Meet the CLA South West Team series - Sarah Fern

As we have been unable to get out as much as we'd have liked over the past year, and with a couple of staff changes in that time, we wanted to give you the opportunity to get to know the team who works so passionately on your behalf.

I joined in October 2005 after applying for the part-time administrator role but was convinced by John Mortimer to go for the full-time Events & Partnership Manager vacancy instead.

I like that there isn’t a standard day and I am allowed a lot of flexibility to hold events and visits that I think CLA members will find interesting. I can be arranging a visit to a crisp factory one minute and securing a partnership deal the next.

I enjoy the diversity of the role; providing members with something interesting outside of their day to day life to look forward to or that will help them with their business.

To be able to take time off from the farm, have a holiday, and to feel able to retire gracefully and actively.

Archery, yoga, swimming, walking, cycling, kayaking, cooking, gardening, reading and lying in the sun on a beach somewhere!