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21 November 2011

ABERDEENSHIRE FARMER WINS FUTURE FARMER AWARD 2011

Andrew Rennie, a well known pioneer of anaerobic digestion from the North East of Scotland, has been crowned the Future Farmer 2011.

James Ingleby, the Lord Lieutenant of Aberdeenshire, congratulated Andrew on his achievement and presented him with the trophy and a cheque for £4,000 at the Rennies’ farm, Gask near Turriff, last week.

The Rennies’ farming enterprise makes use of anaerobic digestion to generate electricity to take care of all of the farm’s power needs, as well as using digestate as a replacement for inorganic fertiliser, ultimately making the farm carbon neutral.

Andrew Rennie, speaking of his win, said: “Winning this award is quite a shock to be honest, but we are all absolutely delighted to have been recognised in this way. It is important in the current climate to drive your business forward and to make it more sustainable for the future.”

Michael Williams, who runs the Future Farmer Award, said: It never ceases to amaze us just how many high quality entrants come forward for this award year on year.  Andrew Rennie is young and forward thinking and determined that his farming enterprise should be taking care of the environment rather than taking from it. Andrew undertook his diversification in 2006 with no external funding and has made an enormous success of it.

Harvey Macmillan, Chairman of the Murray Trust commented on how pleased the Trustees were to have found such a worthy winner.

Contact Michael Williams: Eaglescairnie Mains,Haddington,East Lothian, EH41 4HN

Tel. 01620 810 491       Mob. 0771 3333193

See the" Award" section of this web site for more detailed information

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