All articles by Alex Lawson – Page 148

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    Costa Rica battles flooding issues

    2009-09-14T09:01:02Z

    In an unprecedented co-ordinated effort, the Costa Rican banana industry built a dyke on the Rio Matina in record time to prevent surrounding communities and banana plantations from being flooded during the rainy season.

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    BCPC to tackle water issues

    2009-09-12T16:01:02Z

    The British Crop Protection Council’s congress, set to take place in November, will tackle the ongoing global issues relating to water shortages in agriculture.

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    Herbert gears up for PMA

    2009-09-12T14:01:02Z

    Herbert Engineering is gearing up for next month’s PMA event, being held in California on October 2-5, and will be taking the opportunity to showcase its Auto-sort 2000 to an American audience, through its partner Exeter Engineering.

  • Namibia currently relies on the EU for a large percentage of its grape exports
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    Namibia in EU grape deadlock

    2009-09-12T09:01:01Z

    The Namibian government has refused to sign its Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the EU, leaving grape exporters facing a serious loss of trade preferences or a considerable increase in costs.

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    Farmers suffer seed selection

    2009-09-11T17:01:02Z

    Farmers in developing countries are losing one of their best hopes to limit the impact of climate change because of growing corporate control of the seeds they plant, researchers claim.

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    Staffline battles recession problems

    2009-09-11T16:01:01Z

    Recruitment and human resource specialist Staffline has reported a significant fall in revenue and a static level of profit as it deals with the recession.

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    Organic insecticide approved for use

    2009-09-11T13:01:01Z

    The insecticide Spruzit (pyrethrin and rapeseed oil) has been approved for use by organic growers and can now be applied using horizontal boom-mounted sprayers.

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    HPL's Peter Pallet retires

    2009-09-11T11:01:01Z

    Peter Pallett has retired from logistics specialist HPL Sea Freight after an illustrious 47-year career in the fresh produce industry.

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    South West festival gears up

    2009-09-10T17:01:01Z

    The Celebration of Food festival is to take place across the whole of the South West for the duration of next month.

  • Asda launches healthy living portal
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    Asda launches healthy living portal

    2009-09-10T15:01:01Z

    Asda has relaunched its healthy living website, Health Matters, to offer advice and tips to its customers in improving or maintaining their health.

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    NZ growers may face pest fines

    2009-09-10T13:01:01Z

    Growers in New Zealand have expressed concern after the minister of agriculture announced that the government is supporting continued attempts to make the horticulture industry pay to clean up pest incursions.

  • Basamid application on strawberry ground
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    Strawberry growers sterilise land

    2009-09-10T12:01:01Z

    Strawberry growers are being advised to start sterilising land as soon as soil conditions allow for best results this autumn.

  • Jasmine Harman is one of the faces of the campaign
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    South Africa launches three-way campaign

    2009-09-10T08:01:01Z

    The South African fruit industry has launched a major campaign to support sales of stonefruit, top fruit and grapes in the UK.

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    PMA summit draws close

    2009-09-09T17:01:01Z

    The 2009 Fresh Summit International Convention & Exposition will include participants from around the globe when it gets underway next month.

  • Pink Lady goes Grease lightning
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    Pink Lady goes Grease lightning

    2009-09-09T16:56:42Z

    Pink Lady has added to its continued marketing efforts with some summer lovin’ in the form of a high profile link-up with West End musical Grease.

  • UK makes school advances as Europe toils
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    UK makes school advances as Europe toils

    2009-09-09T15:01:02Z

    Campaigners at the Children’s Food Campaign (CFC) have welcomed government initiatives to improve the quality and take-up of school meals while European counterparts expressed extreme concerns over the School Fruit Scheme, which holds similar healthy eating goals.

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    BRC dampens recovery hope

    2009-09-09T12:01:01Z

    The British Retail Consortium (BRC) has declared hopes of a recovery in the retail market “premature”, with lower food price inflation undermining improved sales in previously months.

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    EU promotion funding made available

    2009-09-09T11:01:01Z

    The Fresh Produce Consortium (FPC) has announced applications are invited for EU part-funding from trade associations for promotional activities for fresh fruit and vegetables.

  • David Read
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    David Read dies, aged 72

    2009-09-09T09:01:01Z

    David Read OBE, former JP Fruit Distributors Ltd chief executive, has died at the age of 72.

  • Philip Smits: dedicated
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    Bayer and The Greenery collaborate

    2009-09-09T08:56:56Z

    Bayer CropScience has signed a global co-operation deal with The Greenery to further expand its food chain partnership projects on a global scale.