Jane James has joined forces with Chris and Nigel, working part time with Chris Seabridge and Associates. After leaving Harper Adams Jane started her career in the family farming business, specialising in pig husbandry, before joining the National Rivers Authority and the Environment Agency where she worked on town and country planning as well as permitting and agricultural policy. She left the EA in 2011 and now works as an independent agricultural and environmental consultant. FACTS qualified and a member of CIWEM, she brings experience of environmental regulation of farming, especially intensive agriculture, as well as a broad knowledge across farming and a background in sustainable development.