Peppers news archive – Page 50
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ArticleRedefinition of a marrow
Tozer Seeds, the Cobham-based UK independent breeder, hopes to redefine the public perception of a marrow.
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ArticleNew "living" product wins award
Action Pearl Growers won an innovation award at AGF Totaal for its Pick-a-tom product,
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ArticleVegication, Vegication, Vegication,
Supermarket staff are often under attack for a lack of consideration when handling fruit and vegetables, but that could all be about to change. Emma Twyning talks to two of the leading chains about their new in-store training schemes designed to educate staff about different fresh produce lines.
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ArticleHirsty work
Farmers need to learn lessons from the retailers when it comes to running their business, claims the new face of UK horticulture, Richard Hirst. Ed Bedington went to meet him.
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ArticleSpanish salads spring to life
Spanish salad producers are raising their game as new developments unfold in their sector. Doris Lee Butterworth investigates.
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Descriptions add an extra something
Retail marketing - particularly in the form of product descriptions - has reached new heights, writes David Shapley.Perhaps
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Money for new fruit
US agriculture secretary, Mike Johanns, has announced plans to spend $9 million on 225 schools in eight states and three
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Mrs Ramsey's ice greens
TANA Ramsay, the wife of celebrity chef Gordon, is hoping to steal some of the limelight from her famous husband with the launch of vegetable ice cream recipes.
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ArticlePMA announces high-flying keynote presenters
The Produce Marketing Association (PMA) has announced its list of keynote speakers for this year's Fresh Summit, In Atlanta in November.
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Israel racks up record exports
Vegetable exports from Israel have increased in 2004-05 reaching a record 395,000 tonnes.
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New appointments at herb company
Herb supplier British Pepper & Spice (BPS) has made two new appointments within the company and is also pleased to announce a further internal appointment.
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ArticleFresh produce heroes
Somerfield, fresh from its success at Re:fresh is once again knuckling down and getting on with doing what it does best - selling fresh produce. Ed Bedington took a look at what makes the award-winning company tick.
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Fresh-cut watermelon breakthrough
New growing techniques could boost watermelon quality for the fresh prepared sector and help disease resistance.
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ArticleFresh launch for Anona
A fresh produce company is aiming at the high-end catering sector with the launch of an innovative range of prepared produce.
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The future’s in the pea leaves
The stone-fruit season is now getting underway after a slow start, writes David Shapley, and we are beginning to seen the full
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ArticleThe great cover up
The British soft-fruit industry is one of the few agricultural success stories of the last 10 years, but it faces crisis as moves are being made to prevent the use of the polytunnel. Tommy Leighton reports.
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ArticleHungary for success
With the global fresh produce industry set to descend on Budapest next week for Fresh 2005, Hungary’s fruit and vegetable sector is finding itself in the spotlight. But a year after its accession to the EU, how has the country benefited from the opportunities and challenges membership poses? Ed Bedington reports.
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ArticleKeelings opens ground breaking pepper facility
Bertie Ahern, Ireland’s Taoiseach, has helped launch a new ground breaking pepper growing facility.
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ArticleVital part of pepper pot
Mainland Spain provides around 15 per cent of the cucumbers and more than a quarter of the capsicum that finds their way into the mouths of UK consumers each year. Growers in Almería supply the vast majority of that product and not surprisingly, the UK market has been a major driver for the region’s industry. The strength of the relationships between importers in the UK and growers and exporters in Almería has built up over decades of working hand-in-hand to meet each other’s needs and the requirements of a rightly demanding customer base.