Anna has just returned from the NextGen Fruit Group Group conference trip in California. A jam packed 8 days, with 53 delegates, 14 hosts, and covering over 900miles from LA via San Fran to Sonoma county. Visits included vertical farming in Compton, The world's largest organic Strawberry producer with Driscoll's, state of the art facilities at California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo , genetics work with BLOOM FRESH, regenerative Ag and scale at Jackson Family Wines among many others. 🌿 🍇 🍎 🍊 🍓 🍑 The NextGen fruit group relies on assistance from Partners and sponsors, thank you to those who continuously support this fantastic group allowing delegates a once in a lifetime experience! (Haygrove Oxbury Bank PlcHAYNES AGRICULTURAL LIMITEDFargro LimitedCocogreenBASFNetafim) This marks the end of Anna's tenure within the committee as they hand over to the next brilliant team! If you're a business or individual looking to support the future of UK Horticulture, this is the way to do it!
An insightful week with the NextGen Fruit Group in California, 8 days, 53 delegates, 14 hosts, covering over 900miles from LA via San Fran to Sonoma county. Visits included: Plenty®, Driscoll's, advanced.farm, California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo, BLOOM FRESH, Family Tree Farms, Burro, SunBerry Farms, Taylor Farms, Fog City Farms, Trattore Farms and Winery, Agtonomy, Jackson Family Wines 🌿 🍇 🍎 🍊 🍓 🍑 Big thank you to our partners (Haygrove Oxbury Bank Plc HAYNES AGRICULTURAL LIMITED Fargro Limited BASF Cocogreen Netafim) Super proud of our brilliant committee for putting together a jam packed, awe-inspiring agenda (Mike Rudge, Rob Wickham, Tom Barnes, Gail Gribble, Richard Smith, Oli Pascall) This marks the end of our two year tenure and we now hand over to Alana Deacon and her team. We've all come away excited about the future of UK Horticulture, we have a great bunch of young passionate industry leaders. Shout out the team at Pixley Berries (Juice) Ltd who have keeping the show on the road in my absence! 💗
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