Published on Sept. 25, 2024
A Successful Nuffield Study Group Trip To The Netherlands
Joice and Hill MD, Nick Bailey, participated in this years’ Nuffield Poultry Study Group trip to the Netherlands, as one of its guest sponsors.
During the event, Hendrix Genetics Founder, Thijs Hendrix, made a presentation on the history of Hendrix Genetics and the company’s latest developments.
The study group tour takes place each autumn, to increase knowledge of the poultry industry worldwide and develop international contacts.
Over the last 60 years, the Nuffield Farming Scholarships Trust has provided over 1,600 people from farming and associated industries with the chance to travel to expand their knowledge and understanding of agriculture.
The Nuffield Poultry Study Group is comprised of scholars whose business interests and careers are connected with the egg and poultry meat industries.
The History Of The Nuffield Foundation
William Morris, later to become Lord Nuffield, was Britain's greatest ever philanthropist and gave away over £30m of his fortune – which is equivalent to £700m in today's money!
Born in 1877, William Morris was a grandson of a farmer. He designed his first car, the Morris Oxford in 1912 and became an ambassador of the British motor industry during its golden era – he was later made a peer, as Lord Nuffield, in 1934.
Morris donated millions to medical research and funded Nuffield College, Oxford. In 1943 he gave £10 million to set up the Nuffield Foundation which in 1947, recognising the linkage between health and good agricultural practices, began to fund scholarships for British farmers to travel in the footsteps of William Morris.
Today, Nuffield offers a unique opportunity for agribusiness professionals to get to know the world by researching, in practice, a topic of importance within their agricultural experience. Over its 70 years, the Nuffield network has brought together more than 2,000 participants around the world.
The Nuffield mission is to lead positive change in agriculture - inspiring passion and potential in people:
- Building knowledge through global experience
- Sharing brilliant ideas
- Making things happen
- Developing tomorrow’s leaders
- Inspiring commitment
Group photo left to right: Simon Carlton, Nick Chippindale, Gordon Whiteford, Thijs Hendrix, Matthew Davies, Alistair McBain, Karen Campbell, James Corbett, Sophie Pentecost, Dr Sylwia Sobolewska, Steve Pritchard, Mike Tyers, Rian Schonkeren-Hendrix, Teun van de Braak, Dr Helen Houghton and Wesley Thorne
