Horticulture standards committee
The Horticulture Standards Committee meets around two to three times per year. We aim to have a wide and representative spread of appropriate expertise on the committee together with consumer and public interest representatives. The Horticulture Standards Committee's remit is to develop and keep under review our horticulture standards and to deal with any relevant issues referred to the committee from licensees, Soil Association members, the public or our certification department.
Agendas of meetings
Minutes of meetings
Issues that have arisen in recent meetings
- Cleaning and hygiene of mushroom growing sheds
- Standards for protected cropping
- Seeds subject to protoplast fusion
Current committee members and their expertise
- Anne Evans: Licensee - vegetables and greenhouse crops
- Richard Bowers: Advisor
- Andrew Burgess: Licensee - fresh produce packer
- John Davenport: Licensee - fruit, vegetables and box scheme
- Tim Deane: Licensee - greenhouse crops, mixed vegetables, top fruit and box scheme
- Emma Garrod: Horticultural Development Council
- Roger Hitchings: Advisor and chair of ACOS Technical Committee
- Margi Lennartsson: Garden Organic
- Matthew Murton: Licensee - fresh produce packer and wholesaler
- William Rose: Licensee - horticulture crops and fresh produce packing
- Chris Taylor: Licensee - horticulture
- Jenny Usher: Soil Association Council member and licensee - greenhouse crops, vegetables, soft and top fruit
- Jill Vaughan: Committee Chair. Licensee - plant raiser
- Matthew Wilson: Licensee - vegetables, soft and top fruit
- Karen Shergold: Soil Association member representative
The next meeting will be held on 27 July 2010.