A farm worker at an East Yorkshire poultry rearing business has won two national awards within weeks.
Melanie Jackson, poultry and farms supervisor at Middleton on the Wolds-based Clive Soanes Broilers, won Farm Worker of the Year at the British Farming Awards, a fortnight after taking the same accolade at the Farmers Weekly awards.
Judges recognised her work on animal welfare, putting it alongside that of the people she manages.
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A delighted Ms Jackson said: "I enjoy working for Clive Soanes Broilers because every day is a learning day and I get to work with animals, which is my biggest passion.
"It hasn't sunk in yet that I have won two national farming awards in the space of two weeks, but I am absolutely delighted for myself and the team I work with. To be recognised by my boss, what else could I ask for?"
The British Farming Awards have been celebrating UK agriculture by championing the diversity and resilience of the UK's farming community for 10 years. The farm worker category was judged by last year's winner, Chloe Shorten; Becci Berry from the Institute of Agriculture and Horticulture; Hannah Binns from Agriconnect and Guy Moreton from MorePeople.
The judges said: "Melanie is a great example of a farm worker who goes above and beyond for the welfare of the birds, making their health and happiness, as well as the people she manages, her top priority. From working on the factory floor to poultry and farms supervisor, she has had two successful careers within the business and built up many transferable CPD skills, which are a credit to her."
Clive Soanes Broilershas been rearing chicken since 1947. The chicken is processed and sold by sister company Soanes Poultry to butchers, independent retailers and restaurants in Yorkshire and wholesalers and catering butchers nationwide.
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