Elinor Sherlock Farm Environment Adviser Expand Eli joined Gloucestershire FWAG in 2018 and in April 2023 transferred to the Devon team. She has a degree in Earth and Environmental Science and has years of experience in providing advice on Countryside Stewardship and other government grant systems, priority habitat creation/restoration and management, natural flood management, diffuse water pollution and natural capital. She currently facilitates the Blackdown Hills Sustainable Farming Network, a group of farmers working together to help deliver a more sustainable future for farming and the environment. She also works on the Connecting the Culm project in East Devon, looking at opportunities on farm for improving water quality.
Eve Halliday Trainee Farm Environment Adviser Expand Eve joined FWAG SW in June 2022 after completing a degree in Horticulture and Botany at the Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh. Working in the east of the county, she currently provides assistance to advisers in the Devon team. Her interests include soil health, agroecology and botanical surveys. She aims to help farmers achieve environmental and financial sustainability in their farming business.
Oliver Maskrey Farm Environment Adviser Expand Oliver works as a Farm Environment Adviser in Devon focusing on putting together Agri-Environment Scheme applications and communicating with our members across the county. Following completion of a Masters in Food Security and Sustainable Agriculture at the University of Exeter, he worked in various roles across the food and farming sectors before joining FWAG at the start of 2020 as a GIS and Advisory Support Officer working across the region.
Sabine McEwan Senior Farm Environment Adviser & Devon and Cornwall Team Leader Expand Sabine joined FWAG in 2014 as a Farm Environment Adviser. She offers advice on diffuse pollution issues, soil management, natural flood management, conservation and agri-environment schemes in Devon and co-ordinates FWAG SW’s advice and project delivery across Devon. Until spring 2020, Sabine mainly worked on the Hills to Levels approach, combining natural flood management with diffuse pollution mitigation, conservation and river restoration. Before joining FWAG, she was researching the effects of different grassland management on soil and water quality as part of her PhD with the University of Exeter and North Wyke (Rothamsted Research).
Sammy Read Farm Environment Adviser Expand Sammy joined the FWAG SouthWest Gloucestershire Team in April 2021 and has since relocated to the Devon team. Farming has always been close to her heart due to growing up on a working farm in Somerset. She has a degree in Ecology and Wildlife Conservation and 4 years’ experience working for Natural England, which included working with farmers to create Higher Tier Countryside Stewardship agreements. For the last 2 years she has worked with Catchment Sensitive Farming and has delivered various projects around mitigation of soil erosion, supply chain engagement, and carbon & nutrient management.
Simeon Day Killerton Hedgerow Conservation Project Manager Expand Simeon joined FWAG SW in February 2021 as Manager of the Hedgerow Conservation Project on the National Trust Killerton Estate near Exeter. Working with tenant farmers and the Trust’s ranger team the Green Recovery Challenge Fund project will restore and create hedgerows across the 6,500 acre estate. Simeon has worked in the countryside management industry for over 25 years where his roles have taken him from tree surgery in Australia to installing forest school facilities in the South West, via managing Nature Reserves and leading team building events that deliver practical conservation projects for charities across the UK. Simeon is Chair of Orchards Live, a charity working to save and replant traditional orchards and local apple varieties in Devon.