All Flowers articles – Page 22
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ArticleSeafreight industry hits troubled waters
Despite the many advantages of seafreight over other methods of transport, high fuel prices, low supplies of fresh food and a shortage of containers is making profitability a real challenge. Michael Barker reports
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Developing countries could suffer from EU pesticide restrictions
Concerns over the impact of restrictive new EU rules on pesticide approvals have focused predominantly on the loss of
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ArticleDecline of the brassica: will the public learn to love their greens?
Despite boasting one of the most dynamic ranges of all the fresh produce categories, it is no secret that the brassica industry has been struggling both to gain sustainable returns and promote itself effectively. So why is a sector of this size often overlooked and what can be done to rectify this in the future? Elizabeth O’Keefe investigates
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ArticleOrganics sector makes slow but sure progress
As organic fresh produce slowly rises from the ashes, competition in the form of well-established and understood ethical brand throws Fairtrade vegetables into the arena. Elizabeth O’Keefe takes a look at the organics sector
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ArticleMarks & Spencer begins Fairtrade veg
Marks & Spencer has become the first UK retailer to stock Fairtrade Foundation-certified vegetables, with the launch of Fairtrade green beans flown in from Kenya.
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Aphid alarm despite cool weather
Vigilance will be required to monitor aphid populations in many arable and horticultural crops and growers should be prepared to treat with an effective pyrethroid once thresholds have been reached, Interfarm UK Ltd has warned.
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ArticleWelsh veg wins RHS Chelsea Flower Show prize
Welsh exhibition vegetable grower Medwyn Williams MBE has won his 11th gold medal at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, as well as the coveted President’s Award for the second time.
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Guernsey industry stalwart dies
David Miller, one of Guernsey’s leading horticulturists has died.
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ArticleEdibles garden on show at Hampton Court
Members of the media gained an insight into edibles at the RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show earlier this month during a preview showing.
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ArticleNew bee attractant for top-fruit
Agri-Nova Technology has developed Pollinus a pheromone-based product to attract bees to top-fruit crops.
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GlobalGAP hits 100,000 mark
GlobalGAP has expanded to reach more than 100,000 producers worldwide, the certification body announced this week.
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ArticleDiana Kaye named Re:fresh floral winner
North-east florist Diana Kaye was awarded New Covent Garden Market Retail Florist of the Year at Re:fresh 2010.
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ArticleDawson scoops youthful Re:fresh prize
Rebecca Dawson became the symbol of the produce trade’s youth as she scooped the MorePeople Young Person of the Year gong at the Re:fresh awards on Thursday.
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Time will tell if grow your own push can pay off
Only time will tell whether the sudden realisation by the retail trade that there is money to be made in offering consumers
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ArticleObituary: Philip Palmer of importer DG Fruit Ltd
Philip Palmer of importer DG Fruit UK Ltd has died at the age of just 42.
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ArticleEuropean stonefruit volumes fall
European stonefruit figures released at last week’s Europêch’ conference in Perpignan show significant declines in apricot production in France and Spain, while peach and nectarine output is lower than last year across the continent and characterised mainly by a late start.
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Berelex gains new status
The natural plant growth regulator Berelex has a new Ministerially Approved Pesticide Product (MAPP number) and is recommended to improve the fruit set of pears and the yield of celery and rhubarb.
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ArticleAsh delays produce by "at least a fortnight"
The impact of the airspace closure across northern Europe due to the volcanic ash cloud on fresh produce could be severe and last for “at least a fortnight”, according to the Freight Transport Association (FTA).
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Empty skies trigger produce shortages
The grounding of flights across Europe due to the eruption of the Eyjafjallajoekull volcano in Iceland last week is likely to leave supermarket shelves destitute of selected fresh produce items.
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RHS orchard project funds sought
Investment is being sought to exhibit an orchard garden at this year’s RHS Flower Show, Tatton Park in Cheshire.