Patrick is a farmer and conservationist from Westhorpe in Mid-Suffolk. His 545ha family farm is a LEAF Demonstration Farm and he is a member of the NFFN England Steering Group and leads the High Suffolk Farm Cluster. He has won both the Farmers Weekly Countryside Farmer of the Year and FWAG’s Silver Lapwing award. Conservation is integral to the farm, where they run a CS Higher Tier scheme, and Patrick’s ethos is to farm in modern, productive ways while having a farm full of wildlife.