Matthew Donald

NFU Poultry Board appointee, North East

In addition to being a previous member of the Poultry Industry Programme, Matthew is a third-generation pig and poultry farmer form North Yorkshire whose family have had broiler breeders producing fertile hatching eggs for over 60 years.

Matthew is keen to get more young people involved with poultry and farms with the aim to produce more from less, alongside enhancing the local environment. The poultry sector's resilience, aiming to maintain its environmentally sustainable credentials and producing safe and affordable food for everyone are some of the things Matthew is keen to support during his time on the board.