Peppers news archive – Page 43
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Second chance to hear Thanet Earth broadcast
An edition of BBC Radio 4's Open Country featuring Thanet Earth, the UK’s largest-ever glasshouse development, is due to be repeated on Thursday lunchtime.
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Spanish tackle organic fraud
Researchers in Spain trying to tackle organic fraud have managed to use nitrogen isotopic discrimination to determine if non-organic, synthetic fertilisers were used on sweet pepper plants.
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Reading small print could cut consumer confusion
I must confess to never having read the small print when it comes to the descriptive minutiae of EU standards for fruit and
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AAA hits UK scene
AAA Growers of Kenya has seen a double-digit growth in the past 12 months in the volume of its prepared vegetable lines going to the UK.
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ArticleZG launches next phase of A Sense of Taste
Israeli breeding specialist Zeraim Gedera (ZG) had chef Eyal Shani on its stand during the show whipping up a range of pepper- and tomato-based dishes for passers-by, as part of its A Sense of Taste campaign.
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ArticleConsumers keen to take further leap into the unknown
While other categories may be struggling to pick up new punters, growth in exotics is far from abating, and consumer taste is, if anything, leaning towards the more adventurous, writes Laura Gould.
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ArticleHazera eyes up beauty trend
Beauty will be a key trend for Hazera Genetics in the future, it revealed last week.
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ArticleWaitrose Foundation notches up 58th project
Visitors flocked to Lushof, a stonefruit and top-fruit farm in South Africa’s Ceres Valley, last week, when Waitrose director of commerce Richard Hodgson opened a brand-new community centre on the site.
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ZG unveils new tomato
Israeli breeding specialist Zeraim Gedera has unveiled its latest addition to its tomato line-up - an Elongated variety.
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ArticleReducing residues rises up priority list
As consumer demand moves, apparently inexorably, towards pesticide- and residue-free produce, growers, and particularly those involved in protected crops, constantly find themselves facing new challenges, often as a result of innovation in production methods. Despite the loss of a number of agrochemicals, help is at hand for growers, and new solutions are being developed to meet those challenges.
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Israel licks frosty wounds
Growers in Israel are still assessing the extent of crop damage caused by last week’s sub-zero temperatures in the Arava Valley.
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ArticleA question of breeding
Vegetable breeding specialist Zeraim Gedera’s reputation has gone from strength to strength since the launch of its A Sense of Taste campaign at last year’s Fruit Logistica. Laura Gould finds out what the company has up its sleeve for 2008.
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ArticleResistance holds key
The UK seed breeding industry is both a competitive and challenging one. Selecting the right variety is vital to growers, retailers and consumers alike and, with the fresh produce industry’s ever-increasing list of demands, seed breeders have a tall order to continue to deliver the goods. Elizabeth O’Keefe reports.
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ArticleIsrael’s finest gather at Tel Aviv forum
Israeli fresh produce exporters, farmers, technology companies and agricultural bigwigs arrived en masse in Tel Aviv last week for the 18th outing of the country’s annual Agro-Mashov trade fair. Laura Gould was among the visitors.
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ArticleArava frosts cause severe damage
Temperatures as low as -4°C on Monday night have caused severe damage to crops in the Arava Valley in Israel.
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ArticleHazera set to play ACE card
Israeli seed breeder Hazera Genetics is preparing to launch its ACE pepper variety under the Hazera Vitalis brand at Fruit Logistica in Germany this February.
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ArticleMack in Birmingham breach
Mack’s Birmingham Wholesale Market branch and one of its traders have been hit with a court bill of £15,500 in fines and costs.
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ArticleThe freshinfo year - October
Mail strike takes hold... Total Produce buys Greenery wholesale... Organics more nutritious (!?)... What else caught your eye in October?
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ArticleThe freshinfo year - January
Produce merger forms industry's largest company... Tesco talks up US venture... salmonella rocks watercress sector... what else featured in your top 10 of January?
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ArticleIntense time for Nunhems
Seed breeder Nunhems’ Intense™ tomato has been nominated for the Fruit Logistica Innovation Award 2008.