Sue Rowe - Procurement & Marketing Officer

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

Alison Horne - Finance Officer

Alison is responsible for the day to day finance and paying for stock, updates membership information and edits the newsletter.

Shelley Lockett - Data Officer

Shelley collates the kill sheet information, updates farm assurance information and distributes the newsletter 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.

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.

Kevin farms 300 acres,  just outside Launceston. Their main enterprise is a flock of 700 North Country Mules and Texel X Mules, and a suckler herd of 30 Simmental X cattle.

Kevin believes that in today's uncertain economic climate marketing through a famer-owned co-operative which offers bad debt insurance gives him reassurance and income security, and  by working together  a chance of realising a larger share of the retail price.

In partnership with husband Chris, Juliet farms nearly 200 acres of grassland a couple of miles inland from Port Isaac. The main enterprises are a flock of 115 ewes and  a  herd of 70 pedigree Devons. She joined the group in 1997, she had been using co-operatives for buying and wanted to bring this concept to the marketing of their stock. She feels that working together with other farmers benefits her business.

Robert farms 350 acres at Lockengate in mid Cornwall in partnership with his wife Sandra and they have a son and daughter. The farm is all grass and has a suckler cow herd of 90 cows, mainly Friesian x Hereford, and some pedigree Charolais.

A flock of 160 Suffolk cross mule ewes is also kept with all lambs being sold through the group. Robert has been a member since 2001 and believes that with evermore pressure on margins due to increasing input costs, co-operation in marketing is vital.