Jon Thornes
Non-Executive Director
Jon was brought up on a dairy farm in West Yorkshire, where from an early age he would help bottle and deliver the milk. He got an OND from the Lancashire College of Agriculture and after leaving college went into dairy processing, sales and marketing, which he has now done for over 40 years.
In 2016, Jon bought the South Ormsby Estate in the Lincolnshire Wolds, which has a native herd of Lincoln Red Cattle, Gin Distillery, Guest House, Tea Room.
He firmly believes that arable land should be for growing foods for human consumption not for feeding animals.
He is keen that PfL should be more involved in benchmarking so members can compare against each other and help drive best practice. He also believes that PfL should be working with Parliament more to get the laws and regulations written that will help PfL thrive.
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