Owen Carlstrand

Biography

Biography

Owen is a retired Chartered Civil Engineer and Management Consultant who came to this research via the York Railway Studies MA.  His dissertation was entitled "How did the transfer of freight from rail to road affect the transport of Forced Rhubarb from West Yorkshire to London: 1923 to 1970?" Since retiring in 2011 he has had a number of interests including School Governor, chairing the building committee for the redevelopment of an Oxford college running a youth engagement project for the 99% organisation and helping a heritage railway with an embankment landslip rectification project.  He is currently a part-time distant student in the School for Business and Society.

Research

Research Topic

UK Seasonal Agricultural Produce.

Research interests

• Analysis of four UK seasonal agricultural products, Strawberries, Peas, Sugar Beet and Cherries, to determine their conformance or otherwise to the generally accepted pattern of UK agricultural development over the last 100 years. Analysis includes the impact of government policy, agricultural technical and husbandry developments, economic influences such as war and supply chain innovations in retail, logistics, transport and storage. The project is also examining the agricultural components that have determined the overall agricultural development narrative since the early twentieth century.