Winter Brassicas for Continuity – Webinar – Wednesday, 14 Dec 2022, 19:00 – 20:30 GMT

Date Published: 8th December 2022

Brassicas are the biggest and most valuable crop family for winter sales. How can growers provide continuity in an uncertain climate?

The summer heatwave and the mild autumn have played havoc with many brassica growers’ continuity plans. How can growers plan their cropping plans to be resilient? We are joined by John Overvoorde of organic plant-raisers Delfland Nurseries and grower Jez Taylor of Daylesford Organic to discuss how we can make winter brassicas succeed.

Jez Taylor said, “I am happy to share my experience of brassica growing, the most important of our veg families and the rotational group that I’m constantly tweaking like a captain choosing a football team.”

ABOUT THE WEBINAR PROGRAMME

This webinar is a partnership between the CSA Network UK, the Seed Sovereignty Programme run by the Gaia Foundation, and the Organic Growers Alliance. It forms part of a webinar series funded by Farming the Future.

The webinar programme focuses on practical teaching and farmer-to-farmer knowledge exchanges between farmers and growers from around the UK. The series is designed to increase knowledge exchange and learning on both the politics and practice of agroecology, seed sovereignty and food sovereignty.

If you would like to be involved in running a webinar, a theme or a practice you would like to know more about or have a specific topic you would like to present on, please contact us at csanetworkcomms@gmail.com.

JOIN US!

If you aren’t part of any of the organisations running this programme but would like to sign as a member up please check us out at:

Seed Sovereignty Programme (for growers interested in saving and producing seed) www.seedsovereignty.info

Organic Growers Alliance: (for market gardens and vegetable farms)www.organicgrowersalliance.co.uk

CSA Network UK: (For community supported agriculture schemes) www.communitysupportedagriculture.org.uk