All Flowers articles – Page 34

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    NZ firm poised to release residue-free spray

    2008-04-07T13:01:01Z

    A residue-free spray has been developed by Hawkes Bay-based Post-Harvest Solutions to safeguard crops against bad weather and protect from rot and disease.

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    Horticulture top earner for Kenya

    2008-03-30T12:01:01Z

    Earnings from Kenya’s horticulture sector soared to 63 per cent last year, overtaking tourism as the country’s leading foreign exchange earner, according to allAfrica.com.

  • Joseph Blair
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    Raising Ireland’s profile

    2008-03-28T10:14:25Z

    Joseph Blair, programme manager for the Irish Exporters Association and director of its horticultural division Horticulture Network Ireland, speaks to Doris Lee Butterworth about the opportunities for Irish fresh produce.

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    Retailers missed a fruity trick over Easter weekend

    2008-03-28T10:13:50Z

    Looking for new and exciting developments over the Easter weekend was a bit like searching for a needle in a haystack amongst

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    Cold snap shivers through crops

    2008-03-28T09:01:01Z

    The cold snap that descended on the UK bringing snow and unseasonably low temperatures over the Easter weekend also struck continental Europe, and has had some knock-on effects on fresh produce.

  • Bristol keeps on smiling
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    Bristol keeps on smiling

    2008-03-21T09:29:59Z

    Bristol Wholesale Fruit Centre has stood firm since it opened in 1968 but, with consolidation changing the shape of the market and the traders searching for the best possible ways to service the city and the surrounding area, how will the future pan out for the main produce hub in the South West? Anna Sbuttoni reports from Bristol.

  • Originality Prize awarded at FloraHolland fair
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    Originality Prize awarded at FloraHolland fair

    2008-03-20T12:01:02Z

    The most eye-catching stand at the FloraHolland trade fair was awarded by visitors for the first time this year.

  • Middlesbrough wholesaler invests in new facility
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    Middlesbrough wholesaler invests in new facility

    2008-03-19T08:01:01Z

    A new purpose-built facility has been opened by Middlesbrough-based wholesaler Original Produce Company and its sister companies Original Flowers and QFS.

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    Prince Charles to turn greengrocer

    2008-03-17T16:01:01Z

    Prince Charles is to sell fruit and veg from his own garden, in a high-street shop close to his Highgrove estate.

  • Traders upbeat in face of annual supply hiatus
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    Traders upbeat in face of annual supply hiatus

    2008-03-14T08:55:14Z

    It is the usual story for stonefruit at this time of year, with southern-hemisphere fruit in the final throes of supply. But insiders are cautious about putting too fine an estimate on the upcoming northern-hemisphere season. Laura Gould reports.

  • Glasgow markets could be £5 million better off
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    Glasgow market restructure to pull in £5m

    2008-03-14T08:01:02Z

    Glasgow markets could be set to rake in £5 million worth of finance after Glasgow City Council agreed to form a limited liability partnership (LLP) to run its market services.

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    Stakeholders help Kenya pull through

    2008-03-10T10:01:02Z

    Stakeholders pulling together during the unrest in Kenya in January prevented far greater disruption to the export sector the Kenya Horticulture Development Programme estimates.

  • FloraHolland Trade Fair to be bigger and better in 2008
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    FloraHolland Trade Fair to be bigger and better in 2008

    2008-03-09T17:01:01Z

    The FloraHolland Trade Fair is set to welcome more participants and a complete product line-up at this year’s event from Wednesday to Friday, March 12-14.

  • Sainsbury's stocks UK asparagus early
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    Sainsbury's stocks UK asparagus early

    2008-03-07T15:01:01Z

    Sainsbury’s will welcome its first delivery of this season’s British asparagus next week and is already promising to break the record again next year by stocking the vegetable in time for Valentine’s Day.

  • Chris Hutchinson and wife Janet at the event
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    Spits calls for momentum

    2008-03-07T11:01:01Z

    Chris Hutchinson used the New Spitalfields annual dinner and dance, at the Park Lane Hilton in London last weekend, to call on the Fresh Produce Consortium (FPC) to create some momentum for the wholesale industry.

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    Greenisland Flowers was the recipient of the Long Life Solutions Floral Business of the Year accolade at Re:fresh 2007

    2008-03-07T09:36:35Z

    Greenisland Flowers was the recipient of the Long Life Solutions Floral Business of the Year accolade at Re:fresh 2007. Laura Gould caught up with owner Shane Donnelly to find out how things have since progressed for the Northern Irish firm.

  • Total Produce posts 7.9 per cent profit rise
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    Total Produce posts 7.9 per cent profit rise

    2008-03-04T09:12:49Z

    Total Produce plc has revealed a full-year underlying pre-tax profit rise of 7.9 per cent to €38.9 million (£29.7m), ahead of its expectations.

  • Fire damages Avoncrop site
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    Fire damages Avoncrop site

    2008-03-03T11:05:04Z

    Part of the Avoncrop warehousing facility at Meare, Somerset was damaged by fire yesterday [Sunday].

  • Anthony Snell
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    Snell snaps up Grower of the Year

    2008-02-29T12:01:01Z

    Herefordshire soft-fruit grower AJ & CI Snell snapped up the 2008 Grower of the Year award at the Royal Lancaster hotel in London last night.

  • Herbs on the mend
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    Herbs on the mend

    2008-02-29T08:38:10Z

    Fresh herbs have continued to grow in popularity in the UK but, following frost and storms in Israel this year, the market has tightened up over the last few months. The sector has worked hard to pull through the challenges, and now seven major producers - five from the UK and two from Israel - have come together to launch the second Fresh Herbs campaign. Anna Sbuttoni reports.