Potato news archive – Page 88
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ArticleSelect Lincolnshire comes to London
Select lincolnshire exhibited at The Restaurant Show 2008 at Earls Court this week for the first time, where it unveiled another first for the UK market.
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ArticleSowing seeds for the future
This academic year has seen the Year of Food and Farming take the nation’s schools by storm - introducing children to the world of farming from field to fork. Elizabeth O’Keefe looks back over what the initiative has achieved and finds out what the future holds for the now firmly established relationship between farming and education.
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ArticlePotato supply back on track after variable summer
The potato category has endured more than its fair share of ups and downs this season, with growers and suppliers trying their best to supply the market consistently in the face of mixed weather and the increased pressure of pests and disease. Anna Sbuttoni reports.
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Arava UK treads the Mill
New company Mill Associates has taken over the marketing activities of Arava UK.
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Makro makes the grade on fresh produce
Makro UK buying manager Fraser Roberts talks to David Shapley about how the cash and carry chain, part of Germany’s Metro Group, has put fresh produce sourcing and distribution at the heart of its plans in the UK.
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ArticleImagination Farms expands potato offering
The company says its new single bakers give mothers an easy meal option that helps keep potatoes as an important staple of children’s diet
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ArticleGreenvale adds to management team
Greenvale AP has strengthened its management team in the Scottish border.
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ArticleRoyal aspiration for new Greenvale spud
Greenvale AP launched a new maincrop potato variety exclusively with Tesco this week
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ArticleA peculiarly British affair
British Food Fortnight has been spotlighting home-grown produce over the last seven years. The event will see the length of the supply chain - growers, suppliers, retailers and consumers - come together to raise the profile of UK produce. So what is in store for the next two weeks? Anna Sbuttoni reports
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King steps out in Suffolk
The substantial investment farm businesses need to supply Britain’s major retailers was highlighted when Sainsbury’s chief executive Justin King visited Elveden Farms in Suffolk.
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Price rise at supermarkets confirmed
The cost of all food and drink sold at the top three supermarkets in the UK has increased by 5.9 per cent over the last year, figures have revealed.
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ArticleGrowers praying in the rain
Heavy rainfall in the UK over the past two weeks is threatening a number of key crops.
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Consumers will pay for pesticides ban
The price of potatoes will double as a consequence of new EU legislation, which seeks to ban large numbers of the pesticides commonly used in modern agriculture.
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ArticleMorrisons launches major schools scheme
Morrisons is funding a major schools initiative to tackle ignorance about where food comes from.
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ArticleOrganic approval for Restrain
Restrain, the natural anti-sprouting system, is now approved for the storage of organic potatoes and onions, allowing growers to tap into the high-value, late-season market.
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ArticleOrganic slump a short-term problem
Any recent decline in sales of organic produce is a “short-term problem”, Soil Association policy director Peter Melchett said this week.
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ArticleAsda bucks organic trend
Asda has reported an increase of 25 per cent in sales of its organic range in the last quarter, whilst the rest of the market has grown at just under three per cent.
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US potatoes try for China
US potato exporters are trying to overcome pest fears to access the Chinese market
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Irish growers feel force of floods
One of the wettest Augusts since records begun has wreaked havoc on the Irish potato crop, with tubers rotting in fields submerged by monsoon-like downpours.
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GM trial found to have 'no risk' to health or environment
Field inspections on a trial of potatoes genetically modified for resistance to late blight carried out by the GM Inspectorate for England have found that there are “no risks to human health or the environment”.