All Herbs articles – Page 21
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Guernsey glass to push herb trade
A Guernsey herb production company is applying for permission to build an acre of modern glass - something unheard of for many years on the island.
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ArticleVertical take-off
Imagine a skyscraper stacked high with floor after floor of food production. A futuristic vision home to everything from tumbling tomato vines to micro cress in neat rows, vertical farming could one day change the shape of horticulture in the UK and beyond. Anna Sbuttoni looks at growing fruit and vegetables from a different perspective
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ArticleMorrisons in the limelight with strong citrus growth
Citrus makes a good stocking filler, and importers have worked hard in the last quarter to ensure shelves are full. Morrisons is leading the big four with a new strategy, making the most of last minute trade to reach the right price ticket. As the new year swings into action, Anna Sbuttoni asks what’s in store
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ArticleFruit Logistica innovation nominees revealed
The prestigious Fruit Logistica Innovation Award will once again honour outstanding new products and services.
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ArticleA year to remember
With Christmas almost upon us, it’s time to ruminate on what’s been another extraordinary year for the industry. And so we give you the inaugural FPJ End of Year Awards, where we doff our collective caps to the weird and wonderful events that have caught our eyes this year, and hand out a few gongs of our own. Disagree with our selection? Let us know who you would have voted for
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PR is more effective today than it proved in the past
PR campaigns run by the various sectors of British horticulture have, in most cases, been launched as an act of faith.
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Does size matter? It does in the modern retail war
Nature dictates that fruit and vegetables grow to different sizes, resulting in a wide range of descriptions when they appear
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ArticleSignum gains lettuce approval
The protectant and systemic-acting fungicide Signum has been reapproved for lettuce and strawberries following the produce’s removal earlier in the year.
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ArticleWealmoor emerges from trauma to push on with expansion plans
Ahead of next week’s FPJ Conferences - West Midlands event, which takes an in-depth look at the fresh produce supply chain in the region, Elizabeth O’Keefe interviews one of the main players in the Midlands, grower, importer and Re:fresh Fresh Direct Overall Produce Trader of the Year winner, Wealmoor
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ArticleIsrael’s winter wonders
Growers and exporters are preparing to fill UK shelves with new season winter lines and even though concerns remain over the state of the UK economy and the exchange rate, producers are hoping the quality of their crops will win consumers over. Doris Lee Butterworth discusses prospects with leading producers
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Spuds get glamorous in retail race to be different
The humble spud has always lacked the more exciting qualities of many lines of fresh produce, but there appears to be a
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Man arrested over herb labour investigation
An unnamed Midlands man has been arrested for breaking labour laws while supplying workers to the herb trade.
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ArticlePrepared fruit and veg sector emerges well from recession
Innovation and the prepared fruit and vegetable industry go hand in hand, and as the country emerges out of the recession fitter and leaner, retailers are becoming more adventurous with their fresh-cut and prepared ranges. And a wide range of new product development is increasingly finding its way onto shelves, as Elizabeth O’Keefe reports
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ArticleItalians rethink their options
Italy is home to a feast of fresh produce, but exports to the UK have been in decline in recent years. Anna Sbuttoni looks at the state of play ahead of annual Italian trade show Macfrut
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ArticleA great British feast
Seasonal food, ideally sourced from local producers, has captured consumer imagination in recent years and the organisers and participants of British Food Fortnight are hoping to grow support for the UK fresh produce industry during the two-week event. Doris Lee Butterworth finds out more
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ArticleVitacress hikes herb ambition with VHB buy
UK leafy salad supplier Vitacress has agreed to acquire Van Heyningen Brothers’ (VHB) West Sussex nurseries in what represents a major expansion across the fresh herb sector.
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ArticleSummer sun rejuvenates flagging leafy salad sales
The last quarter has been both healing and rejuvenating for the leafy salad industry. With a good summer under their belts, growers have been able to recover from the past two years’ unseasonal weather, and at the same time, new and innovative brands and concepts have entered the retail market. Elizabeth O’Keefe takes a look at the burgeoning sales in some of the category’s sub-sectors
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Supermarkets get inventive for late summer boost
A year ago, I came across a story in FPJ about trials of a speciality mini pear grown uniquely in Malta, called Bambinella,
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ArticleItalian salad grower extends production
Italian babyleaf salad grower Rago has expanded its operations through the addition of new land for production.