Horticulture

Growing fruits and vegetables for people to eat, and flowers and other plants for decoration. It runs as a small-scale pastime (gardening) or a larger commercial enterprise (market gardening), and it underpins the supply of fresh produce worldwide. Food-safety practice in horticulture centres on clean irrigation water, judicious pesticide use, worker hygiene, and post-harvest handling that preserves quality. As production intensifies and supply chains lengthen, certification schemes and traceability systems help verify that good practices are actually followed from field to consumer.