Tim White's
Countrywide Foundation
Tim White is a fourth generation farmer from a small farm near Cambridge. The farm soon expanded to include pedigree Ayrshire cows from Scotland, a herd of Large White Cross breeding sows to produce bacon, with additional arable land being purchased along the way. The forward-thinking mentality in the post war era gained this expanding family farm international recognition. With interest from The Ministry of Agriculture they welcomed many delegations from as far afield as Japan, New Zealand, and Zimbabwe in the mid 1950s to see the development of new techniques in livestock to meet the changing demands in food production.
Tim’s personal accolade was winning the World Wheat competition back in 1989, attending a reception at the Canadian Embassy in London. The silver salver he received still holds pride of place on the dresser. As times have changed, the farms direction changed too. The farm is much larger now and solely arable but the ethos, as with all farms, continues to be the constant evolution of ideas to suit the times in which we live and survival of the family business for the future generations.
Tim has spent his whole life in farming and feels it is time to give something back to the industry he loves. With the burgeoning costs of additional qualifications and requirements needed to progress, or even be retained within the farming industry, Tim has set up at Charitable Foundation to support this. For those currently studying, or those already working but wishing to take on new qualifications so they can continue to progress and provide the industry with much needed skills, this foundation is here to provide financial assistance. Tim’s aim is to support where needed, so that the farming industry has the skilled individuals that it desperately needs.
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In additional to supporting these educational needs the Foundation also has scope to offer support for projects and schemes promoting conservation, regeneration, and advancement of farming or rural areas within the United Kingdom.
