Join the UK Agri-Tech Centre at PDM, a leading UK salad grower, for a farm-to-packhouse tour of its integrated bagged salad operation.
If you’re developing technology for the salad and vegetable sector, this is a rare opportunity to step behind the scenes of one of the UK’s most innovative salad businesses and see where agri-tech succeeds in the real world.
From planting and drilling through to laser weeding, data collection, harvesting, processing and packaging, you’ll follow the entire production journey and gain a first-hand understanding of the challenges, decisions and pressures shaping modern salad production.
Places are limited – to ensure that the event is tailored to your business’s needs and you get the most value, attendance is by application and will be confirmed at a later date.
Why attend?
For agri-tech innovators, understanding the realities of farm operations is critical to commercial success.
You’ll discover:
- What makes growers adopt new technologies—and what stops them
- The operational, commercial and practical realities that influence on-farm decisions
- Common mistakes innovators make when developing solutions for growers
- How your technology can fit seamlessly into real farming systems
- The problems growers are actively looking to solve
More than a farm tour
This is an opportunity to engage directly with the people who make decisions across the business.
Meet colleagues from across PDM’s operations, including production, agronomy, harvesting, processing and packaging teams, and gain valuable insight into where innovation can deliver real impact.
At a networking lunch held at the PDM Innovation Center you’ll also have the chance to connect with experts from the UK Agri-Tech Centre, whose mission is to help agri-tech businesses move from innovation to real-world adoption through:
Prove – Testing technologies in real-world conditions
Build – Strengthening commercial success
Scale – Accelerating market adoption
Who should attend?
While the day is particularly relevant for innovators working in the salad vegetable sector, anyone developing technologies for horticulture, fresh produce or vegetable production will gain valuable insight from seeing the full production process in action.
Whether you’re refining a product, validating a technology, or planning your route to market, this event will help you understand what it really takes to move from innovation to adoption.
Places are limited – apply now to secure your place.