Using resources wisely is an essential part of managing the smooth operation of a business because it reduces costs.  For horticulture businesses, the challenges are perhaps more acute and some key focus areas are with peat, plastic, fertiliser and pesticides. Of course, being more efficient when using resources also improves your businesses environmental performance, reducing emissions and lowering your carbon footprint. 

To help you, this section explores the key issues facing horticulture businesses. It contains links to other sections of the Knowledge Hub with practical steps to consider and links to other useful resources.

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Webinar: Year round vegetable production - How to achieve all year round production?

All year round production is important for increasing turnover, spreading w…

Webinar: Green Manures and Cover Crops hosted by Andy Dibben

Head Grower at Abbey Home Farm a 1600 acre Mixed Organic Farm in Gloucester…

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…

Vegetable Seed Training Programme: Webinar 10

Intermediate seed saving – Routes to Market. In this webinar we start with…

Vegetable Seed Training Programme: Webinar 5

The session will re-cap on the basic genetics of seed production, including…

Vegetable Seed Training Programme: Webinar 3

Our 12-month seed production training is designed to give you the tools to…

Vegetable Seed Training Programme: Webinar 4

Our 12-month seed production training is designed to give you the tools to…

Ben Hartman Webinar: Small Farm Composting and No-till Soil Building

In this webinar, Ben Hartman, author of The Lean Farm, will explain his eff…

Technical Advice Sheet: Peat-free Horticulture - How and Why?

This technical advice sheet has been developed to accompany the Peat-free H…

Seed Cleaning and Storage

Seed cleaning is getting the seed out of its ‘container’ and removing anyth…

Seed Cultivation - Seed Quality

Seed producers want to produce the best quality seeds. As growers we know t…

Planning For Seed Crops

Planning Annual & Biennial Seed Crops See Vegetable Seed Training Program…

Horticulture Leaders Forum – Expert panel debate 2

The second in a series of expert panel debates as part of the Horticulture…

Horticulture Leaders Forum - Sustainable Business Masterclass

his masterclass introduces a tried and tested approach to equip you with th…

Ben Hartman Webinar

Ben Hartman - Using the Lean System to Earn a Comfortable Living on a Farm…

Webinar: Peat Free Horticulture - Why and How?

Political and commercial pressures are increasing to cease the use of peat…

Seed Training Programme - Webinar 3 Selection of crop for seed

This third session will look at the principle involved at the selection sta…

Seed Training Programme - Webinar 2: Cultivation of trickier crops for seed

The second cultivation session builds on the first session and look at tric…

Horticulture Professional Development Programme Taster: Doing more with less...

This session aims to build horticulture resilience to current and future ch…

Should we say no to floral foam?

There is no escaping the growing consumer and media interest surrounding pl…

Tyfu Cymru and Ben Hartman Webinar

Further to our popular Ben Hartman workshop at Cae Tan in January, Ben has…