Pea and bean news archive – Page 25
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Carrot monitor introduced by BASF
Chemical company BASF and rural consultancy Adas sponsored a Sclerotinia monitoring system that has been set up to help carrot growers assess their disease risk and plan an effective control programme.
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ArticleBooths full of beans this June
Yorkshire vegetable producer-packer Scholes is to supply north-west supermarket chain Booths with frozen Flageolet beans this month.
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ArticleEarly action needed to protect beans
Growers should be gearing up to start their fungicide programme in winter and spring beans, according to chemical supplier BASF.
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ArticleThe power of Delia
After a four-year hiatus, TV chef Delia Smith made a controversial comeback earlier this year with her new programme and book Delia’s How to Cheat at Cooking. Doris Lee Butterworth talks to leading supermarkets and producers, and discovers how they have benefited from her latest venture.
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ArticleHampshire rides wave of cress
Hampshire is a wide and varied area, and home to an abundance of fruit and vegetable growers. From the ‘watercress capital’ Alresford to the garlic fields of Newchurch on the Isle of Wight, Elizabeth O’Keefe takes a look at the region’s producers and the issues they face.
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ArticleDelivering the goods
Since scooping the Foods from Spain Multiple Retailer of the Year award at both Re:fresh 2006 and 2007, Waitrose has continued to secure its position in the hearts and minds of UK consumers as a supermarket renowned for both high quality and innovation. Laura Gould caught up with the produce buying team at the firm’s Bracknell headquarters.
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ArticleUK gras spearheads demand
The fresh produce industry is gearing up for another successful UK asparagus season, despite a cold spring delaying the outdoor crop. Elizabeth O’Keefe talks to the key players involved with this year’s PR campaign, and the increasing demand for asparagus in the UK.
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Paynter assesses the global apple canvas
FPJ was in Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand, in March, to visit some of the leading Kiwi apple growers and exporters. Tommy Leighton asked Paul Paynter of Yummy Fruit Company for his take on the global apple job.
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ArticleHot mash cones for cold summers
Mini cones of bangers and mash have been unveiled as the latest all-weather alternative to the ’99 Flake.
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Deep fried kiddies anyone?
Hardly a day goes by without new concerns about our children’s diets. Despite it being newsworthy, the attitudes of our
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ArticleFrozen veg enjoying resurgence
Frozen alternatives to fresh fruit and vegetables are enjoying a resurgence in the convenience sector, according to Birds Eye.
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The race is on in the multiple olympics
There is no doubt that every multiple likes to be first when it comes to stocking something new, even if there are instances
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ArticleAirfreight proposals vilified by industry
The aviation and produce industries have slammed the Soil Association’s (SA) proposals to reduce the volume of organic fresh produce airfreighted to the UK, accusing the certification body of focusing on a purely “ideological” debate, rather than looking at the facts.
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Lurking scandals must be dug out
Once in a blue moon, the fresh produce industry throws up a news story that piques the interest of the national media as much
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ArticleNew recruit for JSTECH
J & S Technical Services (JSTECH) has appointed Simon Stell as sales manager to further expand sales of its sulphur products into the agricultural, horticultural, amenity and industrial sectors, and to develop new markets for its sulphur-based chemical products.
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ArticleNew pea research revealed
French scientists have developed a technique that has produced the most detailed reference collection of pea plant mutations.
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UAP calls for pesticide details
Landowners in the UK must respond urgently to industry calls to supply ‘pesticide use’ information or risk losing a number of products, which currently enable them to optimise the management and performance of game cover and environmental crops, warns United Agri Products Ltd (UAP).
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Article5 A DAY failure warning
The government’s independent sustainability watchdog the Sustainable Development Commission has warned the 5 A DAY message will not succeed in the current food-market climate.
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ArticleModifying attitudes
Two of the most controversial letters in the English alphabet - GM - have wracked up reams of column inches since genetic modification became food for thought in the 1990s. Trials on a number of GM products, from blight-resistant potatoes to carrots that improve the absorption of calcium, have hit the headlines in the last 12 months. But where does the fresh produce sector stand on the issue? Anna Sbuttoni reports.
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ArticleKenyan supplies threatened
Political and social unrest in Kenya has spread to fresh-produce growing areas threatening the harvest and supplies to the UK and European market.