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  • New AgriTour South Africa for March 2015

    Following on from the success of AgriTour South Africa 2014 we are delighted to be running another one, in March 2015.

    AgriTour South Africa 2015, which Susie Emmett of Green Shoots will lead in March 2015, will spend six days visiting farm businesses in the Western Cape using innovative approaches and management styles on a range of crops. […]

  • AgriTour South Africa a Success

    Nine UK farmers had a fantastically inspiring time on the Green Shoots AgriTour of South Africa in November 2014.

    In six days of travel through marvellously productive farmed Western Cape landscape they were able to see the best of good agricultural practice on all sorts of farms. They also witnessed the power of agriculture to do good.

    Soil […]

  • Farming study tour of South Africa

    Why go on a farming study tour of South Africa? Farms in South Africa that grow to exacting standards in challenging climatic conditions have extraordinarily good agricultural, business and environmental management to share.

    The Green Shoots AgriTour South Africa in November 2014 takes a group of nine UK farmers to explore the challenges faced by domestic and export farming in the […]

  • Understanding Biological Control of Pests

    UK farmer Charles Bracey shares some of the things that amaze him during the Green Shoots agri-tour of Kenya.

    Like many farmers he uses pesticides to control pests if they attack his crops. In Kenya he was interested to find that the company Real IPM is the leading biological control company in Africa and serving growers on […]

  • Resourceful farming on the Equator in Kenya

    Farm Manager David Jones is on the Green Shoots AgriTour in Kenya and shares his impressions .

    “The businesses in Kenya – KHE (Kenyan Horticultural Exports) at Ontilili and Finlays at Ibis Farm – that grow crops that supply UK supermarkets really impressed me with their attention to detail. They are producing crops to a high standard to meet […]