All articles by Elizabeth O'Keefe – Page 3
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Waitrose set to innovate
Waitrose will work with its brassica growers to bring something new to the market and sustain the industry, according to the retailer’s technical manager for agronomy, Alan Wilson.
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Dr Barling warns veg sector
Dr David Barling of the Centre for Food Policy at City University London asked whether enough is being done to overcome the challenges facing the vegetable sector in the UK, at last week’s Adas/Syngenta Vegetable Conference at the East of England Showground in Peterborough.
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ArticleLove Your Greens campaign gets go ahead
The new £25,000-budget brassica PR campaign will focus on the promotion of broccoli, cauliflower, spinach, swede and cabbage over the next two years, Pam Lloyd and Madeleine Waters of Pam Lloyd PR told Brassica Growers’ BiennialConference and Trade Exhibition industry.
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Brassica Conference focuses on PR
The Brassica Growers’ Biennial Conference and Trade Exhibitionbrought together the great and the good of the brassica worldon 19 January at the Lincolnshire Showground in Lincoln, toidentify the threats and challenges facing the industry, as well as the opportunities.
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ArticlePomegranate breakthrough for Hefestus
Israeli company Hefestus will launch its automatic packaging-system solution for cleanly separating pomegranate peel from arils and separating the individual pomegranate seeds at Fruit Logistica, Berlin.
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BCPC appoints new board member
The British Crop Protection Council (BCPC) has announced the appointment of Jim Orson to its executive board.
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Rothamsted Research bags new director
The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), the governing body of Rothamsted Research and the Trustees of the Lawes Agricultural Trust have announced the appointment of Professor Maurice Moloney as director and chief executive of Rothamsted Research.
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Rijk Zwaan gets Sensational at Fruit Logistica
Rijk Zwaan will officially launch its product line Sensational Flavours to international trade at Fruit Logistica in February.
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Farmers pay too much tax
Many farmers are paying too much tax and creating unnecessary cash-flow difficulties for their businesses, according to rural accountant Old Mill.
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Ombudsman plans slammed
The British Retail Consortium (BRC) has slammed the government’s plans to introduce a supermarket ombudsman, saying it would hand negotiating power to multi-national food businesses and cost customers millions of pounds in higher prices.
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ArticleRijk Zwaan seals the deal
Rijk Zwaan’s new production location is officially ready for business, as it has been hermetically sealed according to stringent hygiene measures.
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New wrapper from Ilapak
Ilapak has launched a new, electronic flow-wrapper to pack unsupported fresh produce such as tomatoes, avocadoes, kiwis, peppers, leeks and spring onions.
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ArticleSOLA issues for roots
As a result of receiving a number of queries regarding the specific off-label application (SOLA) of Fazor (maleic hydrazide) on carrots and parsnips, a global leader in providing pest management and biotechnology products, Dow AgroSciences, has issued some guidance to the industry.
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ArticleLondon chefs select Lincolnshire
Select Lincolnshire brought a group of high-profile London chefs to the county for 24 hours to meet fruit and vegetable producers and taste their produce, with a view to using it in their restaurants, last month.
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ArticleBellaverde makes waves
Nearly five months on from the product’s launch, the sweet-tasting, long-stemmed Bellaverde broccoli is now in 148 Sainsbury’s and 150 Waitrose stores across the UK.
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ArticleSakata heads to Spain
Seed company Sakata will hold its annual European Broccoli Conference on November 25-26, in Cartagena, Murcia, Spain.
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ArticleEnza Zaden homes in on taste
Global seed breeder Enza Zaden has launched a tomato campaign, Timing Taste, with the aim of uniting the salad sector together across the UK and continental Europe in producing tomatoes with more flavour.
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ArticleCameo success at National Fruit Show
The Cameo apple brand won the Best Exhibit award and, for the third time, the Tastiest Apple award at the National Fruit Show, indicating that UK consumers’ tastes are moving in line with their European neighbours.
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ArticleEmpire rides high on UK push
Empire World Trade was celebrating the UK consumer’s rediscovered love for home-grown produce as it exhibited at the National Fruit Show for the third time - but maintained that sustaining the industry is key.
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ArticleWatercress producers stand their ground
British watercress farmers are seeking an EU ruling to ensure that land-grown cress cannot be sold as traditionally grown watercress.