All articles by Mike Knowles – Page 196
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ArticleProduction boost for Dutch vegetables
Tomato and pepper producers have purchased the first two plots of land at Holland's Agriport A7 glasshouse development
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ArticleFormer Tesco director joins Norman Collett
Peter Fry, formerly Tesco's produce trading director, is to work as a consultant to the UK apple and pear marketing company
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ArticleApple crop back up in eastern Europe
Poland could produce as much as 2.5m tonnes of apples this season, according to Helwig Schwartau of ZMP
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ArticleMMG trials Australian easy-peel orange
The UK citrus importer is planning a one-month trial of the Navel in Sainsbury's stores across the country
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ArticleWAPA publishes latest SH topfruit data
Consolidated apple and pear production across the major Southern Hemisphere producer countries set to be down by 2.6 per cent on previous year
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ArticlePrognosfruit 2008 | Presentations
Download all of the presentations from this year's Prognosfruit apple and pear industry meeting, held in Ashford, UK
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ArticleSuperfruits 'threat' to five-a-day
New study claims excessive focus on so-called superfruits may prove detrimental to consumption levels
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ArticleGreen light for US school fruit scheme
USDA announces plans to provide US$49m in fresh fruit and vegetables to selected schools during 2008/09
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Strong start for Apofruit's Sicilian vegetables
The Italian marketer says it has significantly expanded output at one of its Sicilian processing and packing operations
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Trade mourns passing of Nando Bonomo
One of the Italian fresh produce sector's leading lights has passed away at the age of 42, following a heart attack
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ArticleCal Citrus joins Sunkist network
Company set to add more than 800ha of oranges and lemons to marketing cooperative's citrus production
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ArticleItalian kiwifruit firms await green light
Exporters are waiting on the approval of new kiwifruit protocols in China that could significantly open up the Asian market
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ArticleContainer firms launch Asia-Europe service
China Shipping and CMA CGM will each run four vessels between China, Malaysia and Zeebrugge, Hamburg and Rotterdam
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ArticleWalmart food safety expert joins Naturipe
Michael Bentel has been appointed as the company's new director of food safety and quality assurance
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ArticleDemand for tomatoes up in Germany
Imports increase by 16.7 per cent to 730,000 tonnes as consumption levels reach an all-time high
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ArticleNew Californian grape on sale in UK
Sweet Surrender, developed by California's International Fruit Genetics, has been commercially harvested for the first time
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ArticleNZ company claims carbon neutral first
New Zealand Fresh Cuts says it is the first fresh produce company in the world to achieve carbon neutrality
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ArticleNew technical director at Sant'Orsola
Leading Italian soft fruit specialist appoints former academic to identify improved production methods and better varieties
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ArticleSharp increase in German fruit prices
Weak supply of key products blamed for a 13 per cent year-on-year increase in monthly fresh fruit prices
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ArticleLeading Italian pear cooperatives merge
Eurofrutta and Campogalliano join forces to create Fruit Modena Group in a bid to increase competitiveness on world markets