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LEAF Marque and environmental responsibility at G’sClaire Donovan ~ Technical Director, G’s Fresh
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Organisation and planning!
! G’s Business Intro
! Key Projects" Water - Drip / Sub Irrigation" Icecam / AgriEye/LED" May Farm & Environmental" Birds & Wildlife" Community
! Summary
Established 1952
Guy ShropshireTrust | Efficiency | Quality | Expertise | Can do3
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G’s Fast Facts
• £500m turnover
• 7,000 employees
• Supplying major supermarkets across the EU and USA
• c. £20m invested p.a.
• 13,142 hectares
• Supplying all major UK retailers
Established 1952
• 24 farmers and growers
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! A group of marketing led family farming businesses! Growing across 13,142 hectares Europe & Africa
! Dedicated to quality and service; underpinned by strong values
Senegal 384 ha
Spain 5,853 ha
Poland374 ha
Czech330ha
UK 6,201 ha
The G’s Group
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Crop Establishment &
Plant Raising
Farming
Further Process& Packing
Sales & Marketing
Full Vertical Integration
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Crop Portfolio
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Kent Spring Onions
SussexIcebergBaby LeafRomaine
Lancashire(Strategic Partners)CeleryIceberg
WarwickshireSpring OnionsAsparagusLegumes
ShropshireSpring OnionsOrganic Beetroot
Gloucestershire Mushrooms
DorsetMushrooms
CambridgeshireCelery, Fenland CeleryIceberg, Romaine, GemMushroomsOnionsBeetroot
Norfolk CoastBaby LeafCeleryIceberg, Romaine, GemOnions
NorfolkOnionsCeleryIceberg, RomaineRadish
SuffolkOnions
LincolnshireOrganic Veg
G’s UK Growing Base
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0-500m altitude
500-800m altitude
>800m altitude
Altitude0-500m altitude
500-800m altitude
>800m altitude
Altitude
MURCIA
ALICANTE
CARTAGENA
LORCA
AGUILAS
Agost
CullarPuerto
Lumbreras
PozoHondo
TORREVIEJA
Huercal Overa
Jumilla
Santa Marta
Cuevas del Almanzora
OperationsNursery
Distribution Centres
Greenhouse
Tomato
Baby Leaf & Herbs
Open Field
Watermelon & Melon
Lemon & Grapefruit
Radish
Spring Onions
Continental Onions
Baby Leaf & HerbsLeafy
Pak Choi
Organics
Celery
Onions
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ALICANTEALICANTEALICANTEALICANTE SpainGrowing Areas
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West Africa Farms ~ SenegalWest Africa Farms ~ Senegal
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G’s PolandG’s Poland
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Investment in the UK business is replicated in Spain & Czech Republic
Laser Land Levelling 24 Row Iceberg Planter
Infield Rig Packing
Plant Raising
Reservoir Development
Reservoir Development 90 ha of state-of-the-artGreenhouses
Innovation & Investment - £196m over 10 years
Mushroom Farm & AD Plant
! Demonstration Farm (2000)! National Award Farm (2006)! M&S Plan A in Action (2010)
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Cambs FarmsEnvironmental Management
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LEAF and G’s
To be recognised as outstanding, market-led growers and suppliers of sustainable, healthy fresh produce, and to be at the forefront of the industry in
everything we do
To supply quality freshproduce that delights our
customers every day
Our vison is for a world where we are farming, eating and
living sustainably
Our mission is to inspire and enable sustainable farming that
is prosperous, enriches the environment and engages
local communities
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Water use, drip irrigation and sub irrigation
Water table
control after
levellingWater table Water table
control after control after
levelling
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Water use, drip irrigation and sub irrigation
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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
Icecam/AgriEye/LED
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IceCAM Nursery Sowing Amendments
Sowing begins
Planting begins
300k Extra Sowing due to Spain finishing early
500k Sowing pulled forward due return to
average
500k Sowing pushed back due to rising Heat Units
500k Sowing pulled forwarddue to return to average
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IceCAM Optimisation Suite (OS) – Smith Institute
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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
Iceberg population with classes based on pixel sizes. Iceberg at Bank Farm 3 over a ‘roddon’ (old waterway). Area of interest in red. (G’s Growers UK 2017)
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Crop Intelligence using Remote Sensing
Manned aircraft
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Satellites
Spectrum Aviation
Hemav Environment Systems
Georeferenced multispectral
imagery (3cm/pixel), being ableto 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).
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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)
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Growing Indoors: LED
Plants are subject to environmental variability during propagation
and in the field
Temperature
Soil Type
Using indoor growing technologies may help reduce the impact
on final yield
Water availability
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Growing Indoors: LED
! Reduction in production time
! Reductions in substrate use
! Improved consistency
! Reduction in specific disorders
Tailor-made transplants Potential Waste Reduction=
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May Farm Anaerobic Digestion
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May Farm Anaerobic Digestion
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May Farm Anaerobic Digestion ~ Soil Health
Digestate
Spent mushroom compost
Straw
Compost
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Sustainability
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Sustainability
Rainwater Harvesting
Roof-mounted Solar Panels
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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
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Community
Farm visits:
! LEAF and Soil Association Demonstration Farms
! Schools! Public Open days! Industry
Public Open days
CommunityOpen Farm Sunday
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Community: People
Good BusinessSense
Good CSR Sense
Good Sustainability
Management Training Scheme
Buildingschool &
college links
Training& coachingLocal
recruitment
Workexperience
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Environment
Encouraging wildlife -protecting nesting birds
Caring for wildlife and in our use of natural resources
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EnvironmentEnvironment
Pheromone traps
Phacelia margins
Wondermesh
Beetle banks
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Turtle Dove Project
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The key to sustainable farming is integration
In G’s aspiration to be world class farmers we also need to look after our natural resources
G’s Sustainable farming operation increases the biodiversity of the ecosystems within our agricultural land base and ensures G’s continues
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