All Organics articles – Page 64
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Eosta scoops Riverford accolade
Dutch organics specialist Eosta has scooped the Riverford Organic Vegetables Service award.
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Trade slams mischievous organic claims
Claims made by the Soil Association (SA) surrounding early results of a study on organic food and nutrition, prior to peer review, have been slammed as premature and mischievous by the industry.
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Leaked report aids lobbyists
Reports on the healthy attributes of organic produce versus conventional have jumped the gun, according to researchers.
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Abel firms up on investment choice
Keith Abel, founder of organic delivery company Abel & Cole, has confirmed that Phoenix Equity Partners is to become the first outside investor in the company.
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Abel & Cole owner to cash in
Keith Abel, who gave up the legal profession to set up a home-delivery company specialising in boxes of organic fruit and vegetables is poised to land a multi-million-pound fortune from the sale of a stake in Abel & Cole, his rapidly growing business.
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Soil Association to screen films
The Soil Association will be screening two documentaries from Austria on the theme of ‘Where does our food come from?’
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Organic first for Preston
The first stall specialising in organic fruit and vegetables at Preston indoor market has opened.
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Organics hits £2bn sales
A new Soil Association report has revealed that organic food and drink sales have crashed through the £2 billion mark - with an average of £37 million spent on organic products every week.
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Organic Concept Orchard unveiled
A major new project has been unveiled that is promising to massively increase the volumes of British organic apples to be grown and sold through Sainsbury’s.
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FPC drafts green paper response
The Fresh Produce Consortium has sent out to members its draft response to the Soil Association green paper on the airfreight of organic produce.
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Dunnes turns 'Good Natured'
Irish retail chain Dunnes has turned ‘Good Natured’ in its bid to stock pesticide-free strawberries and raspberries
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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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CMi and Soil Asscociation Certification to form alliance
Two leading companies in conventional and organic certification are joining forces to create combined certification and assurance services to the UK.
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SA events back conversion
The Soil Association is encouraging growers interested in converting to organics to attend one of a number of events taking place across the country.
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Mexicans on a fruit mission
The trade Commission of Mexico in the UK is inviting companies to join two outgoing missions to Mexico to look at fruit and organic produce.
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USDA clarifies organics ruling
New USDA regulations have mandated that organic products containing certain non-organic minor ingredients are now officially non-compliant with US government organic certifications.
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New compost site planned
Waste & Resources Action Programme are launching a ‘trailblazer’ quarry site, the first in Britain to use high quality compost to restore brownfield land.
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Israeli organic growers turn to oxygen
Oxygen could be the preservative of choice for organic growers in the future, extending shelf lives, with no negative health side-effects.
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USDA clarifies organics ruling
New USDA regulations have mandated that organic products containing certain non-organic minor ingredients are now officially non-compliant with US government organic certifications
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Slow Food slams GM vote
The Slow Food movement has expressed concern at the European Union Council of Agriculture’s decision to pass a 0.9 per cent GMO tolerance threshold in Community organic agriculture relations.