Tomato news archive – Page 106
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ArticleCanaries sing sweet tunes
A solid Canary Islands salad performance lifted the sector last season. Good news for an industry which has endured an unsettling period of declining production, lacklustre prices and rising competition. Doris Lee Butterworth reports.
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Article110 years and counting
The FPJ has come a long way since its first issue was published on October 5 1895. Today’s relaunch coincides with our 110th birthday, so we thought it appropriate to give our modern-day readers an insight into the ways the Journal in its various guises has reflected the changes of this great industry through a century and more. Some things have altered surprisingly little.
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ArticleSEPAM finds the GAP
SEPAM is one of Senegal’s leading fruit and vegetable producers, with several production sites in the Niayes region around Dakar and further north near Lake Guiers. The company became EurepGAP certified in April 2004, an event that profoundly altered day-to-day operations.
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ArticleMarseilles strike hits perishable traffic
A strike by workers at the port of Marseilles, which has entered its 11th day, is seriously disrupting the import traffic of fruit and vegetables through the French Mediterranean gateway.
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EVS gears up for round two
English Village Salads, category supplier to Asda in the UK, is getting ready to start its second year of UK winter tomato production.
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ArticleKnow your own value, tom growers told
British tomato growers have been told not to under-estimate their value.
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ArticleThe fresh seachange
The latest research on the fruit and vegetable market by leading researcher Mintel throws light on some of the top trends affecting the industry. The company summarises its findings for Journal readers.
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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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ArticleBaarda shapes tomato history
John Baarda Ltd is stamping its mark on British tomato history, by developing a year-round tomato glasshouse.
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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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ArticleColleges report renewed interest
With the fresh produce industry under increasing pressure to tighten its belts and maximise efficiency, no company can afford to carry incompetent members of staff. At the same time, companies need to address the ways in which they can appeal to young people desperately needed to take them forward. In the fourth of our profiles on recruitment and training Elspeth Waters talks to some of the people trying to shape the fresh produce virtuosos of tomorrow.
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A curious trip up the retail aisles
Walking the shelves this week looking for new products, sources, packs and anything else that records the march of fresh
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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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Spanish drought fears
Drought conditions in Spain are reducing crop yields and leading water authorities to draw up emergency strategies.
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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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ArticleDon't demonise the chip, government warned
Potato bosses are warning against the demonisation of chips in the wake of the government's latest drive to improve school nutrition.
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ArticleOrganics at vital stage
Thanks to an increasing number of sales channels and the odd celebrity chef endorsement, the organic sector appears to be thriving. But can we believe the hype? New, emerging issues are proving that the industry is not unshakable. Emma Twyning reports.
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Tomato challenges addressed
The rising challenges of tomato growing are to be the major topics under discussion at this year’s Tomato Conference.
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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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Celebrating the tomato
Growers and cookery enthusiasts are to meet in Chichester to celebrate the versatility and health benefits of the tomato.