All Flowers articles – Page 14

  • Bouquets of glory
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    Bouquets of glory

    2012-06-29T09:26:24Z

    The cream of the world’s athletes will receive a beautiful bunch of English flowers with their medals this year. Samantha Lyster finds out where they will come from

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    Summer is here... on the shelves at least

    2012-06-29T09:25:29Z

    The summer may still be a long time in coming, but the shelves are bursting with English strawberries regardless, with

  • BA Worldcargo Heathrow
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    Heathrow could face cargo handler strike

    2012-06-26T13:50:00Z

    London airport could be set for disruption to cargo services from Wednesday after talks broke down

  • Tomato research could be good news for growers
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    New tomato research 'lowers production costs'

    2012-06-21T10:15:55Z

    Scientists have sequenced the genome of the domesticated tomato in a breakthrough that could lower production costs for growers of tomato crops.

  • Old Covent Garden Market, 1973
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    New Covent Garden Market: All about the people

    2012-06-01T09:48:58Z

    New Covent Garden Market, in its various forms, has been around for centuries, but continues to be at the forefront of supplying London’s food, writes Chloe Ryan

  • Produce fit for a Queen
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    Produce fit for a Queen

    2012-06-01T09:19:36Z

    To celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, FPJ shines a spotlight on some of the businesses that have helped make the trade what it is today. By way of introduction, David Shapley looks back at how the industry has changed since Queen Elizabeth II came to the throne

  • Bernard Sparkes: How to grow the future of the fresh produce industry by learning from the past
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    Bernard Sparkes: How to grow the future of the fresh produce industry by learning from the past

    2012-06-01T09:15:02Z

    As I approach retirement after nearly 54 years working in British horticulture, I believe it to be a fantastic industry

  • Green Fingers
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    Green Fingers

    2012-05-18T09:56:41Z

    Horticulturalist and fresh produce devotee Alan Titchmarsh discusses the challenge of keeping the public turned on to fresh produce with Stephen Milton

  • Stemming the crisis
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    Stemming the crisis

    2012-05-18T09:56:26Z

    Recession-conscious shoppers are buying fewer flowers and plants in a bid to keep costs down. Now, as Lisa Kjellsson reports, the ornamental industry warns it is slowly wilting

  • Putting east London on the map
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    Putting east London on the map

    2012-05-11T08:59:23Z

    As New Spitalfields Market approaches its 21st anniversary, traders are looking to the future and the opportunities it presents. Lisa Kjellsson reports

  • Certis digs deep
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    Certis digs deep

    2012-05-04T08:47:13Z

    Since it was established just over a decade ago, Certis Europe has developed a reputation as a major supplier of crop protection and integrated pest management products. Lisa Kjellsson reports

  • NCGM traders fear Olympic disruption
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    NCGM traders fear Olympic disruption

    2012-04-22T08:01:01Z

    Traders at London's New Covent Garden Market have raised fears of major upheaval and lost business due to the restrictions of the Olympic Route Network (ORN).

  • Scottish scientists are hot on the trail on the honey-bee killer
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    Scots scientists in Varroa breakthrough

    2012-04-16T14:01:01Z

    New money for research to halt honey-bee killer Varroa mites has led to a breakthrough for scientists in Scotland.

  • Asociafruit warns of stonefruit decline
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    Asociafruit warns of stonefruit decline

    2012-04-16T09:01:01Z

    Early nectarine, peach and plum output from the southern Spanish region of Andalusia is likely to fall significantly on recent season averages.

  • Police plan to use London flower market as strategic base
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    Police plan to use London flower market as strategic base

    2012-04-13T12:01:01Z

    New Covent Garden Flower Market is to be used as a base for police during the Olympic and Paralympic Games if new plans get the go-ahead from the local council.

  • The Heston of gardening
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    The Heston of gardening

    2012-04-13T09:13:19Z

    TV garden designer David Domoney’s unconventional methods, which include feeding plants with bananas, eggs, beer and even Viagra to keep them happy, have earned him the nickname “the Heston Blumenthal of gardening”. Lisa Kjellsson finds out more about him

  • New Covent Garden Market chooses redevelopment partner
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    New Covent Garden Market chooses redevelopment partner

    2012-03-30T11:01:01Z

    Tenants have insisted a workable decant strategy must be at the heart of the New Covent Garden Market regeneration after the authority this week announced its private development partner.

  • Israel’s new start
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    Israel’s new start

    2012-03-30T09:11:05Z

    It’s been all change in the Israeli fresh produce market in the past year, with Agrexco’s much-publicised travails opening the door to other exporters to increase share. Tom Bonnett and Michael Barker examine the new state of the country’s industry

  • Israel’s new start
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    Israel’s new start

    2012-03-30T09:06:25Z

    It’s been all change in the Israeli fresh produce market in the past year, with Agrexco’s much-publicised travails opening the door to other exporters to increase share. Tom Bonnett and Michael Barker examine the new state of the country’s industry

  • FPC demands re-think of 'grave' rise in plant health check fees
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    FPC demands re-think of 'grave' rise in plant health check fees

    2012-03-23T16:29:56Z

    The Fresh Produce Consortium is demanding Fera immediately changes plans to raise the price of plant health checks that could cost British growers and importers an extra £1.2 million over the next two years.