Meldungen aus Europa – Page 3683
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Coalition sought after farm deaths
The National Farmers’ Union (NFU) is to call for an industry coalition on health and safety after new figures revealed agriculture has the highest fatality rate of any industrial sector.
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Washington state wants disaster designation
Governor Chris Gregoire calls on USDA to grant 29 states federal disaster designation following adverse weather conditions
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ArticleNew corporate identity for WP Rawl
Refreshed logo designed to reflect continued growth, while staying true to roots of the company
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Anglia lands Microsoft gong
Anglia Business Solutions has been named as a Microsoft Dynamics NAV Partner of the Year in the Microsoft Partner Awards.
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ArticleNew Zealand apple growers stunned
New Zealand apple growers are dismayed by Australia’s move to allow Chinese apple imports
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ArticleBidding begins on African trade initiatives
The Food Retail Industry Challenge Fund (FRICH) has opened a third bidding round for UK companies to put forward innovative projects which promote trade to some of the poorest countries north of South Africa and south of the Sahara.
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ArticleTaiwan slows Northwest cherry shipments
Issues with pesticide residues have slowed Northwest cherry shipments to Taiwan, the premier Asian market for the fruit
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ArticlePakistan fruit and vegetable exports up
Fruit and vegetable exports from Pakistan are performing well this year, with both categories scoring strong gains
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ArticleLe Crunch teaches schools a lesson
French apple brand Le Crunch has finished its promotional campaign in the UK involving The Co-operative and 5,000 UK schools.
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lunch! stages innovation awards
The organisers of lunch! - the UK’s dedicated food-to-go event - have announced the launch of The Innovation Challenge 2010, a major new awards scheme designed to promote and celebrate genuinely new ideas in the sector, including new innovations and a new take on established concepts.
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ArticleIrish produce consumption rockets
Recent market research on trends in the consumption of fresh produce revealed that almost half of Irish consumers claim to be eating fresh vegetables and potatoes on a daily basis.
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ArticleWaitrose offers insight at Fruit Focus
Waitrose’s director of food technology Mary Vizoso will give her view on the future of fresh produce procurement with a particular focus on supermarket needs at this year’s Fruit Focus, on 21 July at the East Malling Research Centre in Kent.
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ArticleShoppers need plastics re-think
The West Midlands Regional Food Academy based at Harper Adams University College in Shropshire welcomed delegates last week keen to hear about why bio-plastics are the future in sustainable packaging.
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ArticleSandwich report reveals wholesale role
Local cafés and sandwich bars are failing to offer healthy, nutritious products due to competition and a reliance on a small group of nation-wide wholesalers.
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Huge fruit store to be destroyed
The world's largest scientific repository of fruit could be bulldozed later this year to make way for new homes.
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ArticleSpanish swoop on Covent Garden
Seven producer-exporter businesses representing hundreds of growers between them and accounting for production of the full range of Spanish citrus, melons stonefruit, salads and vegetables from the southern Spanish region of Andalusia will be visiting New Covent Garden next Wednesday.
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ArticleIndustry proves that Yorkshire fields are forever fertile
From soft fruit to brassicas, rhubarb to asparagus and salads to potatoes, Yorkshire offers the UK an extensive and diverse range of fruit and vegetables via a wide network of growers and suppliers. But despite this the supply chain still faces many obstacles. Elizabeth O’Keefe reports from the region
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ArticleStrikes and strife dominate tricky SA citrus season
The South African citrus game has been a tricky one this year with some fruit hard to come by and the devastating transport strike creating a supply vacuum and a scramble for product. Alex Lawson takes a look at how each line has fared at a time when the world’s eyes are on the republic
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South African citrus still enjoying World Cup boost
How the mighty fall! With England shoved out of the World Cup last weekend, we can expect that store managers will have
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Good week for free trade but bureaucracy remains
Well done the BBC. “Better late than never,” I thought, as I watched the recent TV show Crop to Shop with Jimmy