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A new House of Lords report has called for a dedicated Minister for Horticulture, horticulture to be on the national curriculum and more investment in research and development

BAPL executive secretary Ali Capper has hit back at comments from the British Retail Association on Countryfile

British blackberries will be on supermarket shelves beyond hedgerow season until November

A lack of training, access and opportunity is barring urban horticulturists from becoming commercial growers, a House of Lords committee has been told

Morocco and the UK have celebrated closer trade ties since Brexit, with the two countries looking to further grow the trading relationship, although the UK horticultural industry has warned of the dangers of overreliance on one market.

Íæż½ã½ã will benefit from a new support package that has been designed to strengthen food security and grow the economy, the Government has pledged.

The Government has confirmed it will not be developing a dedicated horticulture strategy, despite repeated calls for the industry to do so.

A Leading horticulture body has hit out at supermarkets saying that retailers’ failure to back British growers over the winter has led directly to empty shelves and rationing.

The future of apple and pear growing in the UK is ‘on a knife edge’ after it emerged that more than a third of planned orders for trees have been cancelled.

A boost in both production and consumption of fruit and vegetables is essential if the UK population is to reach its required ’five a day’, according to a new report.