tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8949465960394510999Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:51:51 +0000Welcome to Under 40's Fruit Grower website. For 2011 conference please contact Will Dobson, Hill Farm Orchards Ltd, Tel: 01489 878616http://www.u40s.co.uk/noreply@blogger.com (Aurel Voiculescu)Blogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8949465960394510999.post-4263685805396633235Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:59:00 +00002009-11-22T20:30:56.527ZA roving conference focused on driving more youth into the fruit industry hasannounced its next location in Europe. The 21st Under 40s (U40s) conference, which looks to encourage young people into engaging and progressing in the industry, will take place in Provence, France in February 2011.The conference will tour the region with intentions to visit businesses in the fields of stonefruit, soft http://www.u40s.co.uk/2009/11/under-40s-unveil-next-location.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Aurel Voiculescu)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8949465960394510999.post-1085438094177176858Fri, 09 Jan 2009 12:59:00 +00002009-01-09T14:13:46.880ZThe UK market for fresh produce is a fast-moving, complex place with a fluid agenda set very much by a combination of consumer power, media messages and innovation. More than perhaps any other sector,fresh food is singled out as a high profile product with strong potential for messaging in the competitive marketplace, with the environmental and social story behind produce becoming increasingly http://www.u40s.co.uk/2009/01/2009-under-40s-leipzig-conference.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Aurel Voiculescu)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8949465960394510999.post-9041727507874615171Thu, 01 Jan 2009 15:24:00 +00002009-11-15T00:11:25.981ZThe 20th U40s Fruit Growers’ Conference will be held in Leipzig, Germany, at the beginning of February 2009. The biennial event takes young UK growers out of their day-to-day environment and gives them a rare chance to attend seminars and visit growers in an overseas production region. It hopes to attract 150 delegates for its 20th outing. Sarah Calcutt, pictured, new business development managerhttp://www.u40s.co.uk/2009/01/2009-u40s-pick-leipzig-for-20th-outing.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Aurel Voiculescu)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8949465960394510999.post-8817801516082257440Fri, 16 Feb 2007 15:09:00 +00002009-01-08T22:53:31.344ZThe 19th biannual Under 40’s Fruit Growers Conference was held this year in the Huelva region of Spain, writes Sarah Calcutt, technical manager at Norman Collett Ltd. The ideal soft fruit production area blessed with light sandy soils and permitted acres of poly tun­nels in every direction!This year’s conference, ably led by Matthew Spanton with committee members, David Macaulay, Ben Wilkinson, http://www.u40s.co.uk/2007/02/2007-fruit-is-big-business-in-spain.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Aurel Voiculescu)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8949465960394510999.post-1322020480745609551Sat, 01 Feb 2003 14:57:00 +00002009-01-08T22:51:22.538ZThe committee for this year's Under 40s fruit grower's conference has agreed upon a destination for the next event. Around 100 young fruit growers and employees from several related industries will head to Bologna, Italy, at the beginning of 2003, for a series of conference sessions, discussion and visits to local producers and packers. The biennial conference was last held in Porto Novo, http://www.u40s.co.uk/2009/01/under-40s-finalise-conference-location.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Aurel Voiculescu)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8949465960394510999.post-5116811024521267530Fri, 16 Feb 2001 14:22:00 +00002009-01-08T22:49:31.219ZUnder 40's enjoy Portuguese break Despite the fact that flooding and other factors prevented four from leaving the UK, a total of 88 delegates descended on Porto Novo on the west coast of Portugal country for Under 40s Fruit Growers conference, which takes place once every two years. With the title 2001, a Fruit Odyssey, an intensive two and a half day programme included visits to local fruit http://www.u40s.co.uk/2001/02/under-40s-enjoy-portuguese-break.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Aurel Voiculescu)0