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Virtual Work experience - High-tech Fruit Farming

Filmed at Berry Farming Ltd in Sussex, this interactive one-hour experience includes:

• A virtual site tour
• Insights into cutting-edge technology and sustainability
• Interviews with industry professionals
• Quizzes, role profiles, and links to innovators

Find out how growers are cutting water use, harnessing bee power, and even etching patterns into glasshouse roofs to boost yields.

The technology and science focused experience will take around 60-75 minutes to complete.

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This resource is produced by

The Institute for Agriculture and Horticulture (TIAH)

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