Specialities

• Artist/Illustrator
• Editor
• Photographer
• Public Relations
• Videographer
• Website Writer
• Writer: Local Newspapers

Milly Fyfe

Probationary Member

Biography

An award-winning marketing, PR, events and fundraising specialist, providing digital marketing support to food and farming businesses, helping to reach out and connect with a targeted audience or customer base. Milly and her husband Andrew farm beef suckler cattle, sheep, arable crops and a few rare breed pigs with their two young children Angus and Dougie in rural Northamptonshire. Milly writes and contributes to several publications including the Daventry Express, Rugby Advertiser and BBC Radio Northampton. A member of the Guild of Agricultural Journalists and Social Media Managers Hub. During the height of the pandemic, Milly established a food blog called No Fuss Meals for Busy Parents, helping to make a connection between food grown in the UK and how to make tasty meals the whole family can enjoy. From there the podcast ‘The Countryside Kitchen meets’ was created, interviewing farmers and food producers about what they grow or raise, where people can buy and how they can transform those ingredients into a tasty meal. Previous roles include CEO of the Shorthorn Society, NFYFC chairman, R.A.B.I regional manager and director of the Oxford Farming Conference. Milly currently holds of the position of English Panel secretary to the Council for Awards of the Royal Agricultural Societies and supports several UK and international farming businesses with their PR, social media and marketing. You can follow Milly on all social media platforms with the handle: @millyfyfe or visit www.millyfyfe.com

Additional Interests

Milly is a keen gardener, growing a variety of fruit, vegetables and flowers in her kitchen garden. As part of her food blog, she details the growing journey, involving her two young children, and produces tasty meals using much of the produce. Sweetcorn and Charlotte new potatoes being firm favourites! Her great great grandfather Fred Wastie bred a variety of different apples, recognised by the RHS. Details here: http://www.longmeadwildlifesite.org.uk/famous-eynsham-apple-growers.html Milly hopes to connect with many other garden media guild members to explore opportunities, learn from others and continue to make a difference in field to fork education as well as the mental health benefits of growing.

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