Its a tricky one - a 'perfect storm' of weather in Spain and Morocco, and French ferry strikes. Climate change means we should be developing (and paying for) a viable UK fresh produce sector 🥒🍅🥬!

It’s world carrot day 🥕 Did you know we only produce enough fruit & veg for 1/3 of the population to eat 5-a-day? Harper Adams University’s Fresh Produce Research@HAU Jim Monaghan are combatting fresh produce challenges Find out more 👀 harper-adams.ac.uk/research/fprc/ #CarrotDay #worldcarrotday

Paul - a great job, well done.

Some great PhD projects here. Do you want to look for answers to the challenge of sustainably growing crops? Edward Dickin Harper Adams University Tom Pope Dr Joe Roberts CTP for Sustainable Agricultural Innovation x.com/ctp_sai/status…

Please retweet. PhD Studentship: Evaluating the food safety of culinary herbs cultivated in peat-free growing media. Harper Adams University in collaboration with the The RHS jobs.harper-adams.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?r…

Ed showing some strip cropping at HAU. All managed by autonomous kit. Spring wheat, spring barley, spring beans. ⁦Edward Dickin⁩ ⁦HandsFreeHectare & Farm⁩

The Paludiculture Innovation Project site Harper Adams University is under construction. This is informed by the natural #soil profiles. Dr Ana IM Natálio 💙 and Scott Kirby explore the glacial deposits from ages past. Jim Monaghan Simon Jeffery @AgriTechEcon Iona Huang Dr Lucy Crockford Niab

Did you know oil could help battle water loss in plants? 🌻 Results from experiments at Harper Adams have shown sunflower oil could have potential implications for drought-hit countries worldwide. Read more about our research here: harper.ac.uk/sowlpt

HandsFreeHectare & Farm Harper Adams University FarmscanAG UK Kit Franklin Legume fallow strips are still capturing light, feeding soil biology and pollinators. We’ll go again this autumn and make it work better.

Inspiring farm walk at the Paludiculture Innovation Site Harper Adams University yesterday. Taking a deeper dive into soil profiles and water management! #sustainable #paludiculture #wetland

Harper Adams University is proud to announce that it has been named as the FIRST EVER Specialist University of the Year in The Times and The Sunday Times and the Sunday Times Good University Guide 2024 🏆 The fantastic news went live this morning ⬇️ harper.ac.uk/specialistuni

Come and do a PhD ⁦Harper Adams University⁩ and solve the challenge of growing potatoes while protecting soil #regen #soilhealth #regenag ctp-sai.org/projects-for-2…

Postdoctoral Researcher - LED for Faster and Better Propagation (LED4FaB Roots) at Harper Adams University jobs.ac.uk/job/DHJ643/pos… Join the crop science group at HAU and work with a industry leading innovative grower, plant breeders, and play with plants!

This is being added to my Christmas list. Enjoying the HAU agric crops tour. First stop Agrovista’s Lamport site

Next stop - KWS. Excellent visit with James Armstrong. Another superb ex-HAU croppy. ⁦Edward Dickin⁩ ⁦Harper Adams University⁩ ⁦⁦Louisa Dines⁩ ⁦KWS UK Ltd⁩

Day 2 of the crops tour with a great visit to G’s with the one and only Rob Parker and a few million lettuce. Harper Adams University Edward Dickin

Last visit of a great crop tour. Warner’s Distillery another Harper alumnus host, with Tom making delicious gin with local botanicals Harper Adams University Louisa Dines Edward Dickin

Rootrainertrons - that's the word for the day (and a really neat paper by Cara Wharton) rdcu.be/ebWRV