Phil Acock, MD & Mad Scientist
Phil Acock is the third generation member of the Acock family and is the driving force behind innovation, product development and sales at Fourayes. With a lifetime of experience in the fruit industry, Phil reflects on industry developments and market trends in his ‘Setting the Agenda’ Blog. Phil is also Vice Chairman of British Apples and Pears, the industry body responsible for the English top fruit industry.
And if you’re wondering about the Mad Scientist in the title, that’s all down to Channel 4 and its fantastic series The Food Chain, starring our very own Mad Scientist!
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Recent Blogs
Phil’s September Blog – filming at Fourayes
A film crew recently arrived at Fourayes to film the orchards & the factory. Sadly, the ‘Contributor Consent Agreement’ precludes me from saying who they are or the programme they are filming for, but [...]
Phil’s August Blog
Shouldn’t the Stable Door Have a Lock? I recently read, with huge interest and not a little trepidation, Henry Dimbleby’s National Food Strategy Part One – all 85 pages of it plus Appendices. As [...]
Let me level with you
Recently, I sat on a panel as part of the RED talk series organised by the Rural Policy Group and MHA MackIntyre Hudson. The ‘RED’ in RED Talks stands for Rural Economic Development and on this particular occasion the [...]
Please put your name to the Best Food Standards petition
As the British government negotiates food trade deals with countries around the world it’s vital that we remember our food standards already set the standard. The National Farmers Union has created a petition asking that [...]
Essentially Common Sense
I was struck by the derision amongst TV presenters when Boris Johnson asked businesses to use ‘common sense’ to protect their workers and keep their ‘essential’ companies trading through the COVID-19 outbreak. Fourayes is an essential [...]
BBC Kent Radio Interview 19th May 2020
At Fourayes, because we’re a food producer, our production lines have continued operating throughout COVID-19 safely and effectively. Could the measures we’ve been taking help your business too? Take a listen to Phil Acock being interviewed on BBC Radio [...]