 My name is Will John from ADAS and I'm here today at Square Farm to talk about the EIP project on small-scale organic asparagus. The EIPs or the European Innovation Partnership projects is run by a mentor of business on behalf of Welsh Government. There have been more than 40 of these projects across Wales and the basic objective is to foster innovation in the rural community. This project was looking at the practical and economic considerations of growing organic asparagus. There's actually not much information out there about the economics or the practical considerations. We know the crop sells well. We know customers in shops like the short supply chain. They're like the low food miles associated with it. But there is a large cost to establishment of organic asparagus and there's also a long leading time. So for a lot of growers there are some big considerations to take into account and also farming organically will also present some challenges. It's been a really worthwhile project. My customers like it and the help I had from ADAS has been that boost I needed to have the confidence to try and to get round the problems that I found during the project. The main benefits of the projects have been assistance with funding of the establishment and perhaps just as importantly the ability for Rob to work with horticultural specialists. This has enabled him to gain confidence and has always had somebody on the end of a phone or somebody to come and visit to come and look at the crop and guide him on how the crop is progressing and what needs to be done, things like weed management, etc. Asparagus has been a wonderful crop for our shop seen as it comes in what is known as the hunger gap and people look forward to asparagus especially but any any early green crop and yes the customers have really enjoyed fresh cut everyday asparagus. Long term legacy for this project is very positive. We've demonstrated that the asparagus can be grown organically, it's been marketed successfully. Within ADAS we've had lots of inquiries across Wales for our horticultural specialists to come out and talk to them about organic asparagus.