Tomato news archive – Page 104
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ArticleCanary salads suffer the heat
Sweltering heat in the Canary Islands is damaging new tomato plants.
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ArticleSpain’s salad hopes
As the first supplies of Spanish salads trickle through to the UK, growers are generally optimistic about the impending season. However, with last year’s cold temperatures still on the minds of many, overcoming the changeable weather is the sector’s major challenge. Emma Twyning reports.
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Does knowledge equal power or just confusion?
we live in an era when there is an almost insatiable demand for information, and perhaps no more so than when it comes to food
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ArticleSun shines on new tomato
Israel's Hazera Genetics has developed a new breed of tomato which it says “has the taste and colour of honey”.
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SOLA for Oberon
A new treatment against spider mite and whitefly in pepper and cayenne pepper crops has been approved by the Pesticides Safety Directorate (PSD).
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ArticleNutritious veg being thrown away
The parts of vegetables that are commonly thrown away contain valuable levels of vitamins and minerals, according to new research.
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F1 champ to speak at tomato conference
Champion F1 driver-turned organic grower Jody Scheckter will speak at this year’s annual tomato conference in September.
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ArticleSomerfield stages price bonanza
Somerfield is staging a two-week price bonanza on a wide range of its fruit and vegetables in a bid to increase consumption in the run up to the start of the autumn school term.
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Retailers roll out all things bright and beautiful
there always seems to be something new going on in the salad market. What is particularly interesting is the way the sector is
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US industry faces labour crisis
US producers fear the government’s post-9/11 clamp-down on immigration could result in huge labour shortages that would severely compromise the industry.
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ArticleSpanish growers lament poor season
The 2005-06 season has closed leaving growers in the Spanish production region of Almeria licking their wounds as production rose and prices fell.
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New EVS lines soar at Asda
English Village Salads has capitalised on the recent increased demand for salads, with several successful product launches into Asda this summer.
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ArticleJS consumers prioritise fruit and veg
The fresh produce health message may be getting through to consumers, with 92 per cent of the population putting both fresh fruit and some kind of fresh vegetable in their shopping basket each week, research by Sainsbury’s has revealed.
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Low prices fail to boost demand
The 2005-06 season has closed leaving growers in the Spanish production region of Almeria licking their wounds as production rose and prices fell.
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ArticleThe value proposition
Redbridge Worldfresh, a division within Redbridge Holdings, was born of the merger between Redbridge Produce Marketing and AFI only two years ago. At that time the combined business had an annual turnover of almost £60m. During the last couple of years, the integration has been completed and the initial period of policy formulation and implementation has begun to bear financial fruit. Tommy Leighton talks to Richard Parke-Davies and Ian Waller about the company’s vision, both for itself and the soft-fruit category
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ArticlePacking perfect plums
Spanish plums from the region of Extremadura are proving popular on the UK market. Plums are the main export for Extremadura, with production up by an average 22 per cent each year. The region is well-suited to the cultivation of stonefruit, with long hours of sunshine and a plentiful water supply producing quality fruit. Foods from Spain has included Spanish plums in its integrated promotional campaign for the first time this year, and the fruit looks set for a successful season. Anna Sbuttoni reports from Spain
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ArticleFlorette's new range expanding already
Florette’s You Are What You Eat salad range launched less than three months ago is exceeding the company’s sales expectations to the extent that the range will be expanded and refreshed at the end of the year.
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New website for Spanish fresh produce
Foods from Spain has launched a website dedicated to Spanish fresh produce.
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Conference highlights salad industry's chemical balance
The UK salad industry came out in force today [Wednesday], at a conference that highlighted its work to minimise the use of chemicals on crops.