Meldungen aus Europa – Page 4412
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ArticleGAN drops nursery stock lines
Golden Acres Nursery has announced that it will no longer be producing nursery stock.
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ArticleGAP winning hearts and minds
An impromptu round of applause marked the unveiling of the name change from EurepGAP to GlobalGAP last week, with members overwhelmingly welcoming the decision as the start of a new phase for international farm assurance.
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Asda adopts high-risk price plan
Asda is planning drastic measures to cope with soaring food costs, which some predict will see prices rise as much as 30 per cent by Christmas.
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CMi Africa gets on board with HACCP
HACCP will be the main focus for CMi Africa at this year’s Allfresh conference, to be held next week in Cape Town.
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ArticleCalifornian strawberry a hit in the UK
A new US strawberry variety shows every indication of taking the UK everbearer market by storm.
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ArticleWomen given management boost
More than 60 food and drink manufacturing companies are leading a drive to boost the number of women managers in the sector, by claiming cut-price training through a government initiative designed to get more women into male-dominated industries.
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Paraquat revocation remains
A legal challenge to the decision to revoke paraquat has been unsuccessful.
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Med diet prolongs life of Alzheimer's sufferers
A new study has found that a Mediterranean diet - rich in fruit, vegetables and legumes, as well as fish, cereals and monounsaturated fatty acids - could help people with Alzheimer’s disease live longer.
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Co-op membership soars
The Co-operative has announced that its membership has soared since the re-introduction of its dividend scheme a year ago.
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ArticleOrganics: has it extended beyond the middle classes?
A new report published by the Soil Association has shown sales of organic food to have risen beyond the £2 billion mark. But has the organic movement reached its limit, or will it continue to expand its appeal? Emma Haslett investigates.
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ArticleWaitrose results push partnership
John Lewis Partnership Plc’s first-half profit increase of 65 per cent has been partly attributed to customers shopping more at the company’s Waitrose supermarkets.
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Retailers face critical meeting
NFU Scotland has described its meeting with supermarket bosses and the rest of the food supply chain today as critical for consumers and the food and farming industries.
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NFU warning on the use of RUCIP rules
Potato growers purchasing seed from Europe should be fully aware of the onerous clauses and complex procedures which often favour the buyer over the seller within the RUCIP conditions of sale, the NFU says.
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Morrisons takes organic stance
Morrisons has slashed the price on over 100 of its own-brand organic products, to mark Organic Fortnight’s celebrations.
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ArticleHunter snags Sanders GardenWorld
Scottish horticulture mogul Sir Tom Hunter, who owns Wyevale, has made a further addition to his garden centre empire after missing out on Dobbies recently.
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ArticleSize problems reduce for English apple crop
The English dessert apple crop is unlikely to be beset by size problems this season, as colder weather in the last couple of months slowed down growth.
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ArticleConifer spotlight brightens
Organisers of National Conifer Week have launched a new campaign to encourage the public to grow conifers and boost sales.
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ArticleLeahy: airfreight could be greener
Common sense may soon prevail in the food miles-carbon footprint debate as Tesco ceo Terry Leahy said today that transporting certain foods around the world may be less harmful to the environment than growing them locally.
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ArticleHarvey highlights R&D shortfall
There are now too many small and underfunded R&D organisations in the UK, due to continuing government cutbacks in horticultural research funding.