All articles by FPJ Staff – Page 147
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More than a token effort
In this month’s round-up of events across the pond, the Produce Marketing Association (PMA) and the Produce for Better Health Foundation give the thumbs-up to a scheme aimed at helping the diets of low-income mothers and youngsters.
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Tough quarter puts suppliers in salad daze
An expected surge in demand for salad products this quarter has failed to materialise. The industry believes that this is just a sign of things to come, and is gearing up for a difficult year. Elizabeth O’Keefe reports.
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Trading blows with customers
crop shortages must be on the mind of every category manager and wholesaler, reflecting that regardless of the marketing
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Logical cure for broken record
When you’ve done this job for a while, the broken record effect is bound to come across every now and again. And almost
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ArticleVirgin land lifts Egypt’s hopes
Egypt is a key potato supplier to the UK market, but shipments have hovered around 20,000 tonnes in recent years. Producers are hoping that some of their latest initiatives will re-energise exports and push that figure upwards. Doris Lee Butterworth talks to producers and UK importers.
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ArticleA question of breeding
Vegetable breeding specialist Zeraim Gedera’s reputation has gone from strength to strength since the launch of its A Sense of Taste campaign at last year’s Fruit Logistica. Laura Gould finds out what the company has up its sleeve for 2008.
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ArticleResistance holds key
The UK seed breeding industry is both a competitive and challenging one. Selecting the right variety is vital to growers, retailers and consumers alike and, with the fresh produce industry’s ever-increasing list of demands, seed breeders have a tall order to continue to deliver the goods. Elizabeth O’Keefe reports.
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ArticleIsrael’s finest gather at Tel Aviv forum
Israeli fresh produce exporters, farmers, technology companies and agricultural bigwigs arrived en masse in Tel Aviv last week for the 18th outing of the country’s annual Agro-Mashov trade fair. Laura Gould was among the visitors.
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ArticleEncouraging biodiversity
Warwick HRI’s Bill Finch-Savage looks at the impact of climate change on biodiversity and environmental stewardship, in the fifth article in the university’s climate change series for FPJ.
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Long-term approach and government understanding would ward off doom
Sadly, all the indications are saying 2008 will not be a vintage year for foodservice. Although there is a lot that appears to
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ArticlePress speculation stokes category slowdown rumour
Consumers seem more confused than ever when it comes to what they should and should not be buying if they want to “do the right thing”. Is the organics category, with the controversy it has sparked in recent months, adding fuel to the fire? Laura Gould reports.
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Supermarkets take stock of January sales tactics
As I predicted last week, it is proving to be a month where the produce departments in most multiples have created their own
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Re:fresh research to foster organic debate
As regular readers of this column will know, it has always struck me as strange that the organic production lobby has remained
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ArticleF-Gas: the aftermath
As anyone in the cold storage business will tell you, without the most efficient cool chain, growers not only face loss of sales, but quality and product issues too. Doris Lee Butterworth reports.
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ArticleFully functional
The market for functional foods has been billed as one of the most promising for 2008, with UK shoppers eager to tuck in to what they are told is good for them, spurred on by the annual health-kick season. Fresh produce has become a key ingredient in the functional food sector. Anna Sbuttoni reports.
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ArticleThe low-carbon objective
There is increasing interest in climate change, reducing food miles and, perhaps more importantly, reducing the carbon footprints of farm products. But complete life-cycle analyses of embedded carbon are very complex and before looking at the energy used in manufacturing tractors, fertilisers, pesticides, and so on, there is a need to first quantify the direct energy used by farmers and growers. This has been the subject of a recent Defra-funded study led by Warwick HRI and carried out in collaboration with FEC Services. Steve Adams and Allen Langton, of Warwick HRI, and Chris Plackett, FEC Services, talk us through the process in the fourth article in Warwick HRI’s climate change series for FPJ.
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Income shifters in taxman’s eyeline
Adam Bernstein hosts the FPJ’s monthly spotlight on the legislation that affects your business, and how you can use it to your advantage. This month, John Whiting asks if you are an income shifter, and warns those that answer yes to beware the taxman
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Starting as we mean to go on
On behalf of the FPC team, I wish you a very happy and prosperous new year. This year brings with it a number of challenges