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AIC
AIC is the Scheme Manager of UFAS, TASCC, FEMAS & FIAS providing assurance in the feed, food and fertiliser supply chains.The schemes were developed to help prevent major feed and food safety scares and ensure fertiliser security and also in response to consumer, industry, governments and stakeholder requirements.
BEPA
BEPA is the trade association representing the processors and users of British produced pulse (dried pea and bean) crops.
British Society of Plant Breeders
The British Society of Plant Breeders whose members include all the major private and public sector plant breeders in the UK. The Society represents the industry as a whole on technical, regulatory and intellectual property matters. Members have interests across a wide range of crops.
CFE (Campaign for the Farmed Environment)
The CFE unites key industry stakeholders, Defra, Natural England, the Environment Agency and the RSPB to advise farmers on how they can best retain - and increase the environmental benefits provided by their farmland in a targeted and agronomically sensible way.
FERA
The government's Food & Environment Research Agency website is enormous. It lists details of all schemes and includes a library of papers on a wide range of issues.
FWAG
The Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group (FWAG) is the UK's leading independent and dedicated provider of environmental and conservation advice to farmers.
Pure Line Seeds Inc
Pure Line Seeds Inc is a large successful seed breeding company in the US. We are the UK agents for their vining pea range.
TASCC
TASCC address's the handling of grains, pulses and animal feed materials in the supply chain beyond the farm gate, whether the destination is storage, feed, food, seeds or other uses.
The Processors & Growers Research Organisation
PGRO is the UK centre for applied research into temperate peas, beans and other grain legumes for both animal feed and human consumption.