Verghese Kurien,known as the "Father of the White Revolution" in India,was a social entrepreneur whose "billion-litre idea",Operation Flood,made dairy farming India's largest self-sustaining industry and the largest rural employment sector providing a third of all rural income. It made India the world's largest milk producer,doubled the milk available for each person,and increased milk output four-fold in 30 years.
James Michael Leathes Prior,Baron Prior,was a British Conservative Party politician. A Member of Parliament from 1959 to 1987,he represented the Suffolk constituency of Lowestoft until 1983 and then the renamed constituency of Waveney from 1983 to 1987,when he stood down from the House of Commons and was made a life peer. He served in two Conservative cabinets,and outside parliament was Chairman of the Arab British Chamber of Commerce from 1996 to 2004.
David Maurice Curry is a British Conservative Party politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Skipton and Ripon from 1987 to 2010.
Douglas Martin Hogg,3rd Viscount Hailsham,Baron Hailsham of Kettlethorpe,is a British politician and barrister. A member of the Conservative Party,he served in John Major’s second government as Minister of Agriculture,Fisheries and Food from 1995 to 1997,and was a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1979 to 2010.
David John Maclean,Baron Blencathra,is a Conservative Party life peer. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Penrith and The Border from 1983 to 2010.
Timothy Eric Boswell,Baron Boswell of Aynho is a British politician who was the Conservative MP for Daventry from 1987 until he stood down at the 2010 general election,after which he was appointed to the House of Lords as a life peer.
John Roddick Russell MacGregor,Baron MacGregor of Pulham Market,,is a politician from the United Kingdom. A member of the Conservative Party,he was the Member of Parliament (MP) for South Norfolk from 1974 to 2001. He served in the Cabinet as Chief Secretary to the Treasury (1985–87),Minister of Agriculture,Fisheries and Food (1987–89),Secretary of State for Education and Science (1989–90),Leader of the House of Commons and Lord President of the Council (1990–92),and Secretary of State for Transport (1992–94). He was made a life peer in 2001.
Sir David Roy Lidington is a British politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Aylesbury from 1992 until 2019. A member of the Conservative Party,he served as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office from 2018 to 2019 and was frequently described as being Theresa May's de facto Deputy Prime Minister.
Owen William Paterson is a British former politician who served as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland from 2010 to 2012 and Secretary of State for Environment,Food and Rural Affairs from 2012 to 2014 under Prime Minister David Cameron. A member of the Conservative Party,he served as Member of Parliament (MP) for North Shropshire from 1997 until his resignation in 2021. Paterson was also the President of the Northern Ireland Conservatives.
Sir Oliver Heald is a British barrister and Conservative Party politician serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for North East Hertfordshire,formerly North Hertfordshire,since 1992.
Jeffrey William Rooker,Baron Rooker is a British politician and life peer who served as a government minister from 1997 to 2008. A member of the Labour Party,he was Member of Parliament (MP) for Birmingham Perry Barr from 1974 to 2001.
Neil Quentin Gordon Parish is a British farmer and former politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Tiverton and Honiton from 2010 until his resignation in 2022. A member of the Conservative Party,he was previously a member of the European Parliament (MEP) for South West England from 1999 to 2009. Parish chaired the Environment,Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee from 2015 until his resignation from the House of Commons.
Sir Robert Goodwill is a British Conservative Party politician and farmer serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for Scarborough and Whitby since 2005. He was previously a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Yorkshire and the Humber. Goodwill served in Theresa May's government as Minister of State at the Home Office,the Department for Education and the Department for Environment,Food and Rural Affairs.
Shailesh Lakhman Vara is a Ugandan-British politician,who served as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland from July to September 2022. A member of the Conservative Party,he has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for North West Cambridgeshire since 2005.
Paul Marland was a British Conservative politician who was a Member of Parliament (MP) for West Gloucestershire from 1979 to 1997. From 1967 onwards,he was also a farmer.
Bruce Gillespie Barclay was a New Zealand politician,being the Member of Parliament for Christchurch Central in the South Island.
Charles George Eustice is a British politician and former public relations executive who held office as Secretary of State for Environment,Food and Rural Affairs between 2020 and 2022. A member of the Conservative Party,he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Camborne and Redruth since 2010.
Stephen Paul Barclay is a British politician who has served as Secretary of State for Health and Social Care since October 2022 under Rishi Sunak,having previously held the position from July to September 2022 under Boris Johnson. He served as Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union from 2018 to 2020,Chief Secretary to the Treasury from 2020 to 2021,Minister for the Cabinet Office and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster from 2021 to 2022,and Downing Street Chief of Staff from February to July 2022. A member of the Conservative Party,he has been Member of Parliament (MP) for North East Cambridgeshire since 2010.
Mark Steven Spencer is a British politician serving as Minister of State for Food,Farming and Fisheries since 2022. He previously served as Leader of the House of Commons and Lord President of the Council from February to September 2022 and as Chief Whip from 2019 to 2022. A member of the Conservative Party,he has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Sherwood since 2010.
Canada's supply management,abbreviated SM,is a national agricultural policy framework used across the country,which controls the supply of dairy,poultry and eggs through production and import controls and pricing mechanisms. The supply management system was authorized by the 1972 Farm Products Agencies Act,which established the two national agencies that oversee the system. The Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada federal department is responsible for both the Canadian Dairy Commission and its analogue for eggs,chicken and turkey products,the Farm Products Council of Canada. Five national supply management organizations,the SM-5 Organizations —Egg Farmers of Canada (EFC),Turkey Farmers of Canada (TFC),Chicken Farmers of Canada (CFC),the Canadian Hatching Egg Producers (CHEP) and the Ottawa-based Canadian Dairy Commission (CDC),a Crown corporation —in collaboration with provincial and national governing agencies,organizations and committees,administer the supply management system.
