Robin Page (journalist)
British journalist (1943–2023)
Robin Page (3 May 1943 – 27 May 2023) was an English farmer, conservationist and political activist, who worked as a journalist and television presenter.
Page farmed in Barton, Cambridgeshire where he was born, and his work focused on rural affairs.
Countryside Restoration Trust
Page founded the CRT in 1993 with the late artist and conservationist, Gordon Beningfield. It promotes a "living" countryside including wildlife-friendly farming. By 2021, when Page's Executive Chairmanship of the CRT ended, it had developed into a nationwide chain of 18 small farms involved with principles of conservation of land, wildlife and farming.
As at 2021 Page continued to serve as a trustee.
Later projects involving the CRT included an attempt in 2020 to buy a farm in the Lake District. This would have been a community-based project involving the Friends of the Lake District and the author and farmer James Rebanks.
Media work
Page was the author of numerous books, such as The Wildlife of the Royal Estates, 1984 (foreword by the Duke of Edinburgh) and The Hunting Gene, 2000 (foreword by Robin Hanbury-Tenison). These are mainly published by Bird's Farm Books based in Barton.
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