DEFRA
Supporting our vegetable growers and producers is of great importance. In particular, we want to support the use of sustainable horticultural practices which improve not only the environment and soil, but also quality of the vegetables produced. One way we are demonstrating our support for growers and producers is with our new online Food Marketplace website, which helps to connect ambitious food SMEs with government departments, schools and hospitals to secure public sector contracts.
“There’s a real opportunity that the horticultural industry, that has been overlooked for far too long, actually get the right kind of support, so that it can grow as an industry and supply our UK market.” George Eustice, Minister of State at the Department of Envrionment, Food and Rural Affairs