Tomato news archive – Page 78

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    Fruit and veg makes impact on fine food awards

    2008-09-15T17:01:01Z

    Fresh produce caused a stir at this year’s Guild of Fine Food Great Taste Awards, with Beckleberry’s (Fine Foods) Blackcurrent & Kirsch Sorbet collecting three awards including the supreme champion Fortnum & Mason trophy.

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    Cost strain draining Spain

    2008-09-12T10:33:29Z

    The Spanish salad sector faces a number of key challenges this season as producers confront higher production and transport costs, combined with an unfavourable exchange rate situation. Doris Lee Butterworth finds out more.

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    Stores paddle through stormy supply waters

    2008-09-12T10:32:50Z

    Listening to the weather reports and forecasts from around Britain and elsewhere in the last 10 days, one wonders at the

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    Whole Foods inks Florida tomato pact

    2008-09-11T15:20:15Z

    The US-based organic retailer has signed an agreement to help improve wages and working conditions for Florida tomato pickers

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    Hortyfruta defends itself against Dutch poison claims

    2008-09-10T10:01:01Z

    Hortyfruta is mounting a campaign to defend Spanish tomatoes and counter potentially damaging claims made in a TV report.

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    Climate-neutral kiwis launched in Europe

    2008-09-10T07:01:01Z

    Organic specialist Eosta to introduce climate-neutral kiwis from New Zealand exporter Freshco

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    Hortyfruta slams Dutch tomato claims

    2008-09-03T11:46:10Z

    The Spanish tomato industry in Almería is up in arms over “unfounded” pesticide claims made by Friends of the Earth in the Netherlands

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    Thanet Earth raises glass

    2008-08-31T09:01:02Z

    The first three glasshouses being built on the Thanet Earth site in Kent are due for completion in the next two months, with the first salad crops to be planted at the end of November.

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    Deliciously helpful for Yorkshire produce

    2008-08-29T11:35:49Z

    Yorkshire is home to a fair amount of local production and two of the major multiples as well as four wholesale markets have their roots in the region. This week, the FPJ team turns the spotlight on the county, and over the next 12 pages, finds out that those roots are still spreading.

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    Painting the town red

    2008-08-28T15:22:11Z

    This year's annual Tomatina festival has taken place in the Spanish town of Buñol, near Valencia

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    Leafminer pesters tomato growers

    2008-08-28T11:45:26Z

    French tomato growers have been advised to rotate their crops in an effort to tackle the highly destructive tomato leafminer

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    Climate-neutral tomatoes in the spotlight

    2008-08-25T11:01:02Z

    ‘Nature & More’ branded Dutch tomatoes are being given a promotional boost on the continent thanks to a range of advertising materials, including a video recording, aimed at organic retailers.

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    Schools backed by USDA

    2008-08-22T08:43:55Z

    In this month’s round-up of events across the pond, a significant uplift in funding is announced for a Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program for schools across the US and the Produce Marketing Association honours Nunhems’ Intense tomato.

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    Bye, bye baby?

    2008-08-15T09:19:06Z

    With consumers demanding more seasonal British produce and generally tightening their purse strings, once fashionable baby vegetable lines could be forced onto the backseat. But the industry remains upbeat. Elizabeth O’Keefe investigates.

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    Retail is all about image when it comes to quality

    2008-08-15T09:18:50Z

    While the multiples obsess about promoting value for money on their fresh produce shelves, there remains an ongoing battle to

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    Has the Flandria label been overused?

    2008-08-14T11:56:11Z

    Research into the consumer perception of quality labels has found that the Flandria label is considered relatively standard

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    Total Dutch purchase granted approval

    2008-08-12T11:01:01Z

    Ireland's Total Produce was granted permission today [Tuesday] to buy a majority stake in two Dutch fresh produce distributors, Haluco and Nedalpac, for around £17 million.

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    Demand for tomatoes up in Germany

    2008-08-06T16:01:58Z

    Imports increase by 16.7 per cent to 730,000 tonnes as consumption levels reach an all-time high

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    New role throws up challenges for Oded

    2008-08-01T13:12:08Z

    Oded Yacovson moved to London seven months ago to take up the post of general manager at the UK branch of major Israeli exporter Agrexco. Laura Gould went to meet him to find out what he has planned for the business.

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    Retails blurring traditional category boundaries

    2008-08-01T13:11:58Z

    It is fascinating to see how what were once clearly defined product sectors on the retail shelf are now becoming more blurred.