About us
Setting a new standard in CEA horticulture
Fischer Farms is setting a new standard in indoor horticulture. We grow house plants with precision and care, so they arrive healthy, resilient and ready to flourish. Every plant is nurtured from start to finish with quality, consistency and sustainability in mind.
New Eden Houseplants
UK-grown house plants are more sustainable house plants. With fewer transport miles, our plants are also peat-free and use less land, water and pesticides. And with nearly 30,000 sq m of growing space, we can grow up to 10 million plants a year.
Our accreditations
Our values
Kindness
We lead with empathy and compassion.
Respect
We honour the dignity, perspectives, and contributions of every individual.
Factfulness
We commit to truth, accuracy, and evidence-based thinking.
Robustness
We build for strength, resilience, and lasting quality.
Innovation
We embrace curiosity and continuously seek better ways forward.
Our history
The beginning
Established by green energy expert Tristan Fischer, we began operations in a shipping container, growing short leafy greens.
Horticulture Farm
Our first vertical farm opened in Burton-on-Trent, providing 3,200 m² of growing space - one of the largest vertical farms in the UK at the time. Today it's our dedicated horticulture facility, growing pure, peat and bug-free houseplants for New Eden Plants.
Norwich Farm
We started commercial production at our farm in Norfolk - one of the world's largest vertical farms. The 4-acre site at The Food Enterprise Park in Norwich houses 25,000 m² of vertically stacked growing space.
Fischer Farms Technology
We launched Fischer Farms Technology - our next generation modular grow containers, empowering growers with reliable, year-round production and control.
Our board
Chris Kirke – CEO
Chris has over 26 years' experience in the FMCG market, both in the UK and US. Before joining Fischer Farms, he was President of Moy Park for 6 years and CEO of Greencore US, driving growth for a business with 6,000 employees across nine states.
As CEO of Fischer Farms, Chris manages day-to-day operations and the strategic direction of the business, and plays a key role in nurturing relationships with existing and new customers.
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Di Walker – Chair
With over 30 years of experience in the food industry, Di has a proven track record of driving growth and transformation, including senior roles at Greencore PLC as Divisional Managing Director and later UK CEO.
Di also led the turnaround of Karro Foods as CEO, growing company revenue from £400 million to £1.2 billion. As Non-Executive Chairman, Di plays an instrumental role in supporting Fischer Farms' ambitious expansion plans.
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Peter Bachmann – Non-Executive Director
Peter is Managing Director of the Sustainable Infrastructure division at Gresham House. He has over 20 years of public and private equity investment experience, having invested into and exited over 200 infrastructure and technology companies.
Peter is also a judge and mentor of the Cambridge Institute of Sustainability Leadership (CISL) Accelerator and the CleanTech Challenge.
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David Jones – Non-Executive Director
David is a member of the Investment Committee at Asterion Industrial Partners and the External Advisory Board of Shell Renewables & Energy Solutions. Between 2004 and 2017 he was CEO of the renewables business of Allianz Capital Partners.
David holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering from University College London and is a Chartered Engineer and Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.
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