, Freelance Journalist and PR Consultant
Special interests: Sheep and beef production. Newsletter and leaflet production - writing and design. Publicity Officer for the Shropshire Sheep Breeders' Association.
Member
Toby Aiken
RDP Communications, Account Director
I am an account director at RDP Communications, a full service PR & communications agency specialising in creative and integrated marketing solutions for the Agribusiness and Animal Health sectors. Delivering to corporate, private and public sector clients in the UK & internationally.
Member
Andrew Newbold
FarmSmart Events and Publishing, Editor and Event manager
Event delivery experts: Tillage-Live, Sprayer Demonstration, Scotgrass and Cumbria Farm Business Awards. Publish: Tillage & Soils; Precise; Landwards; AgriMachineryNews.com; AgriMachinery.trade and Cumbria Farm Business.
Member
Cedric Porter
Supply Intelligence and World Potato Markets, Proprietor
Special interests: international supply chains, potatoes, trade policy and agricultural governance.
Member
Pat Marston
Pat Marston, Retired
Retired
Member
Emily Davies
Just Farmers, Managing Editor
Enabling farmers to use their voice for positive change in UK farming. Providing free Media Education to farmers, connecting the media with willing case studies.
Member
Greg Goulding
Farmers Guide, Director
Co-Director of Farmers Guide.
Member
Kevin Milner
Kevin Milner Photography, Freelance Farming, Videos, Time-lapse and Drone Photographer
Professional, award-winning farming and estate photographer, CAA qualified to fly drones for photography and videos. Specialities include events photography, farms and estates photography and self-edited work, ground- and drone-based videos. Also producing countryside greeting cards for individuals and shops.
Member
John Foster
Media Matters, PR/Marketing Consultant
Marketing and communications services with special interests: agri-business, livestock, agronomy, farm buildings, irrigation
Friend
Antonia Walker
UPL Europe Ltd, Technical Specialist
Technical Specialist for potato, sugar beet and vegetable crops at crop protection business UPL Europe; independent agronomist; freelance journalist providing content for webinars, articles and events.
Member
Harry Mitchell
British Sugar plc, Strategic Engagement Partner
Engagement, marketing, communications, events, insight, data and systems for British Sugar Agriculture. Editor of Sugar Beet Review.
Member
Mike Green
Mike Green, Freelance
Specialist dairy journalist covering farm business and herd management. Freelance work including news, farm/business technical features and profiles.
Member
Lauren Goringe
Reverberate PR, Senior Account Director
Agricultural PR, marketing and communications services.
Member
Nélia Silva
Supply Intelligence Ltd, Spain/Portugal correspondent
A full-time journalist specialising in the horticultural sector in Spain and Portugal.
