Field Vegetables Panel

The Panel consists of representatives elected by levy payers, and where appropriate, independent experts are co-opted to provide technical advice. Invitations are also extended to appropriate trade body representatives.

Peter Cornish - knowledge of brassica and root vegetable production (including organic) Panel Chairman Loveden Estates Ltd, Doncaster

Emma Garrod Technical Manager HDC, Kent 01732 848 383

Cheryl Brewster Technical Manager (supporting Field Vegetables and Protected Crops) HDC, Kent 01732 848 383

Ross Newham Principle Communications Manager HDC, Kent 01732 848 383

Elected members representing the interests of growers

Tom Davies - knowledge of herb production
Malvern View Herbs, Worcestershire

Nathan Delicot - knowledge of speciality vegetable crop production (curcubits/asparagus/radish)
Barfoots of Botley, West Sussex

Martin Evans - knowledge of growing umbellifers (carrots and parsnips)
Fresh Growers Ltd, Nottinghamshire

Richard Evenden - knowledge of general field vegetable production
H L Hutchinson Ltd, Lincolnshire

Thane Goodrich - knowledge of speciality salads production
Intercrop Ltd, Kent

Philip Langley - knowledge of field vegetable production in the South East (Kent and Thames Valley)
Bomfords Ltd, Warwickshire

Ellis Luckhurst - knowledge of field vegetable production in the South West (including Hampshire)
P E Simmons Group, Cornwall

Christopher Molyneux - knowledge of field vegetable production in the North (Lancashire, Yorkshire and West Midlands)
C Molyneux & Sons, Lancashire

Tim Mudge - knowledge of legume production (peas and beans)
Processed Vegetable Growers’ Association (PVGA), Lincolnshire
01507 602 427

David Norman - knowledge of salad production
Fresh Produce Consultancy, Cambridgeshire
01354 654 276

Peter Parr - knowledge of allium production (onions and leeks)
Agrovista, Lincolnshire

John Sedgwick - knowledge of field vegetable production in Scotland
Kettle Produce Ltd, Fife

Matthew Rawson - knowledge of brassica production (flower, head, leaf and root)
Pasture Farm, Lincs

Roger White - knowledge of vegetable propagation
Westhorpe Flowers & Plants Ltd, Lincolnshire

Technical & scientific advisors

David Gray
Independent Consultant, Warwickshire
01926 842098

Robin Wood
Elsoms Seeds, Lincolnshire
01775 715000

Courtesy members

Kelly Watson
NFU, London
024 7685 8630

A representative from Defra
Defra, London
020 7238 1526

David Pink
University of Warwick
02476 574 982

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