A TYWYN farmer has been named a Community Champion by the NFU.

Alun Wyn Evans, of Penllyn Farm, Tywyn, is this year’s winner of the NFU Cymru/Principality Building Society Welsh Rural Community Champion Award.

The competition, in its eighth year, recognises the hard work farmers do off the farm to help their community, with the award winner receiving a top prize of a hand-crafted slate clock and £500.

Alun, who farms 190 acres at Penllyn Farm, keeps 140 ewes and 15 suckler cows.

The majority of his land is a lowland unit which runs barely 50 feet above sea level.

Alun sells his lambs locally to two retail outlets in the town and manages the slaughter through a local abattoir, before selling the meat directly to the retailers.

NFU Cymru deputy president John Davies said: “Alun is an extremely worthy winner of this award.

“Participation in such a wide and varied range of roles within the community is testament to how he contributes directly to creating a sustainable future for all those that live and work in rural areas.

“His enthusiasm for farming is clear to see and he has channelled this enthusiasm into informing and educating a wide audience about what really matters to communities in rural Wales.

“Alun ticks all the boxes for this award and is a true community ambassador for the farming industry in the 21st century.”

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