Our Six Principles

These are the six principles identified for building a sustainable world class workforce.

1) Adopt Good HR practices.

2) Aim to keep the core team employed throughout the year.

3) Find innovative ways of managing peaks in demand.

4) Be imaginative in finding new blood for the industry.

5) Take responsibility for developing our own training.

6) Promote the industry as a good place to work to educators, career advisers and the public.

Growing together implementation plan from West Sussex Growers.

West Sussex growers have recently released an update to their strategic plan for developing horticulture in their area. There are three key priorities that have been identified.

Strategic Priority 1

Ensure that planning and land use policies support the sector and identify suitable locations for development.

Strategic Priority 2:

Improve understanding of the sector with [...]

October 5th, 2011 | Category: New publications, Policy | Leave a comment

What is growing jobs about?

This site has case studies and guidelines aimed at helping growers in the production horticulture sector achieve the sustainable, skilled and knowledgeable workforce needed to build a world class industry able to increase locally produced food in the UK [...]

April 29th, 2010 | Category: Policy | One comment