UK pavillion returns to Fruit Logistica
Following the successful first-time collaboration by the British potato and the UK’s horticulture sector at Fruit Logistica 2013, Potato Council, the Horticultural Development Company (HDC) and the Commercial Horticultural Association (CHA) return with their industries to this world leading event in February 2014, to build their promotion of seed potatoes from Britain and raise the profile of the diversity and quality of UK horticultural crops and supplies.
Potato Council and HDC are divisions of the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) which is responsible for promoting consumption and building sustainability of UK agricultural industries at home and overseas, and they develop their leading role in showcasing produce from the United Kingdom to the world. CHA is the UK trade association for manufacturers and suppliers of plants, products and services to commercial horticulture worldwide.
Visitors to the UK stand can meet Potato Council’s seed and export and HDC’s horticultural teams and talk with experts from Potato Council’s internationally-renowned crop storage facility, Sutton Bridge Crop Storage Research (SBCSR), on-hand with expert storage advice.
Plant health officials from Scottish Government’s Science and Advice for Scottish Agriculture (SASA) exhibit officially for the first time, to discuss plant health and seed export topics.
Leading researchers, seed breeders and exporters return, including Mylnefield Research Services Ltd, leaders in plant breeding, plant pathology and diagnostics, agronomy and physiology. Meet Caithness Potatoes, based in Scotland, one of the most disease-free seed producing regions in Europe. Caithness Potatoes have grown and sold potatoes for generations, with international customers in different market places, providing hi