Carol Wagstaff

Dec 7, 2023 | rte.ie | Carol Wagstaff

Analysis: these miniature leafy salad crops pack a lot of nutritionally beneficial and flavoursome goodies into a small spaceBy Carol Wagstaff, University of ReadingMany of us germinated cress seeds on a bit of wet tissue at primary school, giving us a first introduction to edible microgreens. Recent interest in more diverse ways of getting flavour and nutrition into the vegetable components of our diets has increased the focus on the potential these crops have to offer.

Sep 26, 2023 | nature.com | Bob Doherty |Peter Jackson |Carol Wagstaff |Martin White

Minister Mark Spencer announced in May 2023 a reversing of the decision to develop a strategy for horticulture. Instead, the government says it now wants to focus on a labour review and a farming innovation programme. Dimbleby’s independent review in 2021 (ref. 6) had set out how UK diets will need to change over the next ten years to meet the government’s targets on health, climate and nature. By 2032, fruit and vegetable consumption will have to increase by 30% and fibre consumption by 50%.

Sep 7, 2023 | salon.com | Carol Wagstaff

Many of us germinated cress seeds on a bit of wet tissue at primary school, giving us a first introduction to edible microgreens. Recent interest in more diverse ways of getting flavor and nutrition into the vegetable components of our diets has increased the focus on the potential these crops have to offer. There are now a growing number of horticultural businesses operating at a significant commercial scale to deliver a wide variety of microgreens to the market.

Sep 5, 2023 | phys.org | Carol Wagstaff

Many of us germinated cress seeds on a bit of wet tissue at primary school, giving us a first introduction to edible microgreens. Recent interest in more diverse ways of getting flavor and nutrition into the vegetable components of our diets has increased the focus on the potential these crops have to offer.

Sep 4, 2023 | bignewsnetwork.com | Carol Wagstaff

Many of us germinated cress seeds on a bit of wet tissue at primary school, giving us a first introduction to edible microgreens. Recent interest in more diverse ways of getting flavour and nutrition into the vegetable components of our diets has increased the focus on the potential these crops have to offer. There are now a growing number of horticultural businesses operating at a significant commercial scale to deliver a wide variety of microgreens to the market.