Ringden Farm

@GBApples Can't remember a season quite like it for codling, we have had 4 generations this season. At least something has enjoyed the weather 😭

🍏🌿 The reality of farming: just days before the harvest, some of our growers have detected codling moth 🐛 Codling moth caterpillars can be a pesky problem, even at this late stage in the season 🍎🤞 Nature always keeps us on our toes! 🌳 #OrchardWatch #BritishApples

@rjmitch21 This is what happens when food security is offloaded for the supermarkets to deal with rather than defra doing their job properly

Production across most produce sectors in the UK is in decline. We are exporting our food security far and wide off these shores. 🧵

Overwhelmed by the comments following yesterday's tweet re shreading blueberries. There are 2 separate issues here. Firstly the cost of production over many sectors of produce not just blueberries has made it unviable. We have many fallow areas of production this year as sho🧵

@drtreefruit We have been finding more scab on the underside of the leaf than normal this year

Well, right on time…apple scab popping up in my untreated apple trees. The brown fuzzy spot in the 1 o’clock position on this otherwise healthy looking apple leaf…🍎

@BritishGrowers Apples!

We are lucky to have such a variety of fruit and vegetables available! What's your favourite fruit? #britishgrowers #veggies #nationalvegetarianweek

An independent analysis, conducted by farm business consultants @AndersonsCentre, showed the median cost of producing a kilo of British apples is now £1.26, exposing the true cost of production crisis facing UK apple growers. @GBApples #britishapples fruitandvine.co.uk/analysis-prove…

And another season begins! #saveourorchards #farming

@GBApples Is this a case of @Tesco utilising the public goodwill towards British farmers and claiming to support British growers whilst all the time selling cheaper imports not grown to our high standards? Surely not...

Tesco have been knocked off the top spot for #BritishApple sales in February... but who jumped up to top position? 📈 Find out👀: bit.ly/3JzXCf2 The winning #supermarket sold 22% of all #BritishApples despite only holding 9% of market share 🙌

@FruitandVineMag @GBApples What would be really helpful is what proportion of total sales are British. This would highlight which retailers are really supporting British Growers and which are paying us nothing more than lip service.

Every month @GBApples collate data from British growers on the quantity of apples they've sold to UK supermarkets. Tesco has consistently held the top spot but guess who has knocked them off the top position! #britishapples #britishfruitgrowers #homegrown #homegrownfood #aldi

@AlastairLarge @Morrisons It's not surprising really when David Potts gets paid £4,100,000 in a year. There can't be anything left to pay fruit growers for their apples. It must be why they are paying 10p/kg less than last year.

@RingdenFarm @Morrisons Bang on! All lip service whilst we all fight for our existence.

There you go @Morrisons I have fixed your slogan for you. #saveourorchards

Did you see our respected British apple grower, James Smith, on @BBCTheOneShow? Growers cannot afford to replant orchards. Less orchards means less #biodiversity. Is the market broken? #AppleGrowers need a fairer return for their produce. 📺Watch: bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…

@GBApples @BBCTheOneShow Would the BRC like to explain how the supermarkets only make 1 - 2 pence a kilo when they are paying 80p/kg and selling for £2/kg? James came across very well explaining the bleak future that the top fruit sector is facing #saveourorchards

@GBApples How is this holding supermarkets to account? The data is useless unless you include the total volume of apples and pears sold by the supermarket, not just British fruit

We know that people choose to buy British top fruit when they can. By sharing sales data 📊with retailers and consumers, we're empowering shoppers 🛒and holding supermarkets to account. Analysis: thegrocer.co.uk/fruit-and-veg/… #BritishApples #UKGrowers #SaveOurOrchards #BritishFarmers

bbc.com/news/uk-englan… #saveourorchards

@FASTLLP Do you have that hold or cold? 😁

The farm will be closed on Monday the 12th of December for the funeral of Chris Dench.

#kiev #ukraine

@will_hoad Looks expensive!

Shiny new picking machine to start the 2020 hop harvest. Let's hope it works...

Due to the current Covid-19 restrictions, we will not be attending any of our regular farmers markets, but will instead be offering a no contact home delivery service to find out more go to ringdenfarm.co.uk