All articles by Kathy Hammond – Page 141
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ArticleFlorida grapefruit on the rebound
Florida grapefruit production is forecast to rise by 35 per cent this season on last as the sector begins its recovery from two hurricane-struck years, and welcomes the return of top-quality fruit.
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Italian researchers create gene bank
Italian research station CRA has inaugurated a national fruit genetic centre to safeguard endangered plant material and national varieties.
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ArticleRed letter day for tractor
The Assured Food Scheme has won a marketing award for its Red Tractor Day.
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ArticleNew steer on nutrition
The Food Standards Agency and the Department of Health have set up a nutrition strategy steering group and held the first meeting last week.
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ArticleChilean producers in a squeeze
Costs for Chilean fresh fruit producers are out-stripping returns, the new leader of Chile’s producers’ association Fedefruta Rodrigo Echeverría has asserted.
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ArticleSnack market in for rough ride
A new report from Datamonitor predicts a slowdown in UK spend on savoury snacks and confectionery over the next five years presenting an opportunity for healthier items such as fresh produce.
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Fresh leads drive for local
The market for locally produced food is led by fresh produce and is expanding significantly as the consumer profile changes.
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Italians set kiwi date
The Italian kiwifruit sector has agreed earlierst harvesting and marketing dates for this and two future seasons.
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ArticleHDC in generic campaign launch
The Horticultural Development Council launched its campaign to promote fresh produce consumption with a media event to educate and enthuse journalists about autumnal produce.
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ArticleSAWS scheme under threat
Growers could face a devastating shortage of labour as the government apparently plans to change the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Scheme.
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ArticleBartlett acquires again
Albert Bartlett & Sons has acquired Boston-based Naturally Best (Packing) Limited of Lincolnshire for an undisclosed sum and with it a share of Sainsbury’s potato packing contract.
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ArticleNew names head up Eat in Colour
The Fresh Produce Consortium’s Eat in Colour campaign (EiC) has kicked off this week with the appointment of a chairman and PR agency.
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ArticleNZ acts to fill worker gap
Seasonal workers in New Zealand will be offered work permit renewals in a bid to head off a labour shortfall for the 2007 harvest.
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EFSA takes advice
Advisory forum members of the European Food Safety Authority signed a declaration of intent on Monday confirming their commitment to strengthen scientific co-operation and information exchange on risk assessment in the European Union.
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ArticleChile in avo record
Industry leaders in Chile say the country is set to produce its largest crop of Hass this season.
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ArticleBanana reporting stalled
The Norwegian trade minister Johanes Store, charged by the World Trade Organisation to report on the impact of the new EU banana import regime has asked for a three-month extension.
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Exercise presents marketeers with opportunity
The latest issue of the World Apple Report explores the link between fresh fruit consumption and exercise.
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Redfox alert to SMS gap
Recruitment and response-handling agency Redfox has unveiled a new development that will enhance efficiency and confidentiality for its clients.
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ArticleLemon groves face drought
A spring drought in the north-western Argentinean region of Tucuman is affecting lemon plantations.
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ArticleEat in Colour prospects brighten
FPJ has learned that the Fresh Produce Consortium’s long-awaited Eat in Colour campaign to promote the consumption of fresh produce has a confirmed chairman in post and an appointed pr agency.