Anthony Carroll

14 September 2013

After leaving school Anthony served for three years in the Army. After a years practical work on farms he went to Cirencester to study Rural Estate Management. On leaving he worked in Penrith and qualified as an Associate of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors.

He returned to the arable family farm in 1986 which he has farmed since then. He set up a local contracting company to help farm his and other local farms.

Potatoes were reintroduced to the farm in the mid 1990’s, and modern commercial varieties were grown until 2002 when a transition to Heritage varieties took place. In 2005 Carroll’s Heritage Potatoes Ltd was established.

Anthony has served on the Potato Council’s Marketing Committee since 2008.