Anthony Rosen
Anthony Rosen (19 December 1930 – 22 March 2007) was a farmer who bucked the trend towards smaller scale organic farming. An entrepreneurial agriculturalist, he became an energetic advocate of large-scale farming.[1]
Biography
[edit]After attending Framlingham College, Suffolk,[2] and subsequently National Service, where he reached the rank of captain, he attended Plumpton College.
In 1956 he managed to secure a position as manager of a heavy land farm in Sussex. He began to formulate views on farming practice and founded the Farm Management Association and chaired the Farm Buildings Association. After Sussex he set up Fountain Farming where he put his farming practice views into operation and established a large scale intensive food production business that, with a dairy herd of over 5,000 animals and over 30,000 acres (120 km2) of production, became the largest private farm in Europe.[3][4]
He had to pull out of this business when he ran out of investment partners and concentrated over the next few years in foreign enterprises where he held many senior posts in a variety of countries including Zimbabwe, Australia and New Zealand.[citation needed]
Alongside his farming activities he was a journalist with a column in Farming News and also wrote the occasional obituary in The Times.[5]
In 1978 he became chairman of the Farmers' Club, and also served on the BBC’s Farm Advisory Committee.
Rosen was survived by his wife, Hilary, two sons and a daughter.
Notes
[edit]- ^ Dalyell, Tam (4 July 2007). "Anthony Rosen: Controversial figure in farming". The Independent. Retrieved 6 March 2010.[dead link]
- ^ "Anthony Rosen S40-48 1930-2007". 24 March 2007. Retrieved 6 March 2010.
- ^ "Anthony Rosen: Entrepreneurial agriculturalist who became an energetic advocate of large-scale farming". The Times. 11 April 2007. Retrieved 6 March 2010.[dead link]
- ^ Wrightson, Matthews; Anthony Rosen (21 August 1994). "My Biggest Mistake: Anthony Rosen". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2022-05-07. Retrieved 6 March 2010.
- ^ "Industry commentator Anthony Rosen dies aged 76". Farmers Weekly. 26 March 2007. Archived from the original on 2 August 2012. Retrieved 6 March 2010.
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