All articles by Tom Bonnett – Page 25
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Banana import licences to be scrapped
Banana import licences will be abolished in 2012, the EU management committee for the common organisation of agricultural markets has announced.
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Leeds firm develops thermal bag sealer
A new bag sealer that chronologically updates best before dates itself, creates trace-ability codes and can up write up to four lines of self-updating text has hit the market.
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Potato event set for 'record number' of visitors
Record numbers are expected to attend this year’s BP2011, the Potato Council's head of communications has said.
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Something to sprout about this Christmas
Stronger flavoured red sprouts are going on sale in Morrisons and M&S to add a splash of colour to Christmas dinner.
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Glass Glover co-founder dies aged 81
Gerald Glass, the elder of the brothers who headed Glass Glover Group, one of the UK fruit trade's biggest success stories of the 1970s and 1980s, has died aged 81.
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Jim Paice announces £20m farming fund
A new £20 million fund to help England’s farmers, foresters and horticulturalists become more sustainable has been announced by the government.
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Waitrose retail director leaves after three decades
Waitrose has announced Tony Solomons is stepping down as retail director after 30 years and Rob Collins is to take his place from January 2012.
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Green gong for The Greenery
Dutch produce giant The Greenery has won a Netherlands government Lean & Green award.
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EU pledges €17m to help farmers after E. Coli
The European Commission has approved programmes in 11 member states to help fruit and vegetable sector's recovery from the E. coli crisis.
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Tesco shuffles its pack as Quinn quits after 21 years
Tesco’s category director for fresh produce is to leave the business, FPJ can reveal.
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Pomegranates prevent ageing process, study finds
Pomegranates have been found to stop the clock after a £2million study has found a daily dose could slow the ageing process of DNA.
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Argentina set for second bumper year of cherries
Cherry production in the Argentinean province of Mendoza is expected to reach 6,240 tonnes this season.
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Call for Spanish politicians to serve growers
Juan Marín, president of Murcia producer-exporters’ association Proexport in Spain, has called on the authorities to get behind the “Spain brand”.
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Row as Asda hires ex-government PR officer
The former director general of communications at the Department of Health has sparked a conflict of interest row after joining Asda, the supermarket that backed the £250 million anti-obesity scheme she oversaw.
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Zespri launches Gold comeback campaign
Zespri Gold kiwifruit from Italy and France is returning to the European market.
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Dole cuts loss as revenue climbs
Dole Food Company has announced that it turned in a loss from continuing operations of US$47m (£29.77) through the third quarter of the year, a slight improvement on the US$49m recorded in the same period of 2010.
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Optyx cherry sorter raises the bar
US-based processing machinery expert designs sorter for use with dark red cherries including Bing, Chelan and Skeena
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Ex-Agrexco GM joins Galilee
Former general manager of Agrexco Oded Yacovson has led the hectic start for new Israeli exporter Galilee
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Optyx cherry sorter raises the bar
Key Technology has launched new sorting equipment for cherry growers.
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Morrisons unveils Christmas savings card
Morrisons has said it will deliver £100 million of savings for customers this Christmas as Britain’s grocers step up the battle for cash-strapped shoppers in the run up to the festive period.