House of Lords Horticultural Sector Committee

News & information from the House of Lords Committee on the horticultural sector. Produced by staff on behalf of the committee.

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🚨We’ve now published our report ‘‘Sowing the seeds: A blooming English horticultural sector’’. Read the full report here: https://t.co/3ND3oQIajI

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A special episode of @BBCRadio4 Gardeners’ Question Time, recorded in the #HouseOfLords to mark the release of @HLHorticulture's new report, was released on 10 November.

Members asked questions to panellists @thorogoodchris1 @LandscapeMan @ChristineWalkd

🎧 Listen on @BBCSounds

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In case you missed it! 👀
We published our report ‘‘Sowing the seeds: A blooming English horticultural sector’’. Read our summary report here:
https://t.co/Ge3vimV7CX

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We heard from over 60 witnesses, received almost 100 written evidence submissions, and visited horticultural businesses at home and overseas. Thank you to all who contributed to our inquiry!

[House of Lords Horticultural Sector Committee @HLHorticulture]

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🚨We’ve now published our report ‘‘Sowing the seeds: A blooming English horticultural sector’’. Read the full report here: https://t.co/3ND3oQIajI

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▶️ Watch the video below find out more about the Committee’s findings.

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⏰ Today at 10:30, we hold our last 🏁 evidence session with @Mark_Spencer. We'll be asking the @DefraGovUK Minister about fairness and self-sufficiency in the supply chain, peat, new trade rules and more!

Live 📺link: https://t.co/st0kznqB7y

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⏰Today's public evidence
At 10:30 @Tesco talks to💬us about relations with growers, supply chain challenges and food security

At 11:00 we explore the role of the Groceries Code Adjudicator and the Groceries Supply Code of Practice with @UKGCA
Live📺link
https://t.co/X9a7sOpCJq

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⏰ In today's evidence session, we speak to visa 🛂 scheme operators who provide seasonal workers to GB horticulture farms. 🥕🚜

At 10:30 we question representatives from @proforceltd, @fruitfuljobs and @ConcordiaChat.

Follow this link to tune-in: https://t.co/ASukVGxLUJ

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⏰ Today's evidence sessions:

At 10:30 we discuss soil health and peat with
@SoilAssociation's @Ben_Raskin, @dunkie_c and EJ Godwin.
At 11:30 we discuss trade with Ball Colegrave, @NigelFpc and @JenniferPheasey.

Live here: https://t.co/8NdPByE8eM

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@WUR Finally, we looked at how post-harvest tech is being used to create a smart agri-logistics chain🍎🍐.

Thank you to all who made the visit a valuable learning experience for the Committee! 🇳🇱🇬🇧

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This week, we visited the Netherlands @ukinnl 🇳🇱 to understand more about best practice in the horticultural sector 🌿

@WorldHortiCentr, we heard about using new light 💡 technology to grow strawberries and flowers, and the role of drones in pest surveillance and pollination.

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At @WUR’s main campus, we explored the Dutch Diamond collaboration model between industry, universities, the government and society 🤝 and we discovered how high-tech phenotyping methods and climate cells are being used to see how plants grow in different conditions.

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🌿 Today members of the 🇬🇧 House of Lords @HLHorticulture finalised a 2-day visit to 🇳🇱

The visit included trips to @WorldHortiCentr, Wageningen University & Research Centre @WUR & members met with officials from the 🇳🇱 Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality @minlnv

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🔔 Today at 10:30 we talk to former UK seasonal workers alongside @TBIJ's @Mellino.
At 11:30 we hear about horticulture and mental health with @LifeatNo27, @d_christianrose and Dave Solly @NASPTweets.

Open link to watch 👁️ live: https://t.co/wyExORfth8

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🔔Today we discuss urban horticulture🌆 including food production, garden design and greening our cities 🏞️
At 10:30 we talk to @steph_wetherell, @jilledmondson25 and @NSALG
At 11:30 we talk to @SFarms_Gardens, @BALI_Landscape and @ling_judy

View live: https://t.co/HT7adUitAs

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We also visited @Hadlow_College to speak to staff and students about land-based qualifications, designing a physic garden🌸, and how technology like drones and hydroponics is helping us to grow more tomatoes and grapes 🍅🍇.

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Today, we visited @GrowingKent_Med @niabgroup to see horticultural innovation in action, including how high-tech glasshouses, automation and precision irrigation is being used to grow tomatoes, strawberries and vines🍅🍓🍇