Skills and Training

This module will explore key diversification strategies for use in horticulture that specifically support biodiversity.

The horticultural sector relies heavily on water from many sources. By using a combination of sustainable methods, monitoring, benchmarking and good planning, growers can manage water usage and set achievable KPIs to support efficient and cost-effective water management. 

This course has been designed to provide a comprehensive introduction into what green manures and cover crops can do to improve soils. Covering the roles these crops can play in preventing soil erosion, improving soil organic matter, managing nutrients, enhancing...

Are you a horticultural business? Farming Connect can support you to complete UA4 (CPD) of the Sustainable Farming Scheme.

For horticulture farm businesses joining the SFS in 2026, the following e-learning modules completed from summer 2025 will count towards the...

Food safety is vital for anyone producing it. Even at the small grower level you need to understand the legal implications and possible risk areas of food contamination and ensure they have all possible documentation to trace and track issues...

In Wales 53% of all field boundaries are hedgerows adding to rural distinctiveness. There is great diversity in Welsh hedgerows, from gorse hedges on coastal stone-faced banks, to the skilled laid hedges of inland areas. There is a rich cultural...

This module will remind farmers of the importance of existing public access rights and their responsibilities for maintaining it. It will also look at ways in which farmers can engage with the public and provide open farm access for them...

This course will cover watery mouth, umbilical infection (navel ill), joint ill (infectious polyarthritis), septicaemia and clostridial disease in new born lambs and associated risk factors.

Introduction:

Developed by Yorkshire Wildlife Trust in partnership with the Welsh Peatlands Sustainable Management Scheme (SMS) Project, the Peatland Restoration Practitioner training course provides validation with support from the IUCN UK Peatland Programme.
 

Overview in brief:

Peatland restoration is...