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WAPA 'must improve statistical accuracy'
by Fred Meintjes 18 February 2019 Apples & Pears
New WAPA chairman Nicholas Dicey wants to improve international apple and pear…
Video: China access pending for Italian pears >
Video: China access pending for Italian pears
by Mike Knowles 14 February 2019 Fruit, Apples & Pears, Kiwifruit, Citrus, Grapes, Stonefruit, Tomatoes and Cherries
Simona Rubbi of CSO Italy explains how slow but steady progress is being made…
Video: Interview with Sarah Calcutt >
Video: Interview with Sarah Calcutt
by FPJ Staff 13 February 2019 Apples & Pears
Sarah Calcutt, operations director at English Apples & Pears, discusses the…
Val Venosta succession plan looks assured >
Val Venosta succession plan looks assured
by Mike Knowles 12 February 2019 Apples & Pears
New director Martin Pinzger was in Berlin to reconfirm the company's…
Serbia joins World Apple and Pear Association >
Serbia joins World Apple and Pear Association
by Mike Knowles 11 February 2019 Apples & Pears
Industry body expands further into eastern Europe with addition of Balkan…
Cosmic Crisp set for US$10m marketing campaign >
Cosmic Crisp set for US$10m marketing campaign
by Camellia Aebischer 5 February 2019 Fruit and Apples & Pears
The proprietary apple variety is expected to produce some 5m cartons of fruit…
Consumer success for Kissabel >
Consumer success for Kissabel
by Camellia Aebischer 5 February 2019 Fruit and Apples & Pears
Red, orange and pink-fleshed apples impressed customers across Germany, the UK,…
Favourable forecast for NZ apples and pears >
Favourable forecast for NZ apples and pears
by Matthew Jones 1 February 2019 Apples & Pears
Slight increase in volume tipped, with new plantings and varietal development…
Pink Lady lowers harvest estimate >
Pink Lady lowers harvest estimate
by Fred Searle 31 January 2019 Apples & Pears
Major apple brand now expects 20,000 tonnes less than previously forecast but…
Budding nursery relocates after strong first year >
Budding nursery relocates after strong first year
by Fred Searle 28 January 2019 Apples & Pears, Berries and Asparagus
Plants365 has moved to a new site in Lincolnshire after “exciting first…

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- Subscribers onlyCool profits
  Last year’s listeria outbreak may have made headlines, but it didn’t dent sales of frozen vegetables; there have been several major product launches in the past year as manufacturers look to offer retail consumers and foodservice operators more convenience
- Video: Interview with James Miller
  Chambers' James Miller describes the company's new prepared fruit division following its launch at Fruit Logistica
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  FPJ columnist Amy Cross looks at how avocados continue to take the US retail market by storm
- Video: Interview with Sarah Calcutt
  Sarah Calcutt, operations director at English Apples & Pears, discusses the opportunities for homegrown topfruit
- Video: Interview with Hayley Campbell-Gibbons
  AHDB Horticulture chair Hayley Campbell-Gibbons talks all things British produce at Fruit Logistica in Berlin
- Subscribers onlyNot just a bed of roses
  Supply challenges from Kenya, Brexit and difficulties sourcing labour have been causing headaches in the flower sector, but seasonal blooms and online retail offer hope. Fred Searle speaks to Ian Michell, managing director of Flamingo Produce
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  University of Nottingham Professors Saffa Riffat and Yijun Yuan are proposing breakthrough technologies to allow intensive food production in seas, coastal areas and rivers. Here, they present their ideas
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  There’s been much talk of how vertical farming offers a solution to the impacts of climate change and population growth, but University of Nottingham academics Professor Saffa Riffat, president of the World Society of Sustainable Energy Technologies, and Professor Yijun Yuan, EU Marie Curie fellow, are preferring to look downwards for the future of food
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  It’s been a rapid transition from herb importer to major player in the food processing game, and JDM Food Group has no desire to slow down, with an expansion of its Lincolnshire site underway
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