All articles by Kathy Hammond – Page 37
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ArticleGolden season ahead for NZ South Islanders
Kiwifruit growers on New Zealand’s South Island are gearing up for harvest next week with a brighter outlook than their counterparts in the main growing region on North Island.
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ArticleUK tomato season in early start
UK and Irish production of tomatoes are making inroads into the major multiples as supplies from Spain and Morocco slow.
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ArticleStena Line makes freight appointment
Stena Line is strengthening its freight organisation with the recruitment of Björn Petrusson as group freight director from 1 August.
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Organic supplier earns top BRC mark
Produce World Group’s organic vegetable business Produce World RBO has received the highest grading for the third year running following a British Retail Consortium (BRC) unannounced audit.
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ArticleBrassicas in breast-cancer survival boost
Eating brassicas after breast cancer diagnosis may help patients beat the disease, new research has found.
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ArticleNatures Way in salad brand re-launch
Natures Way Foods is re-launching its Lasting Leaf salads with new branding, “no-waste” packaging and a new product line.
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ArticleHortyfruta issues melon warning
Harvesting too early risks disrupting market, warns association
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ArticleHortyfruta issues melon warning
Andalusia fresh produce trade association Hortyfruta is warning growers not to harvest their melons too soon and risk disrupting the marketplace.
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ArticleAphid study holds plant virus clue
US researchers have found a way to tell apart aphids that spread plant viruses from those that do not in a breakthrough that could reduce pesticide use significantly.
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ArticleUruguay forecasts citrus rise
Uruguayan citrus output is forecast to rise in 2012 on levels reached during 2011, according to latest figures from the Uruguay’s agriculture ministry.
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ArticleTfL adopts "sympathetic" stance on deliveries
Transport for London (TfL) and London councils are going to be “sympathetic” to out-of-hours deliveries during the Olympic and Paralympic Games this summer, TfL has announced as it published a code of practice for out-of-hours deliveries this week.
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Food inflation rise spells supplier squeeze
Food inflation rose in March to 5.4 per cent from 4.2 per cent in February, according to latest British Retail Consortium (BRC)-Nielsen figures.
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ArticleBRC gets GLA board appointment
The British Retail Consortium (BRC) will be directly represented on the board of the Gangmasters Licensing Authority (GLA) for the next three years.
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ArticleSouth Africans forecast apple export climb
With early season South African apples now on UK shelves, growers in the southern hemisphere country are forecasting their exports will climb by 4.4 per cent on last season.
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ArticleScotty Brand makes Brave Disney Pixar move
Scotty Brand has teamed up with Disney UK & Ireland on a joint promotional campaign for the launch of Disney Pixar’s Brave movie.
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ArticleEU organic logo deadline looms
One of the UK’s major organic food bodies is warning the country is not prepared for the deadline on use of the EU organic logo as authorities have not given it enough publicity.
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ArticleChina welcomes first ever blueberry imports
Chile is celebrating the entry of its first blueberry exports to China.
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Potato levy rises by three per cent
UK farm ministers have approved levy rates to be charged for growers by the Agriculture & Horticulture Development Board (AHDB).
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ArticlePlant health taskforce sets first meeting
The new plant health taskforce will meet for the first time on 18 April, the Food & Environment Research Agency (Fera) has confirmed.
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European regions make crisis-management call
The agm of the assembly of European fruit, vegetable and plant producing regions (AREFLH) held earlier this month in Sint Truiden, Belgium has called for improved crisis management measures for the fresh produce market across Europe.