Tomato news archive – Page 77
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ArticleExploring Sussex
Sussex has a varied mix of both niche growers producing fresh produce for local markets and independent shops and large-scale businesses serving the national market. Elizabeth O’Keefe visits the region to explore how fresh produce businesses are diversifying in a changing marketplace.
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Environmental commitments should be about more than lip service to the cause
It has become fashionable to pay lip service to environmental issues and political parties, corporations and media celebrities
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ArticleCo-op tours with Capespan
The Co-operative Good with Food team has been touring the UK and were joined by importers Capespan at the three day Royal Highland Show last week.
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ArticleExport increase for Turkish tomatoes
Volumes have jumped 19 per cent so far this year despite a fall in numbers heading to the key Russian market
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ArticleKumato hits North America
Canadian grower/exporter Mastronardi Produce has begun delivering the European sensation tomato, the Kumato - unique in its brown colouring - to retailers across North America.
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Guernsey garners Queen's eye
Growers in Guernsey have seen a double landmark this month, recognised by the Queen on two fronts.
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Retailers set to make most of barbecue weather
It only seems to take a few days of hot, dry weather to get the barbecues smoking, so not surprisingly they are a major target
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ArticleSalad revolution
After decades of sitting in the Netherlands’ shadow, the UK salad industry has been given a much-needed injection of life by the new multi-glasshouse venture, Thanet Earth, in Kent. Elizabeth O’Keefe visits the project during its first production season and asks what’s next for salad production in the UK.
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Thanet supplies school scheme
Hundreds of schoolchildren in Kent will receive free tomatoes from Kent supplier Thanet Earth from today, as part of the School Fruit and Vegetable Scheme (SFVS) operated by NHS Supply Chain.
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ArticleMelons a hit at Taste of Spain
Andalusian melons were in full view as 13,000 visitors attended the Taste of Spain festival at Borough Market in London.
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ArticleAndalusian coalition formed
Four of the largest growers in the Spanish region of Andalusia have formed a coalition to increase their buying power and strengthen their position in the UK market.
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ArticleMastronardi launches Kumato variety
The grower-marketer has added Kumato tomatoes to its Sunset gourmet greenhouse range in North America
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ArticleThanet gets Gurkha protection
Gurkha soldiers have been assigned to patrol the perimeter of the Thanet Earth project in east Kent to protect the greenhouses’s valuable crops.
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ArticleUSDA plans tomato purchase
The organisation is looking to bump up the supply of produce to its federal nutrition assistance programmes
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ArticleA sting in the tail
The sight of hundreds of beekeepers swarming on Westminster last November brought the increasingly desperate plight of the honeybee to the public’s attention. With hives across the world dying off at an alarming rate and fears mounting that in the not-too-distant future there may not be enough bees to pollinate crops for food production, Laura Gould investigates what we can do to reverse this highly worrying trend.
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Paving the future for New Spitalfields
Following his appointment last December, Tim Williams, corporate business development manager at New Spitalfields market, has uncovered a number of challenges in ensuring the continued prosperity of one of the UK’s most diverse and successful wholesale markets. Alex Lawson caught up with him to see how he is progressing in the role.
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Sunshine sees summertime produce come into its own
The burst of summer weather did wonders for the British berry sector this week, with some massive displays of high-quality
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ArticleEat Seasonably provokes industry
A campaign launched last week to promote British fruit and vegetables at their seasonal best has been criticised by some sections of the produce industry for its narrow-minded approach to consumption.
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Spanish exports fall
Spanish fresh produce exports fell by four per cent year on year during the first quarter of 2009.
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Man questioned over Legg death
A Cheshire businessman has been arrested over the death of a leading Polish produce supplier who was found battered to death in her Paris hotel room last week.