Rebecca Smith leads the Growing Kent & Medway Mentoring Programme, offering people working in the food and drink sector one-on-one and group support. Rebecca is on a mission to help businesses of any size realise their ambitions. Her experience has shown her how...
Sophie Packer connects food and drink businesses with researchers at the University of Kent to help them with a wide range of research projects, from sustainable packaging through to healthier soils. With a wealth of experience in grant funding, Sophie is also on hand...
Knowledge Exchange Manager, Scott Raffle, explains how investment in state-of-the-art infrastructure at NIAB’s East Malling site will enable the UK fresh produce sector to respond to the challenge of climate change. And reflects on some of the research that is helping...
Over £1m in funding has been awarded by Growing Kent & Medway to six innovative projects in Kent that will make horticultural and plant-based food and drink production more sustainable. The projects will not only help the industry reduce its impact on climate...
With a background in plant disease and helping introduce agritech solutions to transform horticultural crop production systems, Robert Saville is excited to be using his experience to support the whole plant-based food and drink supply chain in his new role as...
A new training programme, Growing Green, will help horticultural, food and drink businesses in Kent meet net-zero targets by giving them the skills, knowledge and funding to become more sustainable. Led by NIAB as part of the Growing Kent and Medway project, Growing...
