Horticulture – Crop Choice, Rotations and Marketing Produce
Date:
Tuesday 16 April 2024 - 19:00 to 20:30
Venue:
Organiser:
Scotland’s Farm Advisory Service (FAS)
Planning on growing and selling veg from your smallholding or croft?
This online talk and discussion for smallholders and crofters is about maximising income from your holding with profitable cropping.
With soil expert and horticulturalist Audrey Litterick, and marketing guru Calum Johnston, the event will cover:
- Site and soil
- Range of crop types.
- plant families
- Crop rotation design.
- Crop rotation challenges
- Polytunnel challenges
- Selling – where to start!
- How to find out what the customer wants
- Community supported agriculture schemes
- B2C and B2B
Price:
Free