Tomato news archive – Page 87
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Marshalls launches new catalogue
‘Outdoor Wonder’ melon, Marshalls’ latest must-grow exclusive, which claims to make melon cultivation as easily as growing courgettes, is just one of the new additions in the seed company’s 2009 catalogue.
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ArticleSpain scales back US tomato presence
The North American market is expected to receive almost zero volumes of tomatoes from Spain this year
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Sainsbury's and The Sun offer cheap staples
This week’s shop just got cheaper now that The Sun has teamed up with Sainsbury’s to support Jamie Oliver’s Ministry of Food campaign.
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Growers make their mark at Totally Tomato Show
Commercial growers swept the board in the Tastiest Tomato Competition at West Dean Gardens, near Chichester, on September 7, taking the top 10 places.
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Fruit and veg makes impact on fine food awards
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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ArticleCost strain draining Spain
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
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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ArticleWhole Foods inks Florida tomato pact
The US-based organic retailer has signed an agreement to help improve wages and working conditions for Florida tomato pickers
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ArticleHortyfruta defends itself against Dutch poison claims
Hortyfruta is mounting a campaign to defend Spanish tomatoes and counter potentially damaging claims made in a TV report.
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ArticleClimate-neutral kiwis launched in Europe
Organic specialist Eosta to introduce climate-neutral kiwis from New Zealand exporter Freshco
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ArticleHortyfruta slams Dutch tomato claims
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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ArticleThanet Earth raises glass
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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ArticleDeliciously helpful for Yorkshire produce
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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ArticlePainting the town red
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
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
‘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
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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ArticleBye, bye baby?
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
While the multiples obsess about promoting value for money on their fresh produce shelves, there remains an ongoing battle to
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ArticleHas the Flandria label been overused?
Research into the consumer perception of quality labels has found that the Flandria label is considered relatively standard