Tomato news archive – Page 98

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    Positive moves for the future

    2007-06-27T09:28:53Z

    The upcoming Year of Food and Farming is one of the most positive moves to be implemented for some time, aimed squarely as it

  • Plum budding
    Article

    Plum budding

    2007-06-21T17:21:58Z

    The Spanish plum crop in the Badajoz province of Extremadura may have been reduced by as much as 40 per cent this season through hailstorms which have been so severe that they punched holes on the leaves of orchards. But David Shapley found a remarkably resilient level of confidence within the industry on a visit earlier this month.

  • Article

    Food ‘Nobel prize’ goes to packager

    2007-06-21T12:01:01Z

    A man who invented a way to store mass quantities of processed foods so they could be shipped and used at later dates has won the food equivalent of the Nobel Prize.

  • Asda price cuts court controversy
    Article

    Asda price cuts court controversy

    2007-06-21T09:35:32Z

    Asda is courting controversy again with full-page ads for price cuts enraging growers and farmers. Its price cuts last week have sparked an all-out supermarket price war.

  • Global BRC certification for Southampton
    Article

    Global BRC certification for Southampton

    2007-06-20T09:01:01Z

    Southampton Fruit Handling Ltd has received the new BRC global standard certification for storage and distribution issued by SGS.

  • Article

    Israeli organic growers turn to oxygen

    2007-06-19T10:01:01Z

    Oxygen could be the preservative of choice for organic growers in the future, extending shelf lives, with no negative health side-effects.

  • Hail storms damage Spanish crops
    Article

    Hail storms damage Spanish crops

    2007-06-17T12:01:01Z

    Cherry and plum growers in the Extremadura region of Spain, to the west of Madrid, are counting the cost of hail storms, after looking forward to the prospect of bumper crops.

  • Berry-sized tomatoes hit the shelves at Sainsbury's
    Article

    Berry-sized tomatoes hit the shelves at Sainsbury's

    2007-06-15T08:01:01Z

    Tomatoes the size of berries have been launched at Sainsbury’s this week.

  • Morrisons makes renewed salad recall
    Article

    Morrisons makes renewed salad recall

    2007-06-13T19:08:33Z

    Morrisons has recalled four of its own-brand, pre-packed salads.

  • Pink grapefruit more nutritious
    Article

    Pink grapefruit more nutritious

    2007-06-11T12:01:01Z

    Pink grapefruit juice has more nutritional benefits per calorie than other common fruit juices, a new study has found.

  • Article

    Signum the brassica saviour

    2007-06-06T17:01:01Z

    Vegetable growers know that producing high quality disease-free produce for the increasingly demanding retail sector is essential.

  • Article

    Monsanto forms International Seed Group

    2007-06-04T08:01:01Z

    Monsanto Company has formed International Seed Group, Inc (ISG), a holding company to invest in vegetable and fruit seed businesses with capital and technology investments.

  • Article

    Produce enjoys pride of place

    2007-05-31T16:49:24Z

    Any reports of breaches in food hygiene, such as those in-store failings unveiled recently by the national media, obviously

  • Californian tomato worry
    Article

    Californian tomato worry

    2007-05-31T14:01:01Z

    Californian agriculture officials have discovered a potentially devastating tomato virus, and are worried the disease will infect tomatoes in the rest of the state.

  • Canary crop on song
    Article

    Canary crop on song

    2007-05-27T09:01:01Z

    The Canary Islands tomato season has closed slightly earlier than last season with a six per cent decline in volume, but better values than last year.

  • Gold for Best of British at Chelsea
    Article

    Gold for Best of British at Chelsea

    2007-05-25T08:01:01Z

    Produce from British NFU growers took the President's Award in the Royal Pavilion at Chelsea.

  • The tomato rally
    Article

    The tomato rally

    2007-05-24T17:09:06Z

    UK tomato growers rallied together for the fourth annual British Tomato Week, which kicked off on May 14 and saw a host of events and activities take place across the UK. Anna Sbuttoni reports.

  • Article

    Salad takes it easy with spa session

    2007-05-24T13:01:01Z

    A new wash for salads launched by BeingOrganic.com not only removes soil from organic produce but can also fight unseen chemicals on non-organic lettuce leaves and tomatoes using natural plant extracts.

  • Article

    Coup for Sainsbury's spud growers

    2007-05-23T10:01:01Z

    Sainsbury’s has announced that its entire own-branded crisp range will be made from British potatoes.

  • Article

    Co-op customers welcome British produce

    2007-05-21T15:01:01Z

    Stubbins Marketing Ltd promoted the “Best of British Produce” on May 14, at the Co-op store in Epping.