Related activities

Association for European Life Sciences Universities (ICA):  Executive Committee (2006-8); Treasurer and Board Member from September 2008.  

Journal of Farm Management: Editorial Board from 1987; Editor and Chair of Editorial Board, 1995-2003, 2007-present.

Institute of Agricultural Management (www.iagrm.org.uk): Council, 1994-2005, 2007-

Peninsula Partnership for the Rural Environment (www.ppre.ac.uk): Management Group, 2007 to present.

Conference Chair and organizer:  Rural Futures: Dreams, Dilemmas, Dangers: University of Plymouth (April 2008)

Visiting Lecturer, International Masters in Rural Development, University of Cordoba, Spain, on the role of ICT in rural development.  May 2007.

Hon. Secretary, Seale-Hayne Educational Trust, 2006 to present.

Fellow, Centre for Sustainable Futures, University of Plymouth. 2005-7

Policy Steering Group, Devon Rural Network (www.drn.org.uk/), 2003 to present.

Other interests

Conducting and singing early choral music (see www.voces.org.uk) 

Watching films, especially European

Reading fiction, history and biography

Enjoying the company of my wife and adult offspring