How did you get started? My first business was a macrobiotic restaurant, which opened in 1967 and was a mecca for lovers of brown rice and other organic goodies. This evolved into Whole Earth Foods and out of that came Green Black's, the first organic chocolate. What advice would you give to others...
- How did you get started? I was brought up in the family's horticultural business then trained in agriculture. In 2000, I left the business to become self-employed in work interests that related more closely to my beliefs and lifestyle. This involved a number of roles in horticulture, one of which...
- How did you get started? I got started back in 1997 when I spotted the opportunity to join the laboratory at British Seed Houses. I thoroughly enjoyed my four years working in the lab and became a qualified seed analyst in grasses, cereals and brassicas. Summer months were also good back then because...
How did you get started? I studied for a BSc degree in agricultural chemistry at Wye College and did a PhD in agronomy and soil science at the University of Nottingham. I then spent five years teaching in the Department of Agriculture Horticulture. I began my commercial career with a regional agricultural...
How did you get into horticulture? Although not formally trained, I was brought up the Italian way - in the garden, in the kitchen and at the table. Veg growing is part of who I am and food is my absolute passion. In Britain, growing food is considered as gardening. But in Italy, it is considered exactly...
How did you get started? I always loved being in the landscape and my parents were in agriculture so I liked it from early on.
Clive Morton has joined Covent Garden Market Authority (CGMA) as finance director. He was previously finance director for Harvey Nichols and KPMG. Bob Marlow has been appointed as CGMA operations director. His previous role was as general manager at Western International Market.
Liz Falkingham has been appointed by the NFU as its new director of communications from 2 June. Falkingham previously worked as the editor of Farmers Guardian. She replaces Anthony Gibson who is retiring after 36 years at the NFU.
Check out the checkouts at Waitrose. And the fridges, the lights and everything else driven by the electricity in the recently opened store in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire. It comes, of course, from the National Grid - just like everyone else's power.
Professor David Mabberley, author of the Plant Book, has been appointed as keeper of the herbarium at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Mabberley is currently director of the University of Washington Botanic Gardens in Seattle, US. He will take up his appointment in March.
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