Sandy Duncan
Sandy was brought up on the family farm in Angus where he gained wide practical experience of all aspects of the management and workings of modern farm enterprises. He continues as a farmer overseeing a diverse portfolio of beef, lamb, arable crops and soft fruit production. He has a particular interest in renewable energy with diversification into solar, wind energy and biomass projects.
He graduated from The Royal Dick vet school in Edinburgh and spent 16 years in mixed animal practice with core interests in farm animal production and public health controls.
Sandy’s long-term interest is in veterinary public health, its link to one health and its integration with efficient, practical farm-to-fork production systems. As well as being an ISO lead auditor, Sandy has wide experience in HACCP implementation and quality management systems in food processing environments.
Sandy worked at senior level as an Official Veterinarian for many years and is a past member of the British Veterinary Association Policy Group, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) stakeholder group on current and future meat controls and the Veterinary Public Health Association Sandy is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine.
