Brassica news archive – Page 36
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ArticleWaitrose veg price claims slammed
Claims by Waitrose that its broccoli prices are defying the credit crunch have been attacked by the industry as an attempt to garner “short-term publicitty, without looking at the bigger picture”.
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ArticlePesticide-free - the new organics?
The list of pesticides available to conventional growers has been getting shorter every year. New proposals for EU regulations were being reviewed as FPJ went to press and, in response to the possible outcome, growing methods less reliant on pesticides are being increasingly explored. Damaris Freeman looks into pesticide-free and residue-free production.
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ArticleVegetable sector mourns loss of British summer
A wash-out summer has brought the UK vegetable industry a multitude of problems. Low light levels have affected both the yield and quality of summer lines, while demand for less abundant winter-type vegetables has increased. Elizabeth O’Keefe reports.
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German broccoli volumes set to rise
Market analyst ZMP says it expects prices to begin moving during the next week as domestic production comes online
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ArticleDeliciously helpful for Yorkshire produce
Yorkshire is home to a fair amount of local production and two of the major multiples as well as four wholesale markets have their roots in the region. This week, the FPJ team turns the spotlight on the county, and over the next 12 pages, finds out that those roots are still spreading.
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ArticleBroccoli could reverse effects of diabetes
Researchers have discovered that eating broccoli could undo the damage caused by diabetes to heart blood vessels.
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ArticleOnions gain new mildew control
The granting of a specific off-label approval (SOLA) by the Pesticides Safety Directorate for the use of Valbon on bulb onions and shallots has offered a new option for growers to control of downy mildew.
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Broccoli could benefit diabetes sufferers
A study has revealed that eating broccoli and other brassicas could reduce damage to blood vessels
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ArticleFruit and veg back on the Welsh agenda
Wales has a rich and varied fresh produce industry, which may not always get the publicity it deserves. The FPJ team finds out what the country has to offer and how it is rekindling interest in its fruit, vegetable and flower industry.
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ArticleDesperate veg measures
UK vegetable and potato growers are warning that despite production cost increases of some 22 per cent, the UK consumer has yet to feel the full force of food price inflation which will really bite hard next year.
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Brassica growers should prepare for winter
Brassica consumption is set for a renaissance this winter according to Syngenta, as consumers return to recipes representing traditional as cash gets increasingly short.
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ArticleBellaverde broccoli debuts at Sainsbury's
British vegetable specialist Marshalls hails launch of new sweet-tasting brassica as a unique new product offering
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ArticleBrassica prices must be sustained, warn growers
Prices for broccoli and cauliflower in the UK have risen on low availability, but growers warn they must not be allowed to drop.
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ArticleOwn-grown broccoli to reach Co-op stores
The Co-operative stores in the east of England have started to stock new-season broccoli grown by the retailer’s own farm in Cambridgeshire.
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ArticleMonsanto forms brassica ties with Landec
Monsanto and Landec will combine their respective experience in seeds and packaging to offer North American consumers something new
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Pesticide threat to UK brassicas
Proposed changes to EU legislation on crop protection could end brassica production in UK, according to a leading consultancy
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ArticleRising costs hit brassicas
The warmer weather is finally upon us, but the summer brassica sector is under no illusion that it is going to be a sunny season. Doris Lee Butterworth reports.
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ArticleGourmet gate
Spanning 232 hectares south of Paris, Rungis market is an epicurean heaven, supplying every product imaginable to not only France’s capital and its environs, but also the whole country and international destinations. The market is now looking to forge even stronger links overseas - with the UK at the top of the hit list. Laura Gould reports from the foodie paradise.
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ArticleGarden of Europe
Spain truly is the market garden of Europe, providing not only its own fruit and vegetable needs, but also a substantial proportion of those of the rest of the continent and beyond. Kathy Hammond looks across a handful of the different sectors.
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ArticleTV chef conducts cauliflower funeral
Celebrity chef Antony Worrall Thompson has dressed up to conduct a symbolic cauliflower ‘funeral’, to highlight the plight of UK growers.