Norman Hudson taught for 20 years at Silsoe College (formerly the National College of Agricultural Engineering), a Faculty of Cranfield University, and now practises as a consultant. He has Lectured at universities throughout the world, and has studies soil conservation in more than 40 different countries. He has worked as a consultant for FAO, The World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, The International Founder for Agricultural Development, and aid agencies of Britain, the USA and Sweden. Professor Hudson was the 1983 recipient for the Hugh Hammond Bennett Award, the highest professional honour made by the Soil Conservation Society of America, and the President’s Citation in 1989. He is a past President of the World Association of Soil and Water Conservation, founder of the International Centre for Soil Conservation Information, and Founder Chairman of the Association for Better Land Husbandry. In 1993 he was awarded the OBE for services to soil conservation.