All Herbs articles – Page 28
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Feeling lucky? Dips add dimension to fresh-cut
Fresh-cut is a term which is growing in status, particularly when applied to fruit, after what I would consider as quite a few
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ArticleScotherbs rewards schoolchildren
Perthshire growers Scotherbs have rewarded primary school children in the area for their work to promote the benefits of herbs by donating a new picnic table.
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ArticleYorkshire PCT takes the lead on obesity
To maximise promotion of healthy eating messages, the East Riding of Yorkshire Primary Care Trust (PCT) publicises 5 A DAY
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ArticleMachinery gears up
New machines that boost efficiency and reduce labour costs are a welcome addition to the equipment available for vegetable and salad crop production. Mike Williams looks at some of the recent arrivals.
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West Sussex opens its doors
As part of its 80th anniversary celebrations, members of the West Sussex Growers’ Association will be holding open days where consumers will be able to get hands-on and find out how fresh produce and plants are grown.
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ArticleTotal commitment
Since making the fresh produce world sit up and take notice at the beginning of this year, Total Produce, created by the demerger of Fyffes’ general produce business and bolstered to superpower status in this industry at least by the acquisition of Redbridge Holdings, has gone about its business relatively quietly. For the first time, the company’s managing director, Seamus Mulvenna, and chairman Denis Punter lift the lid on the last eight and a half months and the process that led to the venture becoming a reality.
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ArticleTotal focuses on local
Having settled into its new premises in Sighthill, the Edinburgh division of Total Produce is eyeing up a series of opportunities. Doris Lee Butterworth reports.
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ArticleOrganic crossroads
A new Soil Association report out this week has found that the organics market grew 22 percent to just over £2 billion last year. But growers have suffered badly during the recent wet weather. Larry Saunders evaluates the current mood of the industry.
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ArticleEvolution of ethnicity
Ethnic diversity in the UK has never been greater and, with the rise of fusion food fuelling adventurous tastes, fresh produce traditionally associated with specific communities is making the leap into the mainstream market. Anna Sbuttoni and Alexandra Brzezicka report.
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Hop, skip, and drink
Garden Organic is set to celebrate the great British tradition of beer drinking in September for its Hop Festival.
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ArticleDon’t have nightmares
Food scares are the stuff of nightmares for the industry and, though fresh produce is one of the lower risk categories, every incident knocks consumer trust. The industry must arm itself with a back-up plan. Anna Sbuttoni and Alexandra Brzezicka investigate.
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ArticleFresh Herbs prove an Innocent success
A new campaign designed to promote fresh herbs set up its first stand amid Morris dancing and welly wanging at the Innocent Village Fete in Regent’s Park last weekend, giving away over 5,000 freshly cut herbs.
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ArticleHerb campaign wears its halo
Fresh Herbs joined Morris dancers, welly wangers and cider and smoothie drinkers last weekend to hold its first ever stand at the Innocent Village Fete in Regent’s Park.
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New BOPP film for Now Plastics
Now Plastics has launched its new degradable BOPP film to complement its existing range of BOPP and CPP film and bags.
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Rare sources abound but UK trumps on fruit
the impact of the recent deluge in the UK is now making its presence felt, particularly among brassicas on the supermarket
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Behind the scenes of West Sussex
West Sussex consumers are being invited to look behind the scenes at some of the county's leading horticultural businesses.
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ArticlePartial Bomfords sale announced
Part of the Bomfords Group has been sold for an undisclosed sum.
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'Home Grown' encourages buying British plants
An innovative approach to promoting home grown plants received a great deal of interest at last week’s Woking Nursery Exhbition.
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ArticleA sign of the times
Specialist flower distributor Cargoflora Ltd has boomed since 1992 as part of the J&E Page Group. But due to the wholesale industry’s decline and supermarket dominance, the company has redirected its efforts and is venturing into the world of fresh produce. Elizabeth O’Keefe reports.
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ArticleAgrexco exports get a boost
Israel’s primary fresh produce exporter, Agrexco, plans to export 10 per cent more fresh produce in the upcoming season.