256: Growsave-ing carbon? Net zero and what it means for horticultural production

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256: Growsave-ing carbon? Net zero and what it means for horticultural production

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Nathalie Key, AHDB Horticulture Knowledge Exchange Manager for Protected Edibles and Mushrooms is joined by Jonathan Swain, Technical Director at NFU Energy, leader of the Growsave project. Also joining is Eirinn Rusbridge, Project Manager at NFU Energy, Rebecca Fry, Development Manager at Neame Lea (an ornamentals growing business) and Georgia Whitehouse, a geography student at Leeds University specialising in carbon emissions and who has been working at Neame Lea.

The group explore the carbon emissions targets of net zero, carbon auditing work in an ornamental commercial environment including the relationship with wider retail, and what this could mean for the wider horticulture industry.

Useful links:

· https://ahdb.org.uk/growsave
· https://www.nfuenergy.co.uk/
· https://www.bridgefarmgroup.co.uk/the-group/neame-lea/

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