Meldungen aus Europa – Page 4475
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Thai migrants in NZ exploitation claim
The NZ government is investigating claims that Thai workers are being exploited and abused in fruit-picking and other land-based jobs in the country.
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ArticleC&C Group comes of age
The C&C Group celebrated its 21st anniversary in style last Saturday evening, joined by 250 guests for a cruise down the River Thames.
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ArticleKids learn the benefits of gardens
Some 200 primary school teachers from across Yorkshire are learning how a garden can enhance children’s education, thanks to a new initiative by the Yorkshire Agricultural Society.
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Beware green emotions
Sir Digby Jones, former director-general of the CBI has criticised the use of green marketing to generate sales.
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Spray advice from the BPRC
The BCPC is offering ‘all you need to know about spraying within the law in a quick and easy-to-understand format.’
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ArticleSpuds in Sainsbury's stores in 15 minutes
The Local First for Fresh campaign, run by Sainsbury’s and potato supplier Greenvale AP, rocked into action last week, with fresh new potatoes from across the south-west delivered directly from the field to stores in as little as 15 minutes.
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ArticleEuro potato prices nosedive
An unexpected end to the 2006/07 maincrop potato season has left growers ‘confused’ as demand dries up and prices fall rapidly, according to the BPC.
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Nomination time for BPC award
The British Potato Council (BPC) is inviting nominations for this year’s British Potato Industry Award.
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ArticleIntroducing the 'eco diet'
In the growing confusopoly over the beneifts of freighting versus local, scientists at the University of Cardiff believe that they have developed a way of minimising the information costs of adhering to eco-friendly food consumption.
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ArticleBumper pay rise for M&S chief
Marks & Spencer boss Stuart Rose took home £3.6 million in salary and bonus last year, the M&S annual report has revealed.
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LFP takes up tray-sealed challenge
Following a challenge retail customer Asda, Lincolnshire Field Products Ltd needed to change its packing operation from traditional over-wrapping to tray sealed packs.
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H&S award for EVS
The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (ROSPA) has awarded English Village Salads the Silver Nebosh Achievement Award for recognition of its achievements in proactively managing health and safety issues at its site in Selby, North Yorkshire.
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Growers get FSA assurance
A change in the approach to how farms are inspected will lead to significant savings in terms of time and costs for thousands of farms and local authorities around the country, while also benefiting consumers, the Food Standards Agency said this week.
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Kenya fights on over air miles
The Kenyan High Commission is to sponsor a panel discussion on ‘air miles versus fair miles’ at the forthcoming The Royal Agricultural Show, Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire.
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Bananas weather storm and disease threats
Inclement weather and disease problems are affecting three different sources of banana exports this week.
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Fleuroselect lays its gold on the table
Fleuroselect has put its gold medal winning introductions from 2002 to 2008 on display in 50 public gardens and trial grounds across Europe, the USA and Asia this summer.
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ArticleSoft fruit gets Good Natured
A premium range of berries free from artificial pesticides has been launched by Scotland-based soft-fruit specialist Angus Soft Fruits (ASF) this week.
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ArticleStorms rattle stonefruit market
Storms in major producing areas as well as earlier inclement weather in the spring are playing havoc with stonefruit availability and causing a tightening of supply on the UK market.
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ArticleVI defends pesticide stats
A small increase in the proportion of water samples exceeding 0.1 microgram per litre threshold for farm chemicals has been put down to a very wet autumn in 2004 combined with a change in number of sampling sites.