Two young agriculture students, who may have struggled to get into the sector as they are not from an agricultural background, have had a helping hand from none other than The Cotswolds’ most famous farmer Kaleb Cooper.
Royal Agricultural University (RAU) students Rose Geggie, 20, and 19-year-old Rupert Jones, have been chosen as the two recipients of the 2024/2025 RAU Kaleb Cooper Agriculture Bursary and today they met the man himself when he visited the RAU’s Cirencester campus to congratulate them on their success.
And, while he was in town, Kaleb joined Rose and Rupert, and fellow RAU students, to take part in a charity Tractor Pull for the University’s Students’ Union’s annual charity fundraising RAG (Raising and Giving) Week.
Kaleb said: “Today has been brilliant! It’s the second year of my agricultural bursary with the RAU and I’m so proud that once again we’ve been able to award it to two very deserving young people – that’s double what we were aiming for when we started out.
“I am so passionate about supporting the new generation through into the best industry in the world. Especially as I know, from my own experience, that it’s not an obvious or easy route for someone who doesn’t come from a farming family.”