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LATEST FRESH PRODUCE NEWS

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Rooftop lettuce retailer opens

The new REWE Green Farming Market Berlin Shop has a lettuce farm on the roof.

Carlo Petrini obituary

'Crazy' if Reform ditch SPS agreement, international floriculture leader tells HortWeek

SPS agreement in doubt as UK enters period of political instability

Climate change report: industry body reaction

Glyphosate-supporting report launches in Parliament

Rich List: Billionaire numbers fall, King and Beckham rise, Dyson down

Book review: The Future of Bananas

Iran war’s impact on food supply chains and inflation to be examined by MPs

Defra visits Northern Ireland for UK–EU Reset talks

Movers and people: Amenity Forum, Mansfield's, Replay, Heligan, RBGE

Annual review summarises fruit research

More Brits growing their own

Defra PPS first to resign as pressure on Starmer mounts

King's Speech likely to omit peat ban plan UPDATED

Nursery converted for sphagnum cultivation

NFU urges newly elected councillors to back British farming

Blueberries now Hall Hunter's top crop as grower turns 60

Glyphosate debate raised as renewal date nears

Horticulture King's Awards for Enterprise winners 2026

Agricultural contractors advise addition of diesel fuel surcharge

INDUSTRY ANALYSIS

Annabel Shackleton with the Tiptree team

Open Farm Sunday: Tiptree in focus

Obituaries 2026

Nigel Dunnett

Guide to: Horticulture business costs and employment challenges

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International Women’s Day: how close is horticulture to gender parity?

International Women's Day

Whatever happened to… the Glasshouse Crops Research Institute

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How using peat got back on the agenda

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Sector Preview 2026: Fresh Produce

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Sector Review 2025: Fresh Produce

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Companies House results analysis shows which horticulture sectors have prospered and which have not

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GEORGE EUSTICE INTERVIEW: Longest-serving Defra minister calls farmer tax and changed peat deadlines ‘mistakes’

George Eustice

Eustice takes new tree industry role: HortWeek interview

George Eustice

Horticulture obituaries 2025

John Hillier

Environmental Improvement Plan progress report 2024-25: 9 highlights identified

Short-term progress towards the 10 goals, based on OIF indicators

VIDEO: Burro autonomous robot cart

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VIDEO: What can we expect from the EU-UK import-export deal?

Sally Cullimore and Jennifer Pheasey at HTA National Plant Show

Fruit Focus show preview: Showcasing valuable work to support the fresh-fruit industry

Fruit Focus

EAMU UPDATES

EAMU roundup: February 2026

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EAMU roundup: January 2026

Lettuce crops - credit: Flickr/NRCS Pacific Islands Area

EAMU roundup: December 2025

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EAMU roundup: November 2025

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EAMU roundup: October 2025

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EAMU roundup: September 2025

Horseradish - credit: Flickr/Nick Saltmarsh (CC by 2.0)

EAMU EXPIRY ALERTS

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EAMU expiry alert: September 2026

EAMU authorisations that are due to expire by the end of September 2026.

OPINION

Biological control in the British soft-fruit sector

Nick Marston

Organic fertilisers providing welcome certainty for farmers in volatile times, says SoilWorx

Paul O’Hora

Growers need a planning framework that recognises the importance of water storage to modern horticulture

Nick Marston

Berry sector reflections on 2025 and planning for 2026

Nick Marston

The biggest issue for growers is planning permissions

Nick Marston

Farmers and nurseries face increasing tax pressures to produce

Derek Jarman