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ArticleContinental drift
Continental ports are regaining their importance to the UK, as domestic deep-sea container operators are pushed to full capacity. Their performance and the future of the UK fresh produce supply chain have perhaps never been so closely linked. Elizabeth O’Keefe finds out what challenges lie ahead.
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ArticleNew gateway into Poland
An English version of Poland’s largest fresh produce portal has been launched and a Polish recruitment fair will take place in London this month.
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ArticleUK growers share stage with floral designers
New Covent Garden Flower Market staged a Best of British Flowers event for the floristry trade, in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
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ArticleClimate challenges for Costa Rica
The Costa Rican banana industry is getting serious about combating climate change following yet another very dry summer. Contrary weather has brought an increasing amount of damaging pests to the Central American country’s banana-producing regions, so exporters’ association Corbana - the National Banana Corporation - is making it its mission to solve the problem, while maintaining the high-quality standards the UK and European markets have come to expect. Elizabeth O'Keefe
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ArticleJ Van Vliet: Floral Business of the Year
Re:fresh 2008’s New Covent Garden sponsored Floral Business of the Year award has gone to J Van Vliet Cash & Carry Group.
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ArticleFloral spectacle planned for Chelsea
For the first time a collection of the world’s best florists and well known fashion designers are joining forces to create a floral spectacle at the 2008 Royal Horticultural Society’s (RHS) Chelsea Flower Show, sponsored by landscaper Marshalls plc
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ArticleMorrisons wins Multiple Retailer of the Year
Morrisons has won the Re:fresh Multiple Retailer of the Year award, sponsored by Foods from Spain, for maintaining its traditional focus on its fruit and vegetable offer under the Market Fresh brand.
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ArticleGenomics takes central role
HortResearch is a commercially focused research company that has been extremely proactive in recent years, seeking new strategic collaborations internationally. At the centre of much of its work is a genomics team that, over the last eight years, has taken understanding fruit to a new level. Tommy Leighton visited the firm’s Auckland headquarters to talk to Roger Hellens, science leader for genomics.
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ArticleMaintaining momentum
The soft-fruit category has continued to build on its impressive growth in recent years, though this season has got off to a slow start following low temperatures and almost daily rainfall throughout April. The category has continued to hold its own as one of the most dynamic offers in the fresh produce aisles but, with growers and suppliers facing mounting costs and a labour shortfall, how long can they keep this up? Anna Sbuttoni reports.
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ArticleGLA uncovers forced labour
A Gangmasters’ Licensing Authority (GLA) investigation has uncovered a case of forced labour and revoked the licence of a Suffolk-based gangmaster with immediate effect.
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ArticleAgrexco UK management changes hands
Agrexco UK will be headed by new general manager from this week.
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Record flower exports from Kenya
Flower exports from Kenya reached record levels in 2007, according to data just released by the Kenya Horticultural Development Programme.
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ArticleKoppert Cress launches three new products at Expo
Dutch fresh produce supplier Koppert Cress BV has launched three new products into the UK foodservice market.
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ArticleSomething completely different
Garsons was named Foods from Spain Independent Retailer of the Year at Re:fresh 2007, in recognition of its high-end businesses on two sites in Surrey and Hampshire. The farm shop, pick-your-own farm, and garden centre in affluent Esher and a second farm shop and garden centre in Titchfield have held their own against fierce competition on the retail scene, and continue to offer customers a wide range of premium produce. Anna Sbuttoni visited the Esher site.
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ArticleTrade hits back at Soil Association freight proposals
The “to airfreight or not to airfreight” question has continued to pull at hearts and minds this quarter, as the Soil Association launched its second stage of consultation on the future of food imports which are flown to the UK. Laura Gould finds out more.
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ArticleGarlic shoots into limelight
Winner of the fresh produce category at the Food & Drink Expo Ideas To Dine For awards, The Really Garlicky Company was at the show, not only to pick up its trophy but to promote its new line of garlic shoots.
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ArticleColombian government backs horticulture
The Colombian government is committing peso150 billion (£41.4 million) in export incentives to the banana, flower and foliage sectors.
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NZ firm poised to release residue-free spray
A residue-free spray has been developed by Hawkes Bay-based Post-Harvest Solutions to safeguard crops against bad weather and protect from rot and disease.
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Horticulture top earner for Kenya
Earnings from Kenya’s horticulture sector soared to 63 per cent last year, overtaking tourism as the country’s leading foreign exchange earner, according to allAfrica.com.
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ArticleRaising Ireland’s profile
Joseph Blair, programme manager for the Irish Exporters Association and director of its horticultural division Horticulture Network Ireland, speaks to Doris Lee Butterworth about the opportunities for Irish fresh produce.