Rob Jackson

As a dual-qualified vet and rural surveyor with 25 years of large animal experience plus the privilege of having managed a 12,000 acre private rural estate with six farms on a UNESCO World Heritage Site, plus three properties for the National Trust in a National Park, I have had a uniquely wide grounding in conservation. Since 2015 I have run an international mixed-discipline consultancy covering veterinary research into biomechanics coupled with compliance, biosecurity (bTB and general) and animal welfare audits for farms, and rural development services. I have myself farmed sheep and cattle, and am currently converting my second farm to organic status based on building soil health and am a great advocate of genuine regenerative farming in all its guises. I am an independent member of the National Trust Livestock Advisory Group and a Trustee of Glastonbury Abbey.