2023 Nuffield Scholar Fiona Aveyard.
Fiona Aveyard from Peak Hill has been awarded a prestigious scholarship that will take her to several countries to study the red meat market.
Fiona, who is a lamb producer at Outback Lamb, received the Nuffield Australia Scholarship from the Royal Agricultural Society Foundation (RASF).
“I don’t really have the words to say what it feels like to be selected as a 2023 Nuffield Scholar,” said Fiona in a Facebook post.
“It’s been a crazy couple of months with state, then national interviews, and some nervous moments (OK, hours!) waiting by the phone to hear. I’m sitting amongst a pretty illustrious cohort and I can’t wait for our experience to begin.”
The scholarship will enable Fiona to explore how best to incorporate value-add opportunities into the red meat industry, aligning with the Meat & Livestock Australia strategic plan to double the value of Australia’s red meat sales by 2030.
Fiona plans to travel to the US, Germany, France, the UK and Ireland to study niche marketing, investment and mechanisation.
Fiona said she was looking forward to bringing home plenty of big ideas. She gave a big shout out to the RASF who supported rural and regional people and communities in a multitude of ways.