Brassica news archive – Page 26
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ArticleFirst British Tenderstem crop arrives
Growers seeing a positive start to the campaign as retailers across the UK begin to stock the broccoli variety
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ArticleNew food safety scare in China
Fresh food safety concerns in China following claims vegetable traders there are using formaldehyde to prolong the shelf life of cabbages
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ArticleSprout guidelines available in UK
New best practice guidelines introduced in the wake of last year's E coli outbreak in France and Germany
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ArticleVeg demand seesaws
Price increases have brought a value rise in vegetable sales, but in turn volumes have declined in a mixed period for the sector
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ArticleBrassicas in breast-cancer survival boost
Eating brassicas after breast cancer diagnosis may help patients beat the disease, new research has found.
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ArticleAnti-Monsanto Bellaverde petition chalks up 10,000 names
The social-media fuelled petition against Sainsbury’s and Waitrose stocking Bellaverde broccoli due to the product’s link to the “number-one genetically modified (GMO) food company in the world” has reached more than 10,000 signatures in under two months.
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ArticleProduce World 'back in profit' after £8m accounting error
Produce World has moved to reassure staff and customers it is back in profit after a multi-million pound reporting error at Marshalls led to a major loss for the past financial year.
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ArticleGrowing for tomorrow
The skills needed to be a successful grower extend far beyond making crops flourish. Chloe Ryan asks leading British growers what it takes to come out on top in today’s challenging environment
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ArticleBrassica packers in hospital after 'leak'
A suspected carbon monoxide poisoning incident has forced 17 workers at Riviera Produce’s Connor Downs brassica packhouse in Cornwall to be admitted to hospital.
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AnalysisHayley Campbell-Gibbons: Should the supply chain stress over drought?
It is now virtually inevitable that drought stress will be seen in 2012, but could a knee-jerk reaction from retail buyers seeking to secure supply end up causing more disruption to supply than the drought itself, asks chief horticultural adviser Hayley Campbell-Gibbons
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ArticleDrought fears for Lincolnshire brassicas
Drought conditions in some brassica production areas in Lincolnshire are already leading some buyers to hedge their bets and place orders elsewhere for summer supplies of broccoli and cauliflower.
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Producing the successful varieties of tomorrow will take more than just money
With not much spare cash floating around at present, the news that the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
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ArticleBrassica Growers' Association elects chairman
The Brassica Growers’ Association has chosen Matthew Rawson as its new Chairman.
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ArticleSEF hires new head of farming
South England Farms has appointed Gordon Stokes as its head of farming.
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ArticleFresh thinking
Changes are afoot at Produce World, where new ways of thinking and a focus on innovation are driving the business forward. Michael Barker visited the company to meet the senior team and find out more
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ArticleWarning to brassica growers over virus
A virus with little or no noticeable symptoms that significantly reduces brassica yields has been put under the spotlight at the Brassica Growers Association conference.
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ArticleProfit and research fears prompt collaboration calls
There are growing calls for unprecedented levels of collaboration within the industry to solve the problem of dwindling profitability and address fears over the lack of research funding.
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ArticleChange is on the cards
On first appearances the vegetable market seems to be stable with a minor decline in volume and a slight rise in value, but change may be bubbling under the surface
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New ranges aplenty as stores differentiate
The drive by the multiples to portray even the most humble vegetables as something different - and in so doing elevate their
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ArticleBlow to GM as BASF pulls research base out of Europe
BASF is moving its Plant Science base out of Germany to the US due to “a lack of acceptance” for GM technology in many parts of Europe.