LEAF Marque and environmental responsibility at G’s Claire Donovan ~ Technical Director, G’s Fresh Trust | Efficiency | Quality | Expertise | Can do 1
Organisation and planning! G’s Business Intro ! Key Projects ! " Water - Drip / Sub Irrigation " Icecam / AgriEye/LED " May Farm & Environmental " Birds & Wildlife " Community Summary ! Trust | Efficiency | Quality | Expertise | Can do 2
Established 1952 Guy Shropshire Trust | Efficiency | Quality | Expertise | Can do 3
G’s Fast Facts Established 1952 • £500m turnover • 7,000 employees • 24 farmers and growers • 13,142 hectares • c. £20m invested p.a. • Supplying all major UK retailers • Supplying major supermarkets across the EU and USA Trust | Efficiency | Quality | Expertise | Can do 4
The G’s Group A group of marketing led family farming businesses ! Growing across 13,142 hectares Europe & Africa ! Senegal Poland UK Spain Czech 384 ha 374 ha 6,201 ha 5,853 ha 330ha Dedicated to quality and service; underpinned by strong values ! Trust | Efficiency | Quality | Expertise | Can do 5
Full Vertical Integration Crop Establishment & Plant Raising Farming Further Process & Packing Sales & Marketing Trust | Efficiency | Quality | Expertise | Can do 6
Crop Portfolio Trust | Efficiency | Quality | Expertise | Can do 7
G’s UK Growing Base Lancashire (Strategic Partners) Celery Iceberg Lincolnshire Organic Veg Norfolk Onions Norfolk Coast Shropshire Celery Baby Leaf Iceberg, Romaine Spring Onions Celery Radish Organic Beetroot Iceberg, Romaine, Gem Onions Warwickshire Suffolk Spring Onions Cambridgeshire Asparagus Onions Celery, Fenland Celery Legumes Iceberg, Romaine, Gem Mushrooms Gloucestershire Onions Mushrooms Kent Beetroot Spring Onions Sussex Dorset Iceberg Mushrooms Baby Leaf Romaine Trust | Efficiency | Quality | Expertise | Can do 8
Santa Marta Pozo Agost Hondo Spain ALICANTE ALICANTE ALICANTE CANTE ANTE Jumilla Growing Areas TORREVIEJA MURCIA LORCA Altitude Altitude Cullar Puerto 0-500m altitude 500m altitude Lumbreras CARTAGENA 500 800m altitude 500-800m altitude AGUILAS >800m altitude >800m altitude Huercal Overa Open Field Leafy Baby Leaf & Herbs Cuevas del Almanzora Celery Pak Choi Radish Organics Onions Lemon & Grapefruit Spring Onions Watermelon & Melon Continental Onions Operations Greenhouse Nursery Baby Leaf & Herbs Distribution Centres Tomato !"#$%&&&'&&&())*+*,-+.&&&'&&&/#01*%.&&&'&&&(23,"%*$,&&&'&&&40-&56 9 Trust | Efficiency | Quality | Expertise | Can do 9
West Africa Farms ~ Senegal Trust | Efficiency | Quality | Expertise | Can do Trust | Efficiency | Quality | Expertise | Can do 10
G’s Poland G’s Poland Trust | Efficiency | Quality | Expertise | Can do 11
Innovation & Investment - £196m over 10 years Laser Land Levelling Reservoir Mushroom Farm 24 Row Iceberg Planter Development & AD Plant Investment in the UK business is replicated in Spain & Czech Republic Infield Rig Packing 90 ha of state-of-the-art Reservoir Development Greenhouses Plant Raising Trust | Efficiency | Quality | Expertise | Can do 12
Cambs Farms Environmental Management Demonstration Farm (2000) ! National Award Farm (2006) ! M&S Plan A in Action (2010) ! Trust | Efficiency | Quality | Expertise | Can do 13
LEAF and G’s To supply quality fresh Our vison is for a world where produce that delights our we are farming, eating and customers every day living sustainably To be recognised as outstanding, market-led Our mission is to inspire and growers and suppliers of enable sustainable farming that sustainable, healthy fresh is prosperous, enriches the environment and engages produce, and to be at the local communities forefront of the industry in everything we do Trust | Efficiency | Quality | Expertise | Can do 14
Water use, drip irrigation and sub irrigation Water table control after levelling Trust | Efficiency | Quality | Expertise | Can do 15
Water use, drip irrigation and sub irrigation Trust | Efficiency | Quality | Expertise | Can do 16
Icecam/AgriEye/LED Vision To be the market leader for innovation in our core products offering high quality healthy, tasty, nutritious food with a point of difference for our customers and consumers Mission To drive quality, efficiency and sustainability inspiring trust with our customers and consumers through the application of leading edge science and technology using industry partners, expertise & knowledge 17 Trust | Efficiency | Quality | Expertise | Can do 17
IceCAM Nursery Sowing Amendments 500k Sowing pushed back Sowing begins due to rising Heat Units Planting begins 300k Extra Sowing due to Spain finishing early 500k Sowing pulled forward due to return to average 500k Sowing pulled forward due return to average Trust | Efficiency | Quality | Expertise | Can do 18
IceCAM Optimisation Suite (OS) – Smith Institute Trust | Efficiency | Quality | Expertise | Can do 19
Yield Forecasting & Harvest Planning Determine the number of plants established after transplanting (>98% accuracy) Measure size of individual plants and assess size range Outputs ! Deliver lettuce and celery establishment KPIs on weekly basis ! Correlating plant size with product specifications !"#$%&'()* !"#$%&'#(" &'#(" )"*+,-.&'#(" )"*+,-./-'00 /-'00 !"#$%/-'00 Iceberg at Bank Farm 3 over a ‘roddon’ (old waterway). Area of interest in red. Iceberg population with classes based on pixel sizes. (G’s Growers UK 2017) Trust | Efficiency | Quality | Expertise | Can do 20
Crop Intelligence using Remote Sensing Manned Unmanned Aerial Satellites aircraft Vehicles Spectrum Hemav Environment Aviation Systems Georeferenced multispectral imagery (3cm/pixel), being able to locate individual plants Real colour image (right) and Vegetation Map (red/green left) of an iceberg crop at ‘La Raposa 01’ (Cullar- G’s Growers Spain – 2017). Trust | Efficiency | Quality | Expertise | Can do 21
Crop Scouting Tool Other uses of vegetation maps: ! Crop scouting ! Wind damage ! Poor planting /drilling ! Weed patches ! Diseases ! Pest damage ! Compaction issues ! Water-logging ! Over spraying ! Compost amendments ! Non-destructive trials assessments (i.e. starter fertiliser) Trust | Efficiency | Quality | Expertise | Can do 22
Growing Indoors: LED Plants are subject to environmental Using indoor growing technologies variability during propagation may help reduce the impact and in the field on final yield Temperature Water availability Soil Type Trust | Efficiency | Quality | Expertise | Can do 23
Growing Indoors: LED Tailor-made transplants = Potential Waste Reduction Reduction in production time ! Reductions in substrate use ! Improved consistency ! Reduction in specific disorders ! Trust | Efficiency | Quality | Expertise | Can do 24
May Farm Anaerobic Digestion Trust | Efficiency | Quality | Expertise | Can do 25
May Farm Anaerobic Digestion Trust | Efficiency | Quality | Expertise | Can do 26
Digestate Spent mushroom compost Straw Compost May Farm Anaerobic Digestion ~ Soil Health Trust | Efficiency | Quality | Expertise | Can do 27
Sustainability Sustainability Roof-mounted Solar Panels Rainwater Harvesting Trust | Efficiency | Quality | Expertise | Can do Trust | Efficiency | Quality | Expertise | Can do 28
Community: A business to be proud of As progressive growers, we make a difference by developing our people, caring for the environment, and supporting local communities Trust | Efficiency | Quality | Expertise | Can do 29
Community Farm visits: LEAF and Soil Association ! Demonstration Farms Schools ! Public Open days Public Open days ! Industry ! Trust | Efficiency | Quality | Expertise | Can do 30
Community Open Farm Sunday
Community: People Training & coaching Building Local school & recruitment college links Management Work Training Scheme experience Good Business Good CSR Good Sense Sense Sustainability Trust | Efficiency | Quality | Expertise | Can do 32
Environment E n c o u r a g i n g w p r i o l d t l e i f c e t i n - g n e s t i n g b i r d s Caring for wildlife and in our use of natural resources Trust | Efficiency | Quality | Expertise | Can do 33
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