Meldungen aus Europa – Page 4536
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Candidates flood market halls
As you have probably heard in the news, France is now engaged in a big political campaign for the new presidency. This
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Mixing up an adventure and slimming down laterally
Mixing a variety of products in one pack may not be a new idea, but the concept is becoming ever more adventurous. Various
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Don’t destroy suppliers’ lives
I sympathise with the Kenyan industry, as it begins its battle against the lobbyists who would have airfreighted products
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Winter Cos makes UK debut
English Village Salads are about to harvest the first crop of hydroponically-grown cos lettuces in the UK.
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Colegrave wins GAN award
Ball Colegrave Angelonia Serena was named overall winner in the new product awards at the recent GAN trade show.
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Organics market becoming truly international
Organic sales are predicted to top the £20 billion barrier in 2007
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Straight talker
Lord Jeff Rooker, Defra’s minister with responsibility for horticulture, discusses local food, co-operative farming and the new levy board structure with Michael Barker
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Know the law
The Government has started off 2007 by issuing a formal policy commitment to cut red tape by 25% by 2012. Some in business will greet this announcement with relief - others will prefer to believe it when they see it. Regardless of such commitments, the Government’s law-making machinery inevitably steams on and the following new measures are due to come on stream during 2007, writes John Davies
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ArticleChandler & Dunn strikes Gold
Chandler & Dunn struck Gold at last week’s Grower of the Year awards, in London.
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Eight Yorkshire vegetable and salad growers have beaten off the competition to secure the biggest ever grower sourced contract in the UK, worth £700,000 annually, to supply fresh produce to schools in the Leeds City Council area.
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Growers face tangled online web
Growers who sell via the web could face a fresh tangle of EU bureaucracy, following a European Commission suggestion that they comply to all pan-national EC retail rules.
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PAFA to overhaul packaging industry
Two former packaging organisations have merged to create the brand new Packaging and Films Association (PAFA).
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ArticleKing calls for suppliers to speak up
Sainsbury’s chief executive has called on any grower or farmer who believes they have been poorly treated by the supermarket to step forward and let him know.
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Time will tell for Levy Board UK
The new face of Levy Board UK starts to take shape with the appointment of John Hall as the sector chair representing
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GMO debate re-opened
The debate about GMO crops has been fanned once more, with the publication of a set of scientific results ‘suppressed’ by the GMO industry for eight years.
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Med fruit fly found in Chile
Two specimens of the commonly known Mediterranean fruit fly have been found by Chilean phytsanitary authorities in the south of capital city Santiago.
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ArticleProfits slide at beleaguered Somerfield
Supermarket chain Somerfield has revealed it suffered a 7 per cent profit slump during 2006, a year which also saw the retailer struggle through a ten-month takeover battle.
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Grower of the Year goes green
An organic vegetable company has been named Vegetable Grower of the Year, thanks to its unique growing conditions in the Moray Firth region of Scotland.
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ArticleMixed bag prediction for SH top fruit
The southern hemisphere top fruit season is due to kick off over the next few weeks, according to John Hopkins from Capespan UK, and UK importers can look forward to a market of mixed fortunes.
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Government tightens labour laws
The government has set out fresh proposals to protect agency workers from exploitation at the hands of cynical employers.