"The Ashby De La Zouch & District Agricultural Society Scholarship is a great opportunity for enthusiastic young entrants that is studying an agriculture-related course and is within 25 miles of Ashby De La Zouch. The award aims to encourage individuals to excel within the agricultural industry and their studies with the initial help of funding and encouragement. This award has helped myself substantially with developing my knowledge and networking within the industry. I thank all the trustees within the show and look forward to becoming more involved with Ashby Show in the years to come."
Why did you apply?
"I applied for the Scholarship, as a final year student of Harper Adams University, as I believe these funds would help benefit me to pursue my passion for agriculture and food production. The application process was very informal and was great to meet the trustees of the scholarship who made applicants feel very at ease during the interview process. "
What have you done with the money?
"The funds I received for this award has assisted myself to improve my knowledge of business awareness, increase my practical skills and further develop my network.
Since receiving this award, I have finished my placement year with Mcdonalds/ The Lakes Free Range Egg Company, and I have been lucky to have attended the Oxford Farming Conference 2023 and Dairy Tech at Stoneleigh Park this year. It has been great to hear from industry leading experts about the latest innovation and services addressing key challenges and opportunities affecting the industry. Moreover, attending these events has informed myself about new technologies and product launches within the agricultural industry, that drives change to transform food and farming systems for good.
Additionally, with being in my final year at Harper Adams studying Agriculture with Animal Science has allowed myself to become familiar of current situations/future trends and expand my knowledge within the industry to then have applied these concepts into my studies."
