GREEN’S FARM SUPPLIES
The future’s bright …
the future’s Green!
Chris Berry meets Chris and Kate Jeffery of Green’s Farm
Supplies and Green’s Country Store in Thirsk.
When I first met Chris
Jeffery it was to interview
him in Malton as he had just
won an award as National
Animal Health Sales Person
of the year.
Just over a decade later,
Chris and his wife Kate have
now built their own successful
business as Green’s Farm
Supplies with two major bases:
at Thirsk Livestock Market
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and in Northallerton, as well
as running smaller satellite
operations at Malton and
Ruswarp marts.
They recently held a
celebration day, putting on
entertainment and refreshments
at Thirsk to mark the 10th
anniversary of starting out on
their own.
“We had a fantastic day with
400 plus customers in brilliant
sunshine with a jazz band, lots
of children’s activities and an
auction of promises that Ernie
Sherwin kindly ran for us, which
raised over £3000,” Chris
said. “That means we will all
have raised around £6,000
for Yorkshire Air Ambulance
on the day. The thanks and
support we received on the day
was amazing and we all feel
extremely humbled.”
It is that kind of fulfilment
that spurs Chris and Kate on
every time. Their journey since
meeting up as employees of
Laycock’s in Malton has been
remarkable.
Chris had worked as a pig
unit manager and a milkman
before taking on a role as
animal health sales person. He
and Kate quickly realised that
there was great potential for
growth of the business in their
area of North Yorkshire and
East Yorkshire.
“Kate and I felt that we could
do this for ourselves by forming
our own company and within
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