56: New beginnings for horticulture

Welcome to the next edition of the horticulture podcast. Today we have a special guest, Vivian Powell, Crop Protection Senior Scientist from AHDB who has served the horticulture industry for 40 years of her life and 18 years working for AHDB delivering some fantastic work. She has helped many growers and businesses save resources, money and time. 

Bolette Nave, Crop Protection Scientist from AHDB will be interviewing Vivian Powell. She will be sharing some of her key moments in the industry and what the future holds for the minor use programme project. 

We will also hear an update from Joe Martin, our Crop Protection Senior Scientist at AHDB will share an interesting insight into SCEPTREplus and what growers should look forward to. 

For further information on SCEPTREplus or Minor Use Programme visit: ahdb.org.uk

In the next episode, we’ll be finding out what the results from our latest Pork marketing campaign tell us, along with what plans there are for future activity. We’ll discover whether more people have been buying pork as a result of the campaign and what this means in financial terms.