Meldungen aus Europa – Page 4256
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Borough Market to celebrate apple day
Borough Market, The Lions Part theatre company and Southwark Cathedral are uniting this year to celebrate Apple Day on Sunday October 26, 2008.
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Ocado shows competitive streak
After delivering first £1 billion of sales, food delivery service Ocado has expansion plans on the cards to combat new competition from one of its shareholders.
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Agricom poised for avocado export growth
The grower-shipper says new plantings will offset volume shortfalls caused by last year’s freeze
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Grocery ombudsman could be delayed
The government is being urged to introduce legislation to create a grocery ombudsman, if the UK’s top 10 grocers refuse to voluntarily accept the implementation of such a regulator, says The Independent.
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ArticleRecord results for Peruvian initiative
The Sierra Exportadora outreach programme has achieved record avocado exports during the first four months of this year
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ArticleChilean avos seek greater gains
The country’s avocado industry has been urged to adopt new technologies and open up new markets
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Fruit Focus ready for kick off
More than 90 exhibitors are set to showcase at Fruit Focus 2008, to be held at East Malling Research Centre in Kent on Wednesday.
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NZ cool store hit by fire
A massive fire has gutted a Balance Investments cool store in New Zealand this morning, and spread to a nearby packhouse
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ArticleDesperate veg growers lobby customers
Today’s Daily Telegraph says that “desperate British vegetable growers are lobbying supermarkets to increase the price they pay for cauliflowers, cabbages and broccoli”, as the industry faces financial ruin.
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ArticleFPJ archives see NFU to glory
FPJ archives proved pivotal to the National Farmers’ Union (NFU) winning the Best in Show, Millennium Award (The Doncaster Cup) and Premier Exhibit Award at the Great Yorkshire Show earlier this month.
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ArticleTanzania flights edge closer
Direct flights of fresh produce, flowers and cuttings from the main growing areas of Tanzania moved a step closer this week, as members of the Tanzania Horticultural Association (Taha) reached a new agreement on the Tanzania Airfreight Project.
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Carbon emissions cut by special packaging
Researchers at Wageningen University and Research Centre have reported that special packaging used to extend fresh produce shelf life can also contribute significantly to reducing CO2 emissions, especially if it is seafreighted.
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Brassica growers should prepare for winter
Brassica consumption is set for a renaissance this winter according to Syngenta, as consumers return to recipes representing traditional as cash gets increasingly short.
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Water saving potential at Fruit Focus
Trials showing the potential for cutting water demand in soft fruit grown in containers using an innovative compost additive will be on show at the Fruit Focus event, at the East Malling Research Centre, Kent on July 23.
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Ex New Zealand prime minister to speak at potato event
Former New Zealand prime minister Jim Bolger is to appear as a keynote speaker at the seventh World Potato Congress.
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ArticleLérida rain means more stonefruit woe
Rain in the Lérida region of north-eastern Spain last week is creating further difficulties for an already tough stonefruit season in Europe.
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ArticleGrowers urged to monitor inputs
Potato growers are being urged to quantify their costs in order to make serious savings across a rage of inputs.
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ArticleUnion welcomes Defra food security debate
The National Farmers’ Union (NFU) has welcomed the launch of Defra’s consultation on food security - but is disappointed at the government’s continued emphasis on internal factors.
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Vale Fresh gets the ‘all clean’
Leading fruit and vegetable supplier Vale Fresh has appointed All Clean Ltd to meet the challenge of overhauling the cleaning regime to help meet the British Retail Consortium’s (BRC) stringent criteria.
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Hull traders tweak market plans
Regeneration company Hull Forward has announced the new wholesale fruit and vegetable market for Hull at Priory Park could be open for business as soon as next year.