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In this episode of Shed Talks, hosts Bizza Walters and Luke Cox open by discussing the King’s Birthday Honours and those in the farming community who have been recognised.
They are joined by NFU member Milly Fyfe, who has been made an MBE for services to farmers and family nutrition.
“I feel like I’ve only just arrived with a lot of the work that I’ve been doing, so to have that recognition is pretty surreal still,” says Milly.
Together, they chat about No Fuss Meals for Busy Parents, which Milly set up during the pandemic, and The Countryside Kitchen, a field-to-fork education classroom based on her family farm in Northamptonshire.
Hear from your Westminster team
In our Westminster section, the team discusses the appointment of the new Farming Minister Stephen Morgan, who has replaced Dame Angela Eagle.
“To give the Minister his credit, he’s engaged from the minute he’s stepped foot into Defra,” says NFU External Affairs Manager Neeve McGinty.
Plus, the team discussing the Police Reform Bill.
Changing attitudes
Finally, NFU Shed Talks marks Pride Month. Bizza and Luke chat to Erin Napier, an NFU policy graduate, who is part of the NFU’s network for LGBTQ+ members and staff.
They also sit down with Ben Andrews, who shares his experience of being gay and growing up in a rural community.
He shares his views on what attitudes are like towards LGBTQ+ people in the farming community and how they have changed over the course of his life.
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Meet the speakers:
Luke Cox
NFU combinable crops senior policy adviser
Bizza Walters
NFU Student & Young Farmer Alumni
She farms pedigree Greyface Dartmoor sheep alongside a small flock of commercial Romneys, sharing her love for British farming and rural life on social media.
Ruairi Hodges
NFU External Affairs Manager
Alongside elected officeholders, Ruairi meets with MPs and Ministers to pursue the interests of the NFU’s members. He has a particular focus on international trade, rural crime, education and local government.
Ruairi joined the NFU in May 2025. Prior to this he worked in Parliament for over seven years for MPs representing seats in Perthshire, Derbyshire, Teesside and North Lincolnshire.
Neeve McGinty
NFU external affairs manager
Alongside elected officeholders, she meets MPs and Ministers, leads the NFU Food and Farming Fellowship Scheme, and organises regular events throughout the year to keep food and farming on the political agenda, including at the political party conferences.
Neeve joined the NFU in 2021 as a Public Affairs and Communications Graduate working on public facing campaigns and political lobbying. She took up the role of External Affairs Adviser role for the NFU's team in Westminster in 2022, and progressed to her current role in January 2025.