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With Christmas just around the corner, Perennial is appealing to the industry to grow wellbeing and support people working in horticulture

A man who illegally supplied workers to two Scottish potato farms in October 2021 has been fined. Dean Currie, 33,

Sito-Obong Udofia, a Hartpury University PhD student, is hoping that her doctoral thesis into the effects of shade and shelter on Hartpury

Kirkland have their Annual Open Day next Thursday 14th December. Held at their premises in Maidstone, it’s a great event

Food Tech Valley has signed an agreement at COP28 with ReFarmTM to start construction on a 900,000 sq. ft. game-changing

The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (EFRA) has today (Tuesday 5 December) published a report to conclude its inquiry

Wageningen University, a global leader in agricultural research, and RED Horticulture, a cutting-edge startup specialising in greenhouse lighting and photobiology,

The Processors and Growers Research Organisation (PGRO) has added 11 new pea and bean varieties to its 2024 Descriptive List

Wyevale Nurseries has been unveiled this month as the sponsor for the Garden Centre Association’s (GCA) annual Ruxley Rose Award

British Berry Growers, the industry body representing 95% of the UK’s commercial soft fruit growers, has announced the formation of

Substrate supplier Cocogreen has appointed Ian Riggs as Head of Business Development UK. This strategic business appointment reinforces the company’s

Eleven ambitious young farmers have been named as the NFU’s new Student & Young Farmer ambassadors for the 2023/24 cohort.

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The Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) delivered a drop-in showcase in Parliament on Tuesday, 28 November. This ushered in the festive

The Environment Secretary Steve Barclay has used his first major speech to set out his commitment to backing British farmers

The Duchy 2024 Autumn and Winter Cauliflower Trials Field Open Day, followed by an evening Brassica Conference,  will be held

The fruit industry has expressed its sadness following the death of Adrian Scripps, who passed away on 18 November aged

Right-wing politician Jacob Rees-Mogg has been criticised by industry leaders for recent comments that the UK does not need fruit

The ‘world’s biggest’ vertical farm, set to create a revolution in farming with scalable, next generation agriculture, has been completed

Hartpury College will use newly-announced government funding to develop and deliver additional training and networking opportunities for the region’s businesses

A fruit picker from Chile who came to the UK on a seasonal worker visa is taking the farm which

It’s time to move forward from discussions to implementing actions at scale to tackle the climate crisis – that’s the

Two new funding streams are being made available by Growing Kent & Medway to back sustainable innovation and new technologies

Brogdale Collections, a leading charity based at the National Fruit Collection, is excited to announce the addition of Helena Pettit

Farmers and agronomists with an interest in nature-friendly farming can get involved with practical discussions at a new Regen Zone

Population monitoring reveals little change in the British late blight population during 2023, but the threat from resistant strains in

Local MP, Tom Tugendhat, got a first-hand look at the work Hadlow College is doing to inspire the next generation

Teagasc, the Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority, has established a new apple research orchard at its crops research centre

The winners of the Association of Professional Landscapers (APL) WorldSkills UK National finals have been announced. Anna Mcloughlin, of College of

Lidl tops British apple month sales Tesco falls short of 2022 performance British Apples & Pears Limited (BAPL) has published

The finalists for the APL Awards 2024 have been announced at the APL Annual Meeting which took place at Futurescape

British growers will continue to have access to important pesticides to support resilient and profitable food production and cut input