All articles by Laura Gould – Page 8
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Carbon tax blow for Irish growers
Irish finance minister Brian Lenihan has delivered a far from festive present for the country’s growers in his pre-Christmas budget - a carbon tax.
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ArticlePrincess Royal engages in food security debate
HRH The Princess Royal spoke passionately about the role education can play in securing future global food supplies during a visit to Harper Adams University College last week.
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ArticlePOM Wonderful debuts at Royal Opera House
POM Wonderful has teamed up with the Royal Opera House to become an official supplier of POM Wonderful 100% Pomegranate Juice to the venue’s main bar, dancers of The Royal Ballet and opera house patrons.
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Agrexco celebrates on organics
Agrexco is celebrating its 25th season handling organic produce.
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ArticleOrganics funding exceeds target
The organic industry has already surpassed its initial target to raise funds to support a generic marketing campaign.
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ArticleHaldanes in expansion mode
New supermarket chain Haldanes is today opening a new store in West Lothian, just days after announcing a major UK-wide expansion with the acquisition of another 13 outlets.
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ArticleA&A targets UK organic market
California-based A&A Organic Marketing is looking to expand into the UK and Europe after seven successful seasons supplying the US and Canadian markets.
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ArticleTiny pear brings Maltese optimism
Trial volumes of tiny pear Bambinella at Marks & Spencer this summer have given Maltese growers hope that they can revive their horticultural exports to the UK.
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FPJ hits the road with conference series
FPJ is launching a series of conferences that will move around the UK, with the first to take place in Scotland at the start of next year.
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ArticleSharp fall in mushroom growers
The number of commercial mushroom growers in the Irish Republic has fallen from 504 in 2000 to just 84, parliament in Dublin has been told.
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ArticleKeelings invests in strawb production
Fresh strawberries can now be added to Irish Christmas menus as a result of a €10 million (£9m) investment by the Keelings Group at its North County Dublin headquarters.
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ArticleSouth African plums booming
The South African stonefruit industry is currently undergoing a substantial boom in the development, release and production of plum varieties developed in South Africa.
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ArticleRed Princess stands out for Redeva
A new strawberry under trial in Scotland is poised to move into the early stages of commercial production next season as interest among growers and retailers in the variety mounts.
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ArticleRecord Pink Lady crop predicted
Europe’s Pink Lady apple crop is set to hit 100,000 tonnes for the first time this season, as the late apple’s campaign gets underway.
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Israeli stonefruit season "disappointing"
The Israeli stonefruit export campaign has just drawn to a close, with the last variety exported Autumn Red 440 plums.
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Market BDMs at risk of losing project
The business development managers (BDMs) appointed by the London Development Agency (LDA) to increase the amount of local and sustainable fruit and vegetables going into the capital’s wholesale markets are lobbying against the possibility that their project may be cut short in December.
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Fresh Direct out in force for troops
Fresh Direct was out in force at the Combined Services Culinary Challenge 2009 (CSCC 09) on October 27-29 at Sandown Park Racecourse, to show the armed forces the multitude of fruit and vegetables that can be delivered to the troops.
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ArticleBanks fail to back produce industry
The company behind the Thanet Earth project in Kent told agricultural industry representatives this week that UK banks do not have the capacity or knowledge to support large-scale horticultural projects.
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ArticleAussie stone exports to UK fall
Australian stonefruit has been “very good quality” so far this season, according to Wayne Prowse, export development manager at Horticulture Australia.
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ArticleMorePeople teams up with RAC
MorePeople has teamed up with the Royal Agricultural College (RAC) for a number of new initiatives, most recently a Career Awareness day held at the end of October.