The Rawcliffe Bridge Award for Sustainability 2023

BASF’s Rawcliffe Bridge Award for Sustainability returned celebrates the vital contribution farmers have in food production alongside stewardship of the environment. The competition recognises how farmers are tackling sustainability from all perspectives considering the environment alongside societal and economic sustainability.

In July 2023 arable farmers and brothers from Cambridgeshire, Matthew & Lloyd Smith, were announced as the winners of the award reflecting the impact of their farming philosophy on people, planet and profit. Mixed enterprise farmer Will Oliver was announced as the runner-up. The judges visited both farms in June 2023 to find out what sustainability means to them.

_{The Rawcliffe Bridge Award for Sustainability celebrates the essential role farming plays in food production and stewardship of the environment. The competition aims to recognise how farmers are tackling sustainability from all perspectives considering the environment alongside societal and economic sustainability.}

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Finding the right balance

There’s a lot of talk about farming in a more sustainable way but how does this translate into practice? CPM visits the winner of BASF’s inaugural Rawcliffe Bridge Award for Sustainability to find out.

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Rawcliffe Bridge: A beacon for sustainability

When the Hinchliffe family partnered with BASF 20 years ago, sustainability was widely considered the responsibility of the few, not the many. CPM joined them to celebrate the project’s evolution and achievements during a day which culminated in the announcement of the winner of the inaugural Rawcliffe Bridge Award for Sustainability.

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Sustainability

From Climate Smart Farming to product stewardship, find out how BASF is accelerating it’s sustainability transformation to help provide access to enough healthy and affordable food for the growing population.

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