Michelle Martin

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Michelle Martin graduated from Dublin City University (DCU) with a Bachelor’s degree in Journalism, and previously worked for well-known names in the Irish media sector. In 2018 she moved to New York where she was responsible for public relations, social media, and communications at a fast-growing start-up. Michelle is a native of the Royal County and still believes in the Oxford comma.

Plans to resolve trade barriers to UK lamb and beef in Asia
Plans to resolve trade barriers to UK lamb and beef in Asia

International Trade Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan has today (Thursday, June 30) announced plans to resolve around 100 trade barriers, including those...

Rotting carcasses found on Nottinghamshire farm
Rotting carcasses found on Nottinghamshire farm

A smallholder from Torworth near Retford, Nottinghamshire has received a 10-year ban from keeping livestock, after carcasses of a pig...

Welsh food and drink exports hit record high in 2021
Welsh food and drink exports hit record high in 2021

Welsh food and drink exports in 2021 reached a record high of £641 million, Rural Affairs Minister Lesley Griffiths has...

UK signs up to global coalition on sustainable food production
UK signs up to global coalition on sustainable food production

Environment Secretary George Eustice has confirmed that the UK will join the Sustainable Productivity Growth Coalition (SPG), an international group...

UK commits £372m for countries on food-security frontline
UK commits £372m for countries on food-security frontline

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has today (Friday, June 24) committed £372 million to support countries most impacted by rising global...

Report from Scotland’s food security taskforce published
Report from Scotland’s food security taskforce published

The findings of a taskforce set up to respond to any potential disruption to food security and supply, resulting from...

Farmer sought for board of Ernest Cook Trust
Farmer sought for board of Ernest Cook Trust

The Ernest Cook Trust, a grant-giving charity that provides and funds outdoor learning projects, is seeking to recruit a farmer...

Tributes paid to well-known Scottish dairy farmer
Tributes paid to well-known Scottish dairy farmer

Tributes are being paid to well-known dairy farmer Derek Roan (71), who died in hospital following an incident on his...

Co-op suspends purchase of Quack! eggs due to animal-welfare concerns
Co-op suspends purchase of Quack! eggs due to animal-welfare concerns

Lincolnshire Co-op has suspended its purchase of Quack! duck eggs following reports of animal-welfare issues from its egg-supplying farm. “We...

Scottish Parliament passes Good Food Nation Bill
Scottish Parliament passes Good Food Nation Bill

The Scottish Parliament has passed the Good Food Nation Bill after it went through the final stage (stage three) of...

Scotland: Farm payment dates to be brought forward
Scotland: Farm payment dates to be brought forward

The 2022 farm payment dates in Scotland are to be brought forward to September 19, subject to approval of the...

‘I’d like to see government prioritising farming’ – Clarkson
‘I’d like to see government prioritising farming’ – Clarkson

TV personality Jeremy Clarkson has said that in the next parliament, he would like to see the government prioritising farming....

Phytophthora pluvialis tree disease found in Shropshire
Phytophthora pluvialis tree disease found in Shropshire

The Forestry Commission (FC) has confirmed a further finding of the tree disease Phytophthora pluvialis in Shropshire, as well as...

Brothers describe Fulready farm fire as ‘frightening mess’
Brothers describe Fulready farm fire as ‘frightening mess’

The brothers behind Paddock Farm in Fulready, Warwickshire have described a fire that destroyed around 100t of straw and some...

New bird flu case on Shropshire turkey farm
New bird flu case on Shropshire turkey farm

Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 was confirmed on a turkey farm near Ludlow, Shropshire, by the Department for Environment,...

Massey Ferguson’s MF 8S gets special Jubilee makeover
Massey Ferguson’s MF 8S gets special Jubilee makeover

Massey Ferguson has given one of its MF 8S tractors a Royal makeover in honour of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee,...

Farm house narrowly escapes flames of nearby barn
Farm house narrowly escapes flames of nearby barn

A farm house in Devon managed to remain untouched by the flames of a barn fire just 2.5m away. This...

£200m fund launched to help farmers reach net zero
£200m fund launched to help farmers reach net zero

Virgin Money has today (Wednesday, June 1) launched a new £200 million fund to support farmers in their transition to...