All articles by FPJ Staff – Page 187
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ArticleAsparagus trials gear up
Trials which one day could alter the scale and shape of the English asparagus season have begun with the first steps taken by Hargreaves Plants.
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ArticleNFU makes polytunnel pledge
The NFU has pledged £10,000 to support Herefordshire growers in their judicial review of the decision by Herefordshire Council to require planning consent for polytunnels.
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HTA revisits Eire
The HTA will be running another study tour this summer to the Republic of Ireland.
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ArticleSainsbury's potato pledge
In a coup for local growers, Sainsbury’s has announced that it will be using only pomme de terres from proper Poms.
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NFU focuses on catchment sensitive farming
The NFU has been offering growers advice on Catchment Sensitive Farming.
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ArticleLondon's top chef honoured
Dennis Mwakulua has been named London Chef of the Year 2007 Award, organised by Westminster Kingsway College Culinary Salon.
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ArticleEthics to be audited
The much-touted ‘ethical revolution’ in consumption will require producers to engage in ‘ethical auditing’, according to Jonathan Evans of Muddy Boots.
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US tackles fruit fly
Pesticide use to keep exotic fruit flies from becoming established has been cut as much as 8,000-fold by ARS work toward more effective control measures.
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ArticleTories back growers
A future Tory government would look sympathetically on the polytunnels issue.
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Waitrose buys into BioFresh
Waitrose has endorsed the storage of potatoes using BioFresh’s ethylene storage system.
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ArticleColquhoun is interim levy chair
Former RHS director general, Andrew Colquhoun, has been appointed as the interim chair of the shadow horticultural levy company.
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Chemical constraints
Food processors could find themselves under new constraints in how they use chemicals for cleaning in their plants.
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Growers slash traffic
Horticultural businesses have taken 15,000 family cars off the road last year by reducing their ‘carbon footprints’.
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ArticleSainsbury's enviro pledge
Sainsbury’s is set to crank up its environmental expectations further in response to consumer demands.
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Landfills soon to be in the dustbin of history
The physical realities of climate change are already outrunning legislative progress, an expert has said.
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ArticleRose Growers' Association renamed
The British Rose Growers Association has been renamed the HTA British Roses Group.
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No smoke with fresh produce
With the introduction of the smoking ban looming, many British pubs and restaurants are anticipating dwindling profits from
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ArticleThe power of watercress
National Watercress Week is taking place from May 13-20, and was launched at the celebrated Watercress Festival in Alresford, Hampshire. The watercress season is in full swing, with a good-quality crop and high demand on the cards. Elizabeth O’Keefe talks to the companies involved in the promotional week and finds out what is in store for the watercress industry
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ArticleFeeling the squeeze
Although this season’s South African citrus exports are fully expected to equal those of 2006 with regard to both volume and quality, growers can only hope that returns echo the stability of production patterns. Louise Brodie and Laura Gould report
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5 a day is top of HBOS agenda
A long-term supporter of the 5 A DAY programme, Halifax and Bank of Scotland (HBOS) is committed to promoting the 5 A DAY Just