Ruth Adeyemi
Managing director
Ruth leads group strategy, customer contracts, and the partner programme for independent growers.
About
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Harvest Group is a produce grower group working across orchards, glasshouses, and field vegetable operations. We grow, pack, and ship to wholesale and foodservice customers, and we work with a network of independent growers under a shared quality system.
How the group started
Harvest Group began in 2009 with a single twelve-acre orchard in Valley County, supplying local wholesale markets. Over the next decade the group added a packhouse, a protected-cropping site at East Ridge, and a field vegetable block in the south. Each step was funded from trading, not from outside investment.
The group now coordinates growing, grading, cold storage, and refrigerated transport from a small number of owned sites. A partner programme brings independent growers into the same quality and traceability system, so customers see one standard across multiple farms and regions.
Day-to-day work is still led by growers. Crop walks, packhouse shifts, and dispatch are run by people who live within a short drive of the land. The group's role is to hold the standard, coordinate the logistics, and keep the records straight.
Milestones
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2009
First orchard planted
Twelve acres of Cox and Bramley in Valley County.
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2013
Packhouse opened
Central grading and cold storage brought online.
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2017
Glasshouse commissioned
Sixty acres of protected cropping at East Ridge.
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2020
Partner programme launched
Independent growers joined under a shared quality system.
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2024
Traceability platform rolled out
Every pallet tracked from field to dispatch.
Leadership
The group is run by a small leadership team. Between them they cover the field, the packhouse, and the customer.
Jakub Nowicki
Head of growing
Jakub sets crop plans and field standards across the four growing sites, from variety choice to harvest timing.
Meera Pillai
Head of operations
Meera runs the central packhouse, cold storage, and refrigerated dispatch, from the grading line to delivery.
Certifications
The group holds the following certifications across its owned sites. Certificate numbers and audit dates are available on request. Sample labels shown — replace with the buyer's actual records before launch.
- Integrated farm assurance
- Food safety certified
- Certified organic
- Ethical trade audited