Ruth Ashfield has been appointed head of communications at the Horticultural Development Company (HDC). She was formerly HDC outreach communications manager.
The James Hutton Institute, formed earlier this year from the Macaulay Land Use Research Institute and Scottish Crop Research Institute, has announced its senior team under director of research impact Dr Bob Ferrier and director of science excellence Professor Colin Campbell.
R Delamore manager Paul Hogden has left the company to set up his own business - IT Genetics - having witnessed first-hand the absence of specific IT products for horticulture.
MPs on the Commons environment, food and rural affairs committee (EFRA) select committee - scrutinising the draft Groceries Code Adjudicator Bill - want several new powers given to the role to combat the "climate of fear" that exists in the groceries supply chain.
Sourcing and convenience emerge as recession-beating factors in fresh produce successes.
The need to stress the importance of fruit and vegetable production in the national planning policy framework is one of the subjects being discussed at this year's ADAS/Syngenta Vegetable Conference.
Anne McIntosh has been named as the Commons environment, food and rural affairs select committee chair.
Fresh potatoes supplier Greenvale AP has appointed Jessica Cranthorne as environmental coordinator. She will be based at the company's Floods Ferry site in Cambridgeshire. Cranthorne is a member of the board for the Broads Authority Sustainable Development Fund.
Agriculture Horticulture Development Board chief executive Kevin Roberts will be NFU director general, succeeding Richard Macdonald, from April 2010. NFU director of policy Martin Haworth will be acting director general from 26 November.
Michael Powell, who has worked for Dutch glasshouse equipment supplier Priva for 13 years, and Nick Field, who joined Priva in 1990 later becoming technical manager, will head Priva following the departure of UK director Chris Addis.
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