Baroness Sue Hayman of Ullock 

Baroness Sue Hayman has been appointed President of RBST. A Labour Life Peer in the House of Lords, Baroness Hayman served as Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs from 2017 to 2019. Baroness Hayman and her family run a smallholding in West Cumbria, where they use native breed Luing cattle for Conservation Grazing, rear sheep, and keep rare breed Buff Orpington chickens.

Baroness Hayman says: “Through my roles in Parliament and Defra I have developed a strong interest in the role of native breeds within sustainable food production, animal welfare and good farming practices. I am keen to help raise RBST’s profile in Parliament, the charity has an important mission which is quite different from other farming groups and it is really important that Government understands what RBST does, its relevance to the wider farming world and why native and rare breeds are so important to the future of farming and of our countryside. As RBST President I look forward to furthering this important cause.”

November 2021