Crop Protection
- Farm assurance and stewardship management for example, GlobalGap, Assured Produce, LEAF
- Integrated crop and pest management strategy
- Pesticide management and usage
- Environmental stewardship and strategy
- Insect pest forecasting and monitoring strategy
Quality Management
- Auditing and site preparation against technical standards, for example, BRC and retail customer protocols including M&S Select Farm (Cat 0-1 crops) and the Waitrose Farm standard
- Quality system design and management
- Food Safety, HACCP and traceability system design and implementation
- Specification management and design
- Quality system validation and verification
Product Management
- Fresh produce sourcing and supply chain management
- Product benchmarking and organoleptic studies
- Varietal trial development and monitoring
- New product development 'first to market'
- Promotion of products (through field trials, trade shows and overseas visits)