Vegetables

Retailer unveils vegetable crop grown by robots and monitored by drones

University of Warwick welcome steps to support fruit and vegetable growers

Dan Hawes grew up on an arable farm in Suffolk and now produces strawberry and raspberry plants for the UK fruit market with Blaise Plants, sister company to Hugh Lowe Farms, Kent. The business grows outside, under tunnels and in glasshouses and produces more than four million plants a year. The arable side includes environmental schemes, with a mix of wheat, oilseed rape, beans and barley crops

'Growers want to remain anonymous for fear of losing contracts,' says union board chair Martin Emmett

Jono Hughes is a new entrant growing vegetables under the Blas Gwent Veg brand, on the Gwent Levels, between Cardiff and Newport. Together with his wife and business partner Holly Tomlinson, they started farming in spring 2022 and focus on innovation in ecological horticulture and developing pathways into farming for young people from urban areas. They use organic methods and are working towards organic certification

Morrisons and Aldi have now made changes to their shopping experience to promote farm businesses and produce online through the 'Buy British' initiative

Fruit and vegetable growers are shelving plans for growth due to the soaring cost of production over the past two years, putting the future of UK's horticulture industry at risk

Shoppers are sacrificing healthier, fresh foods in order to save money, according to new report

Scientists hail indoor farming breakthrough to biofortify pea shoots

Livestock sustainability consultant Prof Jude Capper raised concerns over the children's book and its 'oversimplified' portrayal of livestock farming and its role to play in climate change