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ArticleTurkish cheer unshaken
A somewhat problematic start to the Turkish cherry season has failed to deter the industry, which remains confident supplies will pick up and even top last year’s success as the summer progresses. Laura Gould investigates.
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ArticlePicota supplements
Spanish cherry growers in the Valle de Jerte in Extremadura, best recognised for their unique, stalkless Picota variety, continue to strive to add extra dimensions to their season. David Shapley reports.
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Knock knock - who’s there? Door to door, that’s who
Having a healthy diet is one of the most important ways to maintain an active lifestyle and protect against health problems.
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Meetings way down south
Two international activities in the last month have put the Produce Marketing Association marker firmly down on different sections of the southern-hemisphere fresh produce map.
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Papaya plays up to the mainstream pundits
The pundits have been tipping papaya to be the next fruit to make the trip from exotic to mainstream for a few years now.
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Haven’t we heard this one before?
Congratulations to the Greater London Authority for spending an inordinate amount of time and taxpayers’ money to draw
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ArticleGoldsworthy and Austin honoured
Rose legend David Austin and VI manager Patrick Goldsworthy were among the entitled at this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours.
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Biodiversity in your pocket
Defra has launched ‘Biodiversity indicators in your pocket 2007’, 18 measurements tracking the UK’s progress against international biodiversity targets.
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Potting mixes better than fungicides, claims ARS
Potting mixes custom-tailored to fight plant diseases can work much better than systemic fungicides, according to the US Agricultural Research Service.
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New grapes on Dole books
Dole’s South African grape division will be managing Moroccan table grapes for the first time this season.
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Wholesale report brings back memories
The Greater London Authority has this week published the results of its study on London’s wholesale market sector, which appear to support the recommendations of the report compiled five years ago by Nicholas Saphir.
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Food ‘Nobel prize’ goes to packager
A man who invented a way to store mass quantities of processed foods so they could be shipped and used at later dates has won the food equivalent of the Nobel Prize.
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New farming TV channel to launch during Royal Show
Britain’s first 24/7 country channel, Horse & Country TV, has confirmed that it will launch at 12 noon on Monday July 2, on the second day of the Royal Show.
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Somerset grower misses out on labour
A Somerset grower found her farm was an inadvertent laboratory for government labour policy when she became one of the first growers to actually lose crops because of the unavailability of seasonal workers.
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ArticleAsda price cuts court controversy
Asda is courting controversy again with full-page ads for price cuts enraging growers and farmers. Its price cuts last week have sparked an all-out supermarket price war.
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ArticleNew compost site planned
Waste & Resources Action Programme are launching a ‘trailblazer’ quarry site, the first in Britain to use high quality compost to restore brownfield land.
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Shoppers assess produce departments
US shoppers generally give their local supermarkets’ produce departments good ratings for their service, although new consumer research from the Produce Marketing Association (PMA) suggests there is room for improvement and points to where some of those opportunities may lie.
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ArticleGrowers and retailers to pursue joint agenda
Key retailers and growers supplying the retail sector will meet again on July 17 to discuss the continuation of their joint agenda.
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Goji berries declared non-novel
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has announced that Goji berries are not to be classified as a novel food.
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Somerset set for summer cider
A traditional Somerset cider farm that has become an important tourist attraction and outlet for local food producers, has now opened a restaurant