Vegetable grower and fresh produce industry specialist, Annice Firth, has joined the Syngenta Vegetable Seeds UK Technical Sales team. Based near Boston in south Lincolnshire, where she grows commercial courgettes, squash, and pumpkins on the family farm, Firth Produce, Annice will initially focus on delivering results from Syngenta trials of exciting new brassica and cucurbit varieties.
She will also provide additional cover for Syngenta salad and leafy brassica crops during the maternity leave of crop specialist Rosie Frost. Along with her practical experience in commercial vegetable crop production, Annice has been working with supermarket and wholesale specialty crop fresh produce suppliers, DGM Growers, a part of the Fresca Group.
Annice holds a degree in Agriculture and Environmental Management from Lincoln University.
She will also be involved in the organization of the Syngenta Vegetable Seeds Innovation Centre, near Surfleet in Lincolnshire, with its open field demo days to be held on the 12th & 13th of October.
For more information:
Annice Firth
Syngenta UK
[email protected]
www.syngenta.co.uk