Co-operative Retail fully supports the principles of Integrated Crop Management and Good Agricultural Practice and actively endorses our suppliers’ participation in industry schemes designed to further their aims for example LEAF, EUREP - GAP and Assured Produce , Farmcare (Farming Environmental Management System) and FWAG,.

Co-operative Retail recommends that all farms work from a Crop Protection Management Plan, (obtained from the Voluntary Initiative (VI)), and that they hold and understand Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) and Environmental Information Sheets (EIS), (available from the Agrochemical Manufacturers and VI ) for all pesticides used.

Agronomy on farm should be supported by an agronomist who is on the BASIS professional register and who carries BETA training and qualifications,

All pesticides should be applied by a professional who is currently on the National Register of Spray Operators (N Ro SO) register.

Crops grown outside the UK should operate within similar parameters, please discus the detail of such operations, with respect to local conditions with Co-operative Retail.