Hambrooks has a Gardening Hero
This April, National Garden Gift Vouchers (NGGV) recognises Frankie Banting from Hambrooks as a Gardening Hero. Frankie Banting is a ...
Month: April 2019
NFU responds to CMA announcement on Sainsbury’s and Asda merger
Responding to the announcement by the CMA today that they will block the proposed merger of Sainsbury’s and Asda, NFU ...
Survey seeks to understand skills gap in ornamental industry
A survey investigating what skills the UK’s £24.2 billion ornamental sector will need in the future is being carried out, ...
Is agro-ecological farming carbon neutral?
A new report from French think-tank IDDRI says that agro-ecology farming techniques, which ecological concepts and principals to agriculture can ...
Growers facing up to prospects of very dry season
Reports from across the East of England suggest that growers are already using much more water than normal for the ...
Waitrose to fund plastic-pollution fellowship
Supermarket Waitrose & Partners is funding university research that it hopes will contribute to efforts to reduce the environmental impacts ...
The Future Food Awards 2019 is now open for entries
The Future Food Awards are here to celebrate, support and offer invaluable opportunities to inspirational businesses and showcase the innovation ...
Students to prosper from the sales of Begonia ‘Sweet Spice Bounty’
Plant breeder, Kerley & Co and wholesale distributor, Ball Colegrave, are working together to bring plant sales donations to the ...
Growth in online grocery sales slowing in UK
British shoppers are still in love with the convenience of online grocery shopping, spending £12.3 billion last year; nine per ...
Tulip grower stockpiling Dutch bulbs
A Norfolk tulip grower has told his local newspaper that he has begun stockpiling tulip bulbs from the Netherlands ahead ...
