East of England Agricultural Society

the east of england agricultural society, with a proud history dating back to 1797, is a registered charity primarily concerned with the promoting agriculture and rural life in the east of england. the society is also responsible for organising a wide variety of events and activities throughout the year, these include; winter stock festival farm & rural business awards long service awards festival of hunting east of england farming conference kids country peterborough dinner shuttleworth lecture the society also manages the marshal papworth trust, a fund supporting agricultural education in developing countries and cultiv8 a group for networking and knowledge exchange for young people working in the rural sector. the commercial arm to the business is the east of england arena and event center, who run events such as equifest and just dogs live as well as marketing the use of the showground facilities to third party events.