{"id":22578,"date":"2021-11-03T11:14:57","date_gmt":"2021-11-03T11:14:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/research-blog\/?p=22578"},"modified":"2021-11-03T18:10:07","modified_gmt":"2021-11-03T18:10:07","slug":"the-horticultural-quality-and-food-loss-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/research-blog\/2021\/11\/03\/the-horticultural-quality-and-food-loss-network\/","title":{"rendered":"Horticultural Quality and Food Loss Network"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The Horticultural Quality and Food Loss Network (HortQFLNet) is jointly led by the University&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reading.ac.uk\/food\/about\/staff\/c-wagstaff.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">Professor Carol Wagstaff<\/a>\u00a0and Cranfield University&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cranfield.ac.uk\/people\/professor-leon-terry-698015\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">Professor Leon A. Terry<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">In this short film, Professor Carol Wagstaff gives an overview of the Network aims and objectives and the types of research it will carry out:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"UKRI BBSRC Carol Wagstaff Short version\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/641564688?h=7d49f15830&amp;dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The aim of the Quality and Food Loss Network for Horticulture is to act as the leading collective voice for the UK horticultural and post-harvest community. The Network will focus delivering a highly effective, collaborative and sustainable horticultural research community in the UK. The scope of the Network will focus on post-farm gate problems, with the recognition that the solution to these may require pre-farm gate intervention. 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