Sue Rowe - Procurement Officer

Sue is responsible for negotiating prices with abattoirs, comparing abattoir dressing specifications and deductions. Sue liaises with the abattoirs, organizes the booked in stock, informs abattoirs of stock numbers and arranges transport if required.

Alison Horne - Data Officer

Alison collates all the kill sheet data, updates membership information and arranges the distribution of newsletters etc.

Ashley is a dairy and beef farmer in the Camel valley, north Cornwall. Other enterprises on his family farm include tourism and fishing. All the produce from the farm is sold through farmer controlled co-operatives. Ashley has seen first hand how such organisations thrive in Europe and North America and passionately believes that British farmers should take control of their produce beyond the farm gate, possibly investing in areas such as processing.

James is a farmer director of 300 acres. He has been an organic farmer for 10 years with 50 South Devon suckler cows - fattening all the progeny. He also runs 300 breeding sheep finishing all the stock as well as 200-300 store lambs. The farm is mostly permanent grassland with a small acreage of barley for home feed.

Ian farms 450 acres at Trerulefoot near Saltash with his wife Helen and two young children. His main enterprises are finishing beef cattle, free range eggs, cereals, horse haylage and ewe lamb rearing. Ian says ‘My hobbies include the farm, the farm and the farm along with the parish council – neither of which would be possible without a good wife or a sense of humour!’

Sue keeps pedigree Poll Dorset sheep and Tamworth pigs on 85 acres near Liskeard. She runs the farm mostly on her own with help from her husband at the weekends and some night shifts at lambing time. They have been there 21 years so are still newcomers! She has been a director for 6 years and is very pleased to see CQLP progress and develop.

Stewart has been a director of CQLP for 17 years including 4 as Chair. He is a sheep farmer on Duchy of Cornwall farm, near Callington, carrying 420 ewes and followers. Stewart has always sought to improve farmer co-operation and is a strong believer in closer links throughout the supply chain, by working together we can increase our profits and secure our long term futures. Stewart has a wide knowledge of funding streams gained over 12 years of facilitating successful applications both for individuals and groups.

Graham farms 400 acres with his family in south east Cornwall. The farm comprises a suckler herd of South Devon cattle, a pedigree Lleyn flock, arable and potato enterprises. He has sold stock through the group since 2000 and has been on the CQLP board of directors since 2003.