A talk on the development of British Agriculture with a particular focus on a few of the key innovators especially in the period of the 17th to 18th centuries and especially on developments in productivity since the 1950s.
John graduated First Class from Cambridge in 1971, being top student in his year and awarded a college scholarship. Following on from that, he obtained a Research Fellowship and Lectureship at Nottingham University. He is an elected Fellow of the Royal Agricultural Societies and holds Fellowships at both the University of Central Lancashire and Myerscough College and his chair is at De Montfort University. In 2004, he was awarded the OBE for services to agriculture and education