Webinar: Veg network - Box scheme Financial session
Conventional and organic vegetable box schemes have increased in popularity significantly over recent years and sales topped £100 million last year. Ruth Evans an accountant who sits on the board for Cae Tan led this session. She outlined different models of box schemes and the potential for income.
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Tyfu Cymru, Dr Lizzie Sagoo and Chris Creed of ADAS hosted this webinar on nutrient management strategies for field vegetables growers.
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Highlights from 'A Systems Approach to Organic Vegetable Production with Iain Tolhurst'
Iain Tolhurst has been at the forefront of the UK organic farming movement for over 40 years. His 8 ha farm has won many awards including finalist of “Soil farmer of the year”.
12/13/2022 12:00:08 PM
Webinar: Crop Planning and Rotation – Field scale growing
Join Nick Bean (Springfields Produce), John Addams-Williams (Head of Field Operations, Puffin Produce Ltd) and Chris Creed (Senior Horticultural Consultant, ADAS) as they share their methods for success for field scale growing.
9/16/2021 1:38:51 PM
Webinar: Crop Planning and Rotation – Small Growers
Crop rotation helps to reduce a build-up of crop-specific pest and disease problems and it organises groups of crops according to their cultivation needs. Additionally, crop rotations can improve soil structure and organic matter with this in mind cr…
9/16/2021 1:34:16 PM
Webinar: Asparagus; a diversification crop for Wales
The webinar covers establishment and production including organic. Chris Creed from ADAS led this webinar. He was joined by Phil Handley from Mostyn Kitchen Garden and Adrian from Bellis Brother's Farm Shop who gave a grower’s perspective on the bene…
5/14/2021 1:16:57 PM
Webinar: Soil Health for Field Vegetable Growers
This event aimed to help growers understand how they can measure soil health and what they can do to protect and improve soil health on their farm. The meeting covered: What is soil ‘soil’ health? How can we measure it? Including options for in-field…
3/18/2021 1:59:56 PM
Food Safety: What are the risks from food?
In the UK, we take food safety for granted, and very rarely consider what potential risks could be associated with eating. Safe food (being food that will not cause injury or illness) and is normally a given when food is bought in the UK.
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This introductory webinar will be an overview of what an agricultural standard is, the main standards in the UK (Red Tractor, M&S Select Farm, LEAF, Soil Association etc) and will cover GlobalG.A.P for those that may want to export. It will give grow…
1/25/2021 3:27:33 PM
Welsh Fruit and Vegetable Production - Baseline Study
This baseline study for Tyfu Cymru was conducted by Dr. Amber Wheeler and looks at the opportunities for Welsh Fruit and Vegetable production.
6/26/2020 4:05:34 PM
Tyfu Cymru and Charles Dowding Q&A - Part 2: No Dig Methods and Advantages for Intensive Cropping
Charles Dowding joins us for a Q&A session with Welsh commercial growers following his walk through of No Dig Methods and Intensive Cropping in part one of the webinar series.
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In the first part of this webinar Charles presents the benefits of no dig and intensive cropping with an online walk through of no dig growing covering all aspects from no dig polytunnels to planting, composting, multisowing and propagation.
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This fact sheet details spring pest control tips for growing asparagus.
4/29/2020 10:34:34 AM
Technical Advice Sheet from the Vegetable Network Power Hour
The Tyfu Cymru Vegetable Network have launched an online power hour in order to continue to support growers during the COVID-19 outbreak.
4/28/2020 4:59:01 PM