Geoff Brown has been interested in Herdwick sheep-keeping and fell farming in the Lake District since the 1960s. He was Secretary of the Herdwick Sheep Breeders’ Association between 1990 and 2008 and from the early 1980s until recently, kept a flock of Herdwick sheep in the English Lake District. He was joint compiler of the Lakeland Shepherd’s Guide of 1985.
An historian by training he worked for the WEA in Lancashire and for the University of Nottingham in adult education. He has also worked for Voluntary Action Cumbria, Groundwork in West Cumbria and the Cumbria Training and Enterprise Council.
He managed the Cumbria Fells and Dales LEADER II and LEADER + rural development programmes from 1996 to 2008. He is now Rural Programme Manager with the Carnegie UK Trust where he specialises in farming and land management issues.
Geoff Brown has been interested in Herdwick sheep-keeping and fell farming in the Lake District since the 1960s. He was Secretary of the Herdwick Sheep Breeders’ Association between 1990 and 2008 and from the early 1980s until recently, kept a flock of Herdwick sheep in the English Lake District. He was joint compiler of the Lakeland Shepherd’s Guide of 1985.
An historian by training he worked for the WEA in Lancashire and for the University of Nottingham in adult education. He has also worked for Voluntary Action Cumbria, Groundwork in West Cumbria and the Cumbria Training and Enterprise Council.
He managed the Cumbria Fells and Dales LEADER II and LEADER + rural development programmes from 1996 to 2008. He is now Rural Programme Manager with the Carnegie UK Trust where he specialises in farming and land management issues.
