Successful Devon pedigree sheep farmer Liz Bowles has been appointed as one of three new directors to join The Oxford Farming Conference (OFC)'s board for 2021-23.

The three successful candidates will officially take up their positions for a three-year term following the conference in January 2020.

Successful Devon pedigree sheep farmer, Ms Bowles, was recently named one of the most influential people on social media for regenerative agriculture and sheep farming. A Nuffield Scholar, she is associate director of farming and land use for the Soil Association as well as director of the Farm Carbon Cutting Toolkit (FCCT). 

This year she has spoken at the Three Counties Agricultural Conference alongside Minette Batters and Neil Parish, at the January 2019 Westminster Forum on the future of farming and in support of Natalie Bennet’s recent report “Rich Earth” at the EU Parliament. Ms Bowles said she is "honoured" to be appointed to the OFC Council:

“I am aware of the duty of care to support the conference as it provides one of the most important opportunities for all involved in farming to come together to debate the very large changes the industry is facing from climate and UK agricultural policy as we leave the EU.” 

The Oxford Farming Conference will take place January 7-9 2020 at Oxford University.