British Tomato Conference 2014
![TGA Chairman Nigel Bartle from North Bank Growers welcomed the audience on Wednesday night for the annual conference dinner](https://www.floraldaily.com/remote/https/agfstorage.blob.core.windows.net/fd-com/photos/9038/TGA2-121.jpg?preset=AlbumCoverThumb)
![Between the first course (a North Bank tomato soup) and the main course, Guest speaker Caroline Drummond of LEAF (Linking Environment and Farming. LEAF is the UK's leading organisation promoting sustainable agriculture, food and farming. They help farmers produce good food, with care and to high environmental standards, identified in-store by the LEAF Marque logo. Drummond discussed the challenges growers and retailers are facing to upgrade the profiles and reputation of farmers and their products.](https://www.floraldaily.com/remote/https/agfstorage.blob.core.windows.net/fd-com/photos/9038/TGA2-122.jpg?preset=AlbumCoverThumb)
![The second day the exhibition booths could be visited in the morning and during the conference breaks. This year many new exhibitors could be found, like PhytoLux: a British manufacturer and developer of supplemental grow lights. From left to the right: Doug McLean, Laura McLean and Steve Edwards.](https://www.floraldaily.com/remote/https/agfstorage.blob.core.windows.net/fd-com/photos/9038/TGA2-123.jpg?preset=AlbumCoverThumb)
![André van Dam of Certhon together with Chris Addis of CMW Horticulture, Certhon's partner in the UK. At this moment the party is building the new greenhouse complex at Red Roofs Nursery.](https://www.floraldaily.com/remote/https/agfstorage.blob.core.windows.net/fd-com/photos/9038/TGA2-126.jpg?preset=AlbumCoverThumb)
![Enza Zaden was promoting their loose varieties at the TGA Conference, extensive cultivation data was provided by the breeder.](https://www.floraldaily.com/remote/https/agfstorage.blob.core.windows.net/fd-com/photos/9038/TGA2-128.jpg?preset=AlbumCoverThumb)
![Ross Hibbs and Kevin Robinsson of Cambridge HOK ; they were pleased to announce the construction of a new greenhouse for tomato growers Frank Rudd & Son’s.](https://www.floraldaily.com/remote/https/agfstorage.blob.core.windows.net/fd-com/photos/9038/TGA2-136.jpg?preset=AlbumCoverThumb)
![Marco is based in the UK, but the company has done also great projects abroad; recently they installed another project for Windset Farms in the USA. On the picture are Jonathan Heard and Johnathan Foulkes.](https://www.floraldaily.com/remote/https/agfstorage.blob.core.windows.net/fd-com/photos/9038/TGA2-145.jpg?preset=AlbumCoverThumb)
![Paul O'Neill of ClearPower Energy Solutions provides turnkey energy solutions, from CHP and Boilers to complete biomass installations.](https://www.floraldaily.com/remote/https/agfstorage.blob.core.windows.net/fd-com/photos/9038/TGA2-146.jpg?preset=AlbumCoverThumb)
![Ian Wolfenden and Simon Taylor of Northern Polytunnels are representing Agam's Ventilated Latent Heat Converter (VLHC) in the UK.](https://www.floraldaily.com/remote/https/agfstorage.blob.core.windows.net/fd-com/photos/9038/TGA2-147.jpg?preset=AlbumCoverThumb)
![Al Sayed and Terri-Ann Boyle of Ximax. Learn more about their effective water treatment solutions here; http://www.hortidaily.com/article/6303/Chlorine-dioxide;-a-safe-and-effective-solution-for-a-clean-irrigation-system](https://www.floraldaily.com/remote/https/agfstorage.blob.core.windows.net/fd-com/photos/9038/TGA2-155.jpg?preset=AlbumCoverThumb)
![Besides his work for Paskal, former Dutch tomato grower Michel de Winter is now also a consultant for Axia Seeds; a new and very young and inspiring seed breeder from Holland. Remember that name.](https://www.floraldaily.com/remote/https/agfstorage.blob.core.windows.net/fd-com/photos/9038/TGA2-159.jpg?preset=AlbumCoverThumb)
![Harel Dotan of Paskal was sharing the latest information about the advanced Growth Anaysis System. Learn more about it here; http://www.hortidaily.com/article/1056/This-could-bring-in-a-new-era-of-plant-growth-optimization,-like-the-climate-computer-did-back-in-the-days](https://www.floraldaily.com/remote/https/agfstorage.blob.core.windows.net/fd-com/photos/9038/TGA2-162.jpg?preset=AlbumCoverThumb)
![Kevin Wendelken of ARaymond fastening systems and cropping solutions together with Glenn Notley of Royal Brinkman UK](https://www.floraldaily.com/remote/https/agfstorage.blob.core.windows.net/fd-com/photos/9038/TGA2-163.jpg?preset=AlbumCoverThumb)
![Paul van Gils from Mardenkro together with Paul Tate from Fargro, Mardenkro's UK distributer. Growers in the UK are already familiar with and using Mardenkro's greenhouse coatings and the acreage with diffuse coating is still increasing.](https://www.floraldaily.com/remote/https/agfstorage.blob.core.windows.net/fd-com/photos/9038/TGA2-167.jpg?preset=AlbumCoverThumb)
![Alan Wilson is Waitrose' technical manager agronomy. He gave a spoke about Waitrose' vision in regards to fresh produce management, marketing and buying strategies. Waitrose emphasizes British produce which was underlined by Wilson's statement on 'doing everything to increase the amount of British tomatoes on the shelves'](https://www.floraldaily.com/remote/https/agfstorage.blob.core.windows.net/fd-com/photos/9038/TGA2-170.jpg?preset=AlbumCoverThumb)
![Paul Hammett of the NFU gave a presentation about the water legislations and the abstraction reform and which position the NFU has in the reform. He also mentioned the EU Water Framework Directive.](https://www.floraldaily.com/remote/https/agfstorage.blob.core.windows.net/fd-com/photos/9038/TGA2-176.jpg?preset=AlbumCoverThumb)
![The NFU's vice president Guy Smith gave an update on the ongoing and future work by the NFU on the Healthy Harvest Campaign.](https://www.floraldaily.com/remote/https/agfstorage.blob.core.windows.net/fd-com/photos/9038/TGA2-177.jpg?preset=AlbumCoverThumb)
![Botanicoir's Kalum and Samantha Balasuriya are experiencing an increasing clientèle for their premium coir growing media, inside and outside the UK.](https://www.floraldaily.com/remote/https/agfstorage.blob.core.windows.net/fd-com/photos/9038/TGA2-178.jpg?preset=AlbumCoverThumb)
![Greenhouse builder Bob Hunsche of Van Der Hoeven Horticultural Projects together with Jerome Vinke of Rolls-Royce CHP Division.](https://www.floraldaily.com/remote/https/agfstorage.blob.core.windows.net/fd-com/photos/9038/TGA2-179.jpg?preset=AlbumCoverThumb)
![Peter Geerts of Syngenta together with his colleagues from Syngenta UK - Bioline ; Caroline Reid, Richard Binks and Peter Squires.](https://www.floraldaily.com/remote/https/agfstorage.blob.core.windows.net/fd-com/photos/9038/TGA2-183.jpg?preset=AlbumCoverThumb)
![Chris Placket of Farm Energy giving his update on the energy market in the UK. His forecast were quite positive. More about this later in an article on HortiDaily.com](https://www.floraldaily.com/remote/https/agfstorage.blob.core.windows.net/fd-com/photos/9038/TGA2-190.jpg?preset=AlbumCoverThumb)
![Tim Pratt from Farm Energy showed new results from the trials with the refrigerant based dehumidification unit of the Drygair concept at Red Roofs Nursery. Again the yield has stayed behind; almost two kilos this year. Very frustrating if you save a huge amount of energy. Research for a solution will continue.](https://www.floraldaily.com/remote/https/agfstorage.blob.core.windows.net/fd-com/photos/9038/TGA2-191.jpg?preset=AlbumCoverThumb)
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